Overlooking Lake Michigan, this Italian Renaissance-style villa was designed by architect David Adler in 1923. Originally the residence of Lloyd Smith of the A.O. Smith Corporation and his family, the Museum features fine and decorative arts dating from the 15th through the 18th centuries, wrought-iron masterpieces by Cyril Colnik, and a formal garden and changing exhibitions by local, regional, and international artists.
May
Bronze Works of the Floating World:
Examples from the Meiji Period of Japan
1868 – 1912
May 3 – May 27, 2012
Opening Reception, Thursday May 3
Exhibition presented and curated by the Friends of Villa Terrace
Milwaukee Museum Mile
Inaugural Event!
Sunday May 6
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Free admission, refreshments, children’s activities, docent led tours and more at five East Side Lakefront
museums!
More information at www.milwaukeemuseummile.org
The Decorative Impulse
Closes May 20!
Café Sopra Mare
Sunday, May 6
10:00 – 12:30
Musical performance begins at 10:30
Geraldine Thien Stone – Piano
June
Renaissance Garden Grand Opening &
Chair-ity Auction Preview
Sunday, June 3
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Café Sopra Mare’s Summer Season Begins!
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Jazz Students
Music performance begins at 10:30 a.m.
Preview of chairs created by the community for our A Chair to Remember auction June 20, 2012
To Become Day
Joey Fauerso and Michael Velliquette
June 15 – September 16, 2012
Opening Reception, Friday, June 15
5:30-8:30 p.m.
To Become Day introduces new work by San Antonio-based artist Joey Fauerso and Madison-based artist
Michael Velliquette. Fauerso’s intimate and large-scale paintings on historic wallpaper continue her
investigation into the depiction of the human body as an intersection between nature and culture, while
Velliquette’s bold paper sculptures expand his engagement with ornamental abstraction.
Chair-ity Auction to Benefit Museum Preservation and Programing
Wednesday, June 20
5:30 – 10:00 p.m.
Live and Silent Auctions of one-of-a-kind chairs created by the community.
Hors d’oeuvres and Cash Bar.
$25 Admission / RSVP@cavtmuseums.org
July 22 – Ice Cream Social at the Charles Allis Art Museum
August 14 – Tea on the Terrace at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum