Public EVENTS
Detail of Tad Gloeckler's "A-Division."
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011, 6:30 - 7:30PM
Artist’s Presentation: "Rethinking the Everyday"
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art | 227 State Street
Award winning artist, architect, and designer Tad Gloeckler will present an overview of his work. His talk complements an exhibition of works by multimedia artist Shinique Smith on view in MMoCA's main galleries. Free and open to the public.
Information: 608-257-0158
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2011, 11:00AM - 2:00PM
“Meanings of Everyday Objects: A Workshop with Tad Gloeckler”
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art | 227 State Street
Participants will examine ways to generate different readings of everyday objects by manipulating form and gesture in this free workshop with Tad Gloeckler. Starting with found objects, participants will use stream of consciousness forays, rough sketch transformations, juxtapositions, and assemblage to rethink the meanings of objects. Appropriate for ages 16 and above. Free and open to the public. Note: workshop is currently full; call 257-0158 ext 227 by February 24 to be added to a waiting list.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011, 10:45AM - 12:15PM
Presentation: “SchoodicPeninsula-BlackDiabaseDikeTeaTablewithPopoverJamandButterDipPools”
Union South (TITU) | 1308 W. Dayton Street
Tad Gloeckler will participate in the Nelson Institute's fifth annual Earth Day conference at the Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery. As part of a panel on "Innovation in Sustainable Design through the Arts," he will deploy his installation SchoodicPeninsulaBlackDiabaseDikeTeaTable-withPopoverJamandButterDipPools. The work conceptually unites spectacular geology of black diabase dikes at Schoodic Peninsula with historical traditions of serving tea and popovers at nearby Mount Desert Island. The product (a tea table) was informed by the landscape of Acadia National Park, and explores the often exploitative relationship that humans have to nature.More information and a full schedule for Earth Day is available at www.nelson.wisc.edu or www.discovery.wisc.edu. This session is free and open to the public. Registration for full conference $25; students free.
Information: 608-263-9290
Detail of new work by Tad Gloeckler
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2011, 3pm
Art Lofts Extravaganza
Art Lofts | 111 N. Frances St
Please join Tad Gloeckler at the Art Lofts Extravaganza as he shares new work he has been creating while in residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gloeckler's new works were designed in CAD, and laser cut or CNC routed with cut pieces that snap or slide together. Materials are acrylic, found objects, and wood.
Information: 608-262-1660
SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2011, all day
Performance/Installation: “Drag Space”
Students from Tad Gloeckler’s “Drag Space” course will present a mobile installation mounted on a cargo bicycle on the UW-Madison campus and in Madison’s downtown area. Free and open to the public.
Information: 608-263-9290
THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011, 6:00 - 8:00PM
Workshop: "Fishing for Found Objects"
Madison Children's Museum | 100 North Hamilton Street
Tad Gloeckler will offer a workshop in building artistic fishing lures using found objects. Suitable for children ages 8 and over; child must be accompanied by parent(s). Fee: $5 per child. Tickets can be purchased at the museum's front desk or go to the online ticket purchase page.
Information: Contact Angela Johnson at 608-354-0146, or ajohnson@madisonchildrensmuseum.org