<strong>2024</strong> EXHIBITORS XAVIER NUEZ LIGHT PAINTINGS Xavier Nuez nuez.com Booth 465 JOHN/ CHRISTINE DESIGNS John & Christine Strobel Booth 435 MICHAEL ROHNER ART Michael Rohner rohnerart.com Booth 541/543 PATRICK J’S IMAGINATION Patrick Plautz Booth 765 ALICE VANDER VENNEN alicevandervennen.ca Booth 665 johnchristinedesigns.com patrickjsimaginati<strong>on</strong>.com Crewl<str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g> Gregory Frederic crewlart.com Booth 414 <strong>2024</strong> Driftless Area <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g> Festival Celebrating <strong>the</strong> Visual, Performing, and Culinary <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g>s of <strong>the</strong> Driftless Area Saturday, Sept. 21, 10 am to 5 pm Sunday, Sept. 22, 10 am to 4 pm Soldiers Grove, WI Free admissi<strong>on</strong>, kids’ activities, culinary arts, live music www.dritlessareaartfestival.com www.dritlessareaartfestival.com 14 • ART FAIR ON THE SQUARE <strong>2024</strong>
MMoCA Staff Administrative Paul Baker Prindle, Gabriele Haberland Director Amy Hendricks, Administrative Director Judy Schwickerrath, Accountant Curatorial Robin Reisenfeld, Senior Curator of Modern & C<strong>on</strong>temporary <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g> Marilyn L.M. Sohi, Head Registrar, Permanent Collecti<strong>on</strong> Stephanie Zech, Associate Registrar Eleanor Pschirrer-West, Curatorial Assistant Roxy Kwe<strong>on</strong>, Image Rights and Reproducti<strong>on</strong>s Manager Development Laurie Stensland, Director of Development Jasmine Clement, Events and Rentals Manager Sylvia Palinkas, Development Coordinator Educati<strong>on</strong> Bob Sylvester, Director of Educati<strong>on</strong> and <strong>Program</strong>s Dinda Lehrmann, Educati<strong>on</strong> and <strong>Program</strong>s Coordinator Communicati<strong>on</strong>s Andrew Rogers, Director of Communicati<strong>on</strong>s Installati<strong>on</strong> and Facilities Tim Dreyer, Director of Installati<strong>on</strong> and Facilities Signe Kilmer, Exhibiti<strong>on</strong>s Coordinator Anna Heinen, Installati<strong>on</strong>s Assistant Anna Dirksmeyer, Installati<strong>on</strong> and Facilities Assistant Mark Begin, Installati<strong>on</strong>s and Facilities Associate Visitor Engagement Jas<strong>on</strong> Bank, Visitor Engagement Manager Marie Ackley, Events & Visitor Engagement Coordinator Claire Bromley, Visitor Engagement Associate MMoCA Board of Trustees OFFICERS Colin Good, President Juliet Page, Vice-President Tina Virgil, Vice-President Jennifer Ridley Hans<strong>on</strong>, Treasurer Erin Bemis, Secretary OTHER TRUSTEES Dan Abrahams<strong>on</strong> Mat<strong>the</strong>w Braunginn Gina Carter Max Duckworth Ver<strong>on</strong>ica Figueroa Velez Erica Fox Gehrig Evan Gruzis Chele Isaac Valerie Kazamias, Chair, The Langer Society Jennifer Pruitt Francesca Rodriquez Douglas Rosenberg Eric Smithback J<strong>on</strong>athan Stenger Tracy Tompkins JURY PANEL MMoCA is pleased to welcome <strong>the</strong> <strong>2024</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Fair</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Square</strong> Jurors SAMANTHA CROWNOVER Samantha Crownover is Executive Director of Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Madis<strong>on</strong>’s premiere chamber music festival. A str<strong>on</strong>g advocate for <strong>the</strong> arts, she has a c<strong>on</strong>sulting business for purchases and collecti<strong>on</strong>s management, managing historic buildings, and producing arts events for UW-Madis<strong>on</strong>. She recently restored <strong>the</strong> Brisbane House, <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nati<strong>on</strong>al Register of Historic Places, in Arena, WI, now open to overnight guests. Past positi<strong>on</strong>s include Curator at Tandem Press, a fine-art press at <strong>the</strong> UW- Madis<strong>on</strong>; Interim-Director of <strong>the</strong> Madis<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g>s Commissi<strong>on</strong>; Intern at <strong>the</strong> Peggy Guggenheim Collecti<strong>on</strong>, and staff to <strong>the</strong> American Pavili<strong>on</strong> at <strong>the</strong> Venice Biennale. She has served as president of many local n<strong>on</strong>-profit boards. VERONICA FIGUEROA VELEZ Ver<strong>on</strong>ica Figueroa Velez owns <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g> MVF Design LLC and is <strong>the</strong> Executive Director of DAMA, a n<strong>on</strong>profit organizati<strong>on</strong> whose missi<strong>on</strong> is to foster youth development through collective art experiences and to train local artists to stabilize and sustain community transformati<strong>on</strong> processes. Figueroa Velez holds an Associate Degree in Graphic Design and Liberal <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g>s from Madis<strong>on</strong> College, a Bachelor’s Degree in <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g> Therapy from Edgewood College, and will attend Edgewood College in August <strong>2024</strong> to complete a Master’s in <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g> Therapy. Through art-making and creative expressi<strong>on</strong>, she has promoted community art spaces where people, especially youth, can come toge<strong>the</strong>r to build community, heal, c<strong>on</strong>nect, and draw positive change. She believes that artistic expressi<strong>on</strong> helps open our eyes to injustice, c<strong>on</strong>veying powerful new visi<strong>on</strong>s and possibilities, and that our originality helps us heal, survive, and thrive. ELENA I. PITTS Elena I. Pitts’ work experience spans <strong>the</strong> field of fashi<strong>on</strong> design; from a seamstress to head designer for a bridal atelier, to <strong>the</strong>ater and custom design for a modeling agency, private clientele, and teaching. For <strong>the</strong> last three years, she has worked as a full-time instructor at Mount Mary University. Pitts previously spent several years as an Associate Professor at American InterC<strong>on</strong>tinental University in Atlanta and a few semesters at <strong>the</strong> Academy of <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g> University in San Francisco. Pitts holds a Master of Fine <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g>s in Fashi<strong>on</strong> Design, a Master of Science, and a BFA in Fashi<strong>on</strong> Design. In 2009 Pitts launched her WRTW (Women’s Ready to Wear line) at <strong>the</strong> Mercedes-Benz Fashi<strong>on</strong> Week New York. In 2015 she launched her Kids and Mo<strong>the</strong>r & Daughter collecti<strong>on</strong>. Pitts designed <strong>the</strong> special occasi<strong>on</strong>s ensemble for <strong>the</strong> team of Russian Cosm<strong>on</strong>auts and, from 2010 to 2020, was <strong>the</strong> designer and stylist for <strong>the</strong> First Lady of Georgia Tech. ROBERTO TORRES MATA Roberto Torres Mata is a multidisciplinary artist whose work delves into <strong>the</strong> issues surrounding migrati<strong>on</strong> in <strong>the</strong> Americas and bey<strong>on</strong>d. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University and his Master’s degree from <strong>the</strong> University of Madis<strong>on</strong>-Wisc<strong>on</strong>sin. Mata has exhibited at <strong>the</strong> Metropolitan <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g> Museum, Museum of Wisc<strong>on</strong>sin <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g>, Madis<strong>on</strong> Museum of C<strong>on</strong>temporary <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g>, Chazen <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g> Museum, and Antigua Academia de San Carlos. His compelling artistic expressi<strong>on</strong>s have res<strong>on</strong>ated with diverse audiences, leading to <strong>the</strong> acquisiti<strong>on</strong> of his pieces by universities, museums, and private collectors. Mata has received notable accolades, including <strong>the</strong> Graduate Research Scholars Award, <strong>the</strong> Chazen Prize, and <strong>the</strong> Laguna <str<strong>on</strong>g>Art</str<strong>on</strong>g>s Prize, allowing him to exhibit his work at <strong>the</strong> Arsenale in Venice, Italy. MMoCA & JURY PANEL ART FAIR ON THE SQUARE <strong>2024</strong> • 15
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