Noland featured at the Union League of Chicago    
Illinois painter Michael Noland is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Union League Club of Chicago from September 2-30, 2008. Featured in the show are the artist's vivid and inmitable paintings of the natural world. The Union League Club is dedicated to creating opportunities for its members to develop new interests and abilities in political, social, and civic affairs.
www.ulcc.org

Coffman Retrospective at Cardinal Stritch University    
The Northwestern Mutual Art Gallery on the Milwaukee campus will commemorate Terrence Coffman's captivating paintings that have graced Wisconsin for the last twenty-five years from September 12 - October 12, 2008. After nearly two decades as president of Milwaukee's Institute of Art and Design, Coffman became Cardinal Stritch University's director for the Advancement of Visual Studies as well as artist-in-residence in 2006.
www.stritch.edu

Coffman wins award in Leadership    
Terrence James Coffman was the recipient of the 2008 Laird Day Leadership in Arts Award. The Melvin Laird Youth Leadership Day took place on April 21, 2008, at the University of Wisconsin-Steven's Point. The event promotes leadership in Wisconsin high school students.
www.uwsp.edu

Stonehouse exhibits in Germany and California    
Fred Stonhouse is featured with 3 other artists, Heiko Muller (Hamburg), Femke Hiemstra (Netherlands), and Anthony Pontius (Brooklyn) at Feinkunst Kruger in Hamburg, Germany. The exhibition, Four Faces of Foofaraw runs through September 27, 2008. Stonehouse is also included in two important group shows in Southern California. Looky See at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles features work by 28 artists who incorporate non-traditional forms of expression in their oeuvres, and In The Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor at the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach celebrates the artists whose aesthetics have shaped the “low brow” art movement portrayed in Juxtapoz magazine.
www.juxtapoz.com

Aho acquired by Museum of Fine Arts-Boston    
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston recently acquired a landscape painting by Eric Aho. Saxtons River Bed #2, an oil painting on linen was completed in 2008 and is now part of the museum's permanent collection. The painting is pictured to the left.
www.mfa.org

Art Institute of Chicago acquires early Lostutter
The Art Institute of Chicago recently acquired a painting by Chicago artist Robert Lostutter which will be displayed in their new Modern Wing. Lostutter's oil painting UNTITLED, 1969 (left) reflects the psychedelic expressions of the era. Designed by Italian architect and Pritzker laureate Renzo Piano, the Art Institute's Modern Wing is scheduled to open Spring 2009.
www.artic.edu/aic

New book illustrated by Gina Litherland    
The Hysterical Alphabet, written by Terri Kapsalis and illustrated by Gina Litherland, is an abecedary offering a condensed history of hysteria with levity, playfulness, and critical insight. Drawn from medical writings and images ranging from ancient Egypt to the present, each letter introduces an episode direct from the annals of medical lore.
www.amazon.com

Jason Rohlf awarded first public commission in NYC    
Milwaukee native Jason Rohlf has recently begun work on a major commission for the MTA's Arts for Transit program, which encourages the use of public transit by presenting visual arts projects in subway and commuter rail stations. For the commission, Rohlf will travel to the Franz Mayer Studio in Munich, Germany to assist in the large-scale reproduction of one of his signature bird paintings in laminated and fused glass.
www.mta.info

Gallery Artists represented in Prague's US Embassy    
Wisconsin painters Marion Coffey, Mark Mulhern, and William Nichols have been chosen to participate in the ART in Embassies program, fostering US diplomacy through exhibitions in American diplomatic residencies worldwide. Coffey's DOUBLE STITCH TORN CANVAS FLAG, Mulhern's PRESSING PANTS, and Nichols's ORANGE DAY LILIES and LUPINES are on display at the US Embassy in the Czech Republic in Prague through 2009.
http://aiep.state.gov

US Embassy in Cairo to show James Butler    
A painting by James Butler has been selected to be shown at the US Embassy in Cairo as part of the ART in Embassies program. BATON ROUGE, a triptych, will be on loan in Egypt until 2010.
http://aiep.state.gov

Russ Vogt's work to appear in US Embassy-Athens    
The Gallery is pleased to loan Russ Vogt's vibrant landscape UNTITLED #853 to Athens, Greece. Vogt's work will be displayed in the US Embassy in Athens for approximately three years as part of the ART in Embassies program.
http://aiep.state.gov