Happening At MARN
MARN is excited to present the 2023-2024 MARNmentorship Exhibition, an exhibition celebrating the mentors and mentees in the MARNmentorship Program.
This exhibition will be on view from April 5, 2024-May 26, 2024 with corresponding programming throughout the run of the show.
MARN is excited to host The Community’s Correcting the Narrative screening + panel about creating a justice system more worthy of that name on Wednesday, May 15th from 6-8pm. Doors open at 5pm at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB (191 N Broadway 102)
Join panelists David Carlson, Cherita Rayford-Howard, and Jean Delonget for a discussion moderated by Shannon Ross, Executive Director of the Community.
MARN is pleased to present the Midwest Cowboy LIVE! on Saturday, June 15th from 1-6pm at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB (191 N Broadway.)
Join the Milwaukee established streetwear brand for a day of screenprinting, live music performances and special edition retail! Don’t miss this exclusive event!
Join us! This event is free and open to the public! ALL ARE WELCOME
The Milwaukee Fashion Network is a professional meet and greet to foster connections among fashion industry players in Southeastern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. The Milwaukee Fashion Network meets every third Thursday of the month.
The Milwaukee Fashion Network is a professional meet and greet to foster connections among fashion industry players in Southeastern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. The Milwaukee Fashion Network meets every third Thursday of the month.
The Milwaukee Fashion Network is a professional meet and greet to foster connections among fashion industry players in Southeastern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. The Milwaukee Fashion Network meets every third Thursday of the month.
Brought to you by the Historic Third Ward Association, the “Annual Third Ward Art Festival” will be outside MARN’s doors, on Broadway Street from St. Paul to Menomonee on August 31, 2024 10AM-5PM and September 1, 2024 10AM-5PM.
The Milwaukee Fashion Network is a professional meet and greet to foster connections among fashion industry players in Southeastern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. The Milwaukee Fashion Network meets every third Thursday of the month.
Past Events
Join us here at the HUB for an artist talk by 2023-2024 MARNmentee Kenzi Rayelle followed by an artist talk and live performance by Emmitt J. Williams on Friday, May 3rd starting at 5:30 pm with doors opening at 5pm!
MARN is pleased to present a panel, “Why a Book? 4 artists on why and how they make artist books.”, on Thursday, May 2nd from 5:30-7:30pm at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB.
Join MARN Mentor Berel Lutsky for a discussion with local book artists and professionals—Ben Rinehart, Stephanie Copoulus-Selle and Melissa Wagner-Lawler— along with Q&A and social hour.
MARN is pleased to present, “Unplugged Original Music Series: Trace Ellington and Friends” on Sunday, April 28th from 3pm-5pm at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB (191 N. Broadway)
The MARN Unplugged Original Music Series features live performances to showcase the best original music in Milwaukee.
Join us!
This event is free and open to the public
MARN is pleased to host a film screening created by 2023-2024 MARNmentee Nateya Taylor on Friday, April 26th from 6-7:30 pm here at the HUB!
Come enjoy a 40 minute screening of 3 episodes of “The Good Land” short documentary series created by Nateya Taylor, which features interviews of Black community leaders in Milwaukee. Following the screening there will be a panel discussion about the films and the Black experience in Milwaukee.
MARN is pleased to present a panel, “What Does Support and Mentorship for Artists Look Like?”, on Wednesday, April 24th from 5-7 pm at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB.
Join us for a panel discussion with Milwaukee arts leaders about what support and mentorship for artists looks like. Leaders from local arts organizations will discuss what support and mentorship opportunities exist in Milwaukee, and how we can expand our support for artists.
Join us here at the HUB for a film screening and artist talk, ‘A Contemporary Artist on Nature in an Age of Climate Crisis,’ with MARNmentor Alix Anne Shaw on Friday, April 19th at 5 pm!
Towering cliff faces, dense forests, shimmering lilies–we are all familiar with these images of traditional landscape painting. But how do contemporary artists engage with the environment in light of our current climate crisis? Join sculptor and installation artist Alix Anne as she discusses her work in an era of urbanization, environmental destruction, and climate change. All are welcome for this brief film screening and presentation followed by Q&A.
MARN is proud to present the 2023-2024 MARNmentorship Exhibition (April 5–May 26) for Gallery Night, April 19 and Gallery Day, April 20th!
Attend a film screening and artist talk with MARNmentor Alix Anne Shaw on Friday, April 19th at 5 pm.
Enjoy curated cocktails and food pairings from our new menu by Flour Child Pizza while touring the gallery and engaging with the exhibiting artists.
Also enjoy music by the Community & Funk Festival – (CAFF), music with Trace Ellington, Brandon Frizzle, B. Wyzdom and the new cocktail, “Sunset in New York” Bourbon Sour Martini!
The Milwaukee Fashion Network is a professional meet and greet to foster connections among fashion industry players in Southeastern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois.
The Milwaukee Fashion Network meets every third Thursday of the month.
In honor of 414 Day, MARN and Harmonic Harvest are pleased to present, “Renaissance Threads: A Tapestry of Silver Linings”, on Sunday, April 14th from 11am - 4pm at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB with a performance by Sulestial!
Join us here at the HUB for an artist discussion with MARNmentee Jimmy Zenisek on Saturday, April 13th at 5pm!
Jimmy Zenisek (aka EclecticMundane) discusses his artistic process around his new pink and gold sculptural works. For both art aficionados and neophytes interested in a wide-ranging discussion of abstract art, joy, frustration, and futility.
Join us here at the HUB for an artist talk with MARNmentee Andrea Cabrera Manuel on Friday, April 12th at 5:30 pm!
Familiar Voices is a conversation about the current state of the art practice, how it has changed and adapted after leaving art school. She will talk about the projects developed during the last year, and how the mentorship program helped as she tries to understand how to sustain a life-long practice.
Please join MARN for the Opening Reception of the 2023-2024 MARNmentorship Exhibition on April 5th from 5-8pm. The exhibition celebrates the mentors and mentees in the MARNmentorship Program and will be on view from April 5, 2024-May 26, 2024 with corresponding programming throughout the run of the show.
We invite the community to come get to know the featured artists of the MARNmentorship Program and enjoy specialty cocktails from the MARN cafe!
Bring your teams and show off your knowledge. TRIVIA AT MARN is hosted by Joe BizSnes Vella. Starting at 6pm~!
Join us to help kick off the week where Milwaukee hosts the Midwest Gaming Classic, the world’s largest fan-driven game convention!
The Milwaukee Artist Resource Network is pleased to host a Closing Ceremony in celebration of our current exhibition by Anna Rose Menako on Friday, March 29th from 5-8pm!
Join us for the WI Jail Voting/Rights Restoration Summit on Sunday, March 24th, from 2pm-4:30pm at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB!
Get ready to dive deep into your rights if you or your loved ones are incarcerated during our interactive summit! We've got DJ Gid Money spinning, Silke Dot Jose and Your Move MKE rapping and selling handmade goods, Andron Lane dropping spoken word, and Anthony Brewer and Yulia Bay showcasing their powerful art!
MARN and the Edessa School of Fashion’s Milwaukee Fashion Network are excited to host a designers’ panel with John and Kate Mclaughlin and Hayes Millinary on March 21st, 2024 from 6-8PM at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB. Doors open at 5pm.
MARN is pleased to present ‘Junk in the Trunk,’ a social mixer for Interior Designers and appreciators, meeting Thursday, March 21 from 2pm - 5pm at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB. Join the ten local vendors while enjoying artwork in the Gallery and a beverage from the Cafe.
MARN is excited to collaborate with MIAD seniors this Sunday, March 17th, 2024 here at the HUB from 4:30-6pm for a community art critique event! Milwaukee based artists of any experience level to join us to discuss your work. Students and recent graduates are also encouraged to join!
The MIAD x MARN Community Art Critique is free to participate.
MARN and Culture x Design are pleased to announce “Reel-to-Real”, on Thursday, March 14th from 6-8pm. Doors open at 5pm at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB (191 N Broadway 102)
This Women’s History Month edition of Reel-to-Real features the short film “THE WARRIOR PRINCESS,” directed by Vianca Fuster.
MARN is excited to host along with Boswell Book Company and La Revo Books, “An Evening with Xochitl Gonzalez, in conversation with Natalie Caña” on Wednesday, March 13 at 6:30pm at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB (191 N Broadway).
Bring your teams and show off your knowledge. TRIVIA AT MARN is hosted by Corey Richards. Starting at 6pm~!
Do you want to know if you have the luck of the IRISH on your side? Follow the rainbow to MARN and bring your teams for a chance to win the Trivia Pot o’ Gold (not real gold but prizes are a thing!) . Guinness, N/A Guinness and other Irish themed drink and food specials!! Slainte!!
2023-2024 MARNmentee Gina Cornejo is pleased to present “It hurts now like it did then” here at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB on Saturday, March 9th 5-7pm.
But Soft, Sweet, and Dreamy centers around Anna Rose Menako’s most recent series of mixed media watercolors and hints at the interdisciplinary nature of her practice. Her new body of work, The Crush Series, encapsulates the innocent and timeless feeling of having a crush, and ushers in springtime as it blooms in the MARN Art + Culture HUB.
MARN and our featured artist invite the public to participate in this exhibition by contributing to a large canvas in the gallery – on Thursday and Friday nights in March, guests are welcome to paint their interpretation of romance, and in particular, what it means to have a crush on someone.
Get ready to roll out the red carpet with an ALL-STAR Oscar Themed Trivia! Packed with Oscar Themed Performances, Photo-Ops, prizes and drink specials. Come dress in your best and bring your thinking cap!
Special Performances by:
Samantha Sostarich
Brad Skonecki
Ceci Corinne Rodriguez
And Corey Richards
MARN and Culture x Design are pleased to announce “Creativity x Design: Black in Milwaukee's Creative Economy”, on Thursday, February 29, 6 - 8pm at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB. Doors open at 5 p.m., Program starts at 6 p.m.
In collaboration with Sculpture Milwaukee TRIVIA (starting at 6pm) exclusively at MARN Members Monday on January 22nd at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB in the Historic Third Ward.
MARN MEMBER Drink Specials every Monday!
Starting at 6pm is TRIVIA!* Bring your teams, show off your knowledge and bring a healthy appetite and thirst!!!! Food and Craft Cocktails built around our trivia theme will be served exclusively during that time frame.
image credit: Frank Juárez
MARN and the Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art are pleased to present an artist reception and panel discussion on Saturday, February 24, 2024. Join us first at Portrait Society Gallery from 5 to 6 p.m. for refreshments and to view the show, Nirmal Raja: Grace and Grit. Then walk over to MARN for a talk by Nirmal and Jodi Throckmorton, Chief Curator at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. They will discuss the new work created during Raja's three month residency in the foundry at the Kohler Arts/Industry program.
MARN and the Edessa School of Fashion’s Milwaukee Fashion Network are excited to host an artist panel for ‘Behind the Queen’ on February 15th, 2024 from 6-8PM at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB. Doors open at 5pm.
The Milwaukee Fashion Network meets every third Thursday of the month.
MARN and Babbling Babes are happy to host a Galentines Moms' Night on Tuesday, 2/13/2024 6-8pm at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB. Come by, enjoy the current exhibition, 'Behind the Queen' and mingle with other Moms at MARN.
Enjoy $25 Bottomless Mimosas!
Join us! This event is free and open to the public.
MARN and the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre are pleased to announce a Happy Hour for 'A Moon for the Misbegotten' on Saturday, February 3rd from 6-8pm at the MARN ART + CULTURE HUB.
Visitors can enjoy an Irish Coffee and the Irish Blonde Cocktail while enjoying our current exhibition, ‘Behind the Queen’
Local Milwaukee band Áthas will be leading a traditional Irish open session - bring your instrument and play along!