Come join us in celebrating the opening reception of the Milwaukee Southside Miniature project!

We will be having complementary food and drinks.

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Exhibition background:

This exhibition has been in the works for a year! Last winter we began collaborating with urban anthropology to canvas the Southside - the team walked every block between Greenfield and Becher from 6th to 13th. Based on the facades of the homes and some other characteristics we narrowed it down to about 20 favorites. The team then took those addresses and went to the Milwaukee County Historical Society to find out the names of everyone who had lived in those homes since they were built. THEN they plugged those names into ancestry.com to develop a rich information set on the history of the home. After talking with the residents of the finalists - we've selected a final home...to build a miniature of! The miniature will display interior decors from different eras of the home and the exhibition will highlight the tapestry of the Southside's evolving community throughout time.

The project is designed to be a reflection point on the Southside's present, past, and future.

Thank you to the wonderful Jill Lackey, Rick Petrie, Claire Tilton & Bella Biwer for being a part of this project.

A Special thank you to orgs like the @wiartsboard @arts_midwest & @neaarts for making projects like this possible.