Mission
RedLine Milwaukee, a 501(c)(3), is an urban laboratory that seeks to nourish the individual practice of contemporary art and to stimulate the creative potential of the local community to which we are linked. Through residency, education, outreach and challenging exhibition programs with a focus on socially relevant topics, RedLine inspires and impacts new generations of cultural and civic transformers.
What is RedLine?
RedLine Milwaukee was founded by local artists Lori Bauman and Steve Vande Zande in October 2009. Goals of professional development, access and social justice are met through RedLine’s Programs: Residency, Exhibition and Education. The 22,000 square foot building includes exhibition space, artist studios, a community printshop and paper making studio, a computer lab, and classrooms. Milwaukee’s only artist-in-residence program, RedLine houses nine emerging artists, five mentoring artists, six teen residents and several visiting artists annually. Additionally, RedLine connects artists with community organizations through workshops, classes, and outreach.
Frequently Asked Questions/Simple Answers
WHAT IS IT?
RedLine Milwaukee is a 501(c)(3) charitable art and education incubator with:
1. artist studios
2. socially relevant exhibitions
3. education & outreach programs
4. printshop & papermaking studio
WHAT HAPPENS AT REDLINE?
Exhibitions: There are at least 4 shows annually: a local, national, international, and RedLine show.
Professional training for artists: a competitive residency program for emerging artists that provides studio space, mentoring with established local, national, and international artists.
Arts Education:
1. art classes for local schools / organizations that are tailored to compliment classroom studies
2. mentoring for teens with RedLine artists
3. access for all to unique arts programming: animation, printmaking and papermaking, photography
4. non-paid college internships in graphic arts, education, print & paper studios, and development
WHAT TYPE OF ART?
The exhibitions and curriculum center around art that comments on social themes such as:
1. sustainability
2. urban agriculture
3. race
4. gender issues
WHO RUNS IT?
RL MKE was started by two local artists and art educators who met at the Milwaukee Art Museum. The printshop was started by two local MIAD graduates.
WHERE IS IT?
Downtown on 4th street and McKinley in a beautifully renovated 1916 building.
WHEN IS IT OPEN?
Thursday 10am-7 pm, Friday and Saturday, 10am to 3pm, Gallery Nights and special events.
WHAT’S THE FACILITY LIKE?
RedLine has:
• a 22,000 sq. feet of space
• studio space for 20 artists
• open community printmaking and papermaking studios
• an animation studio
• a ceramics studio
• 2 dark rooms
*a 3,500 sq. foot exhibition hall that can be rented for special events
