Steve & Lori

Co-Founders, Steve and Lori met in 2001 at the Milwaukee Art Museum. It was then that Steve hired Lori as a resident artist to work on the inaugural ArtWorks Teen Program. They continued to work together in that capacity until 2008. It was during those years that the model for RedLine Milwaukee was born. Concurrently, Lori met Laura Merage, founder of RedLine Denver, at New York University in 2001. As they navigated graduate school together, Lori and Laura became friends and colleagues. Laura’s dream of creating an environment to help artists advance on their career paths began to merge with Steve and Lori’s aspirations. The result is RedLine. Together, Steve and Lori have put in countless hours building the Board of Directors, Committees and Programming for RedLine Milwaukee, which was incorporated in December 2008 and opened in October 2009. They look forward to serving the diverse Milwaukee communities with art, culture and education. See you at RedLine!

Steve Vande Zande
The majority of Steve’s time is spent in a classroom setting as an art teacher for Milwaukee Public Schools. Having worked as an education programmer for the Milwaukee Art Museum creating teen programs, and an educator of teacher training at Marquette University, Steve finds these experiences with students spanning early-childhood through adults as the impetus that continues to build his intrigue for capturing moments in human development that are hard to put into words. This being the main idea captured through his work as a multi-media artist. Steve received a B.A. in art education from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and MS in the area of leadership with an emphasis in the arts from Bank Street College of Education in conjunction with Parsons the New School for Design. In 2003 he was the recipient of the Outstanding Educator of the Year award from the Wisconsin Art Education Association, and Excellence in Education by Milwaukee Public Schools in 2004. In 2009, Steve was awarded “Outstanding Faculty Lecturer for Educational Policy and Leadership” from the Marquette University College of Education. In a career spanning more than 10 years working with Milwaukee Public Schools, the Milwaukee Art Museum, Marquette University and Artists Working Education, Steve has served and led over 3,278 children and teens, 150 university students and 100 artists and teachers.

Lori Bauman
Lori was born, lives and works in Milwaukee. She is a 1994 graduate of Alverno College receiving degrees in Art and Education. Lori received her M.A. from New York University in 2003, studying abroad in Venice, Italy. Lori’s most recent teaching experience is with the Milwaukee Art Museum. She was an artist-in-residence from 2001-2008, teaching ArtWorks and ArtXpress, teen outreach programs. Lori also taught video art at Alverno College from 2004-2006. Lori focuses on collage, video and site specific works.