Criteria for Submitting New Artist Information

Any one of the following criteria must exist before the artist or subject is added to the Museum of Wisconsin Art Archives database/ files.

  • Artists who are born in Wisconsin and have made an impact on the WI art scene through exhibiting, teaching or WI art organization memberships.
  • WI artists listed as a member and exhibits with a major or statewide WI Art Organization such as WI Painters & Sculptors / Artists in all Media, League of Milwaukee Artists, WI Designer Crafts Council, WI Printmakers, WPA artists, WI Watercolor Society, Wisconsin Art Teachers, WI Regional Art Association, etc.
  • WI artists exhibiting in important juried exhibitions or solo exhibitions at a credible WI art museum or gallery or at a national level.
  • Art students 21 years or older, who studied at a WI Art School or University and intend to make a career in the visual arts.
  • Artists who immigrate to WI and work for an extended period of time in Wisconsin as a professional artist.
  • Artists with an important historical connection to the development of art in WI. Examples include: the early itinerant artists who recorded historical events from WI history and some artists who spent an extended period of time (one –two years) in WI to work on a major / historical piece of WI art (example, Panorama Artists).

Notes:
All entries to database require a written, published or electronic documentation to start a file documenting any of the requirements above. Resumes, exhibition catalogs / brochures, published articles, web site print-outs all give credibility to an artist’s status.

We have two categories of artists:

  1. Early WI Artists - born in 1930 or prior, are listed as Pre1950 artists
  2. Post 1950 Artists - born in 1931 or after, are listed as Post1950 artists

We also have our miscellaneous categories / files:

Any art subject that has a specific importance or impact on WI regional art. Examples include: Milwaukee Panorama Painters, WI Art Schools, WI Art Organizations, New Deal Art - WPA programs or projects in WI, WI Museums & Galleries and many others, please see Miscellaneous files.