Tag: Art
Milwaukee Zine Fest
Alverno was selected to table at Milwaukee Zine Fest. Over the course of the spring semester, five different classes across departments such as history, creative writing, education, art, and art
Read MoreThose Who Serve
Those Who Serve was on exhibit at the Walker’s Point Center for the Arts Annual Member’s Show September 8 – October 7th. It was an exhibition with many different types
Read MoreWhat We Carried
We carried the weight as a reminder…
Birthing our collective pain into each generation.
Laura Lee Gulledge’s Studio Tour
Today on Tuesday Tours I’m excited to share the Virgina studio of author and illustrator Laura Lee Gulledge. I had such fun meeting Laura Lee at the Sheboygan Book Festival this past
Read MoreJudy Schachner’s Studio Tour
I’m really excited to feature the amazing studio of author/illustrator extraordinaire, Judy Schachner on today’s Tuesday Tours! Judy is the #1 NY Times Best Selling Author and Illustrator of over 23 children’s picture
Read MoreHarriet Muncaster’s Studio Tour
Today on Tuesday Tours we’re joined by author and illustrator Harriet Muncaster who creates magical worlds by photographing her illustrated characters within doll-size sets that she forms out of mount board and paper.
Read MoreSneak peak: Shimmerling
A magical creature is born from a feather that’s been sowed into the soil. As it grows, it discovers that it has characteristics of both a bird and a tree.
Read MoreMary Sullivan’s Studio Tour
Today on Tuesday Tours, we’re fortunate to get a tour of award-winning illustrator Mary Sullivan lovely Texas home and studio. Mary’s book BALL was a 2014 ALA Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book and has also landed on the Notable
Read MoreBarbara Reid’s Studio Tour
This week’s Tuesday Tours features the studio space of Author and Illustrator Barbara Reid, who created one of my favorite picture books Picture A Tree, which has had numerous starred reviews, been
Read MoreSchool Tours, Author Visits, and Art Workshops at the Gallery!
Over the past two weeks I’ve been working with students from four different schools and sharing the story of my newest book Shimmerling. We did a little bit of meditation,
Read MoreIntroducing Tuesday Tours
Over the last few years I’ve had my studio in the dark basement, but I recently decided that I needed a studio with natural light more than I needed a
Read More‘We Are (Human) Kind’ public art project and city-wide authored book
Michael and I are finalists for a city-wide grant that is offering funds to help activate spaces in Milwaukee and develop interactive art projects. We proposed a very interactive bookmaking
Read MoreShimmerling Residency: Metal Engraved Feathers
Over the past two weeks students in the 1st – 3rd grades at West Side Academy have been working on designing and engraving three metal feathers to be used on
Read MoreThe Shimmerling residencies begin!
This was my first week working with West Side Academy’s 1st-3rd graders and I was so impressed with the work they did! I explained to them the residency and read
Read MoreLife Cycles Gallery Exhibition
I just saw the exhibit Life Cycles at the Gallery@Large. It’s a wonderful show with some pretty powerful messages. I loved the quote above my pieces from the CommuniTree book – Happiness
Read MoreCommuniTree artwork in new exhibition at Gallery@Large
Student artists explore nature’s life cycles at Arts@Large exhibit October 24, 2013 by Maria Corpus … Among the many projects on display [at the Arts @ Large Life Cycles exhibit] are shadow boxes created
Read MoreJoin us on November 1, 3:45pm at the Wauwatosa Library
November 1, 3:45pm at the Wauwatosa Library The books of Andrea Skyberg and M.W. Greer, the husband-and-wife team behind Wooden Nickel Press, feature artwork created in collaboration with students from
Read MoreSquircle won a Moonbeam Gold Medal!
I’m so excited to hear that Squircle won a Moonbeam Award! Every year I keep an eye on these awards to pick books for my own personal library, and now
Read MoreBooks top sellers at Boswell!
It’s pretty cool to see two of my books and Michael’s new book make the Top Sellers list at Boswell Book Company! WHAT SOLD AT BOSWELL FOR THE WEEK ENDING
Read MoreGreat night at Boswell Books!
Thank you to everyone who came to help us celebrate the launch of my husband, Michael’s new book The Eyes of India! We had so much fun presenting our books
Read MoreNew Review from Berger Books!
Squircle Reviewer: Alice Berger Evie sets out into the forest to catch a squirrel. She soon becomes frustrated and impatient, so a duck explains how flapping her wings –
Read MoreMy husband has a new book out September 27th!
The Eyes of India by M.W. Greer Michael has been working on his mid-grade novel for a couple of years and we’re excited that in a short time it will
Read MoreNew documentary on Emery Blagdon and his Healing Machine
I’ve been enamored with Emery Blagdon since I first learned of his work back in a graduate folk art class. There is something about his eyes, face, and of course
Read MoreCommuniTree by Andrea Skyberg and the Milwaukee Parkside School for the Arts
CommuniTree available June 5th, 2013! Check out the Youtube trailer/making of CommuniTree About CommuniTree: On the surface we look like individuals, but hidden below, like the roots of the great
Read MoreSquircle is a Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold Recipient!
I’m excited to say that Squircle has been honored as a Mom’s Choice Awards Gold Recipient! The Mom’s Choice Awards® is known for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly products.
Read MoreEvery Picture Tells A Story, Every Story Is A Song
I’ve been working with Tippecaone & Dover schools, which will soon merge to form Parkside School for the Arts & Humanities, to create a picture book about community. For the
Read MoreNew Review from Midwest Book Review!
Squircle Andrea Skyberg, author/artist “Squircle” is a fantastic representative collaboration between artist/author Andrea Skyberg and students of five Wisconsin schools, creating fabric applique murals and artworks about a central theme
Read MoreQueens of Spring by Evey Skyberg Greer
I’ve been really busy on a really exciting project, which I’ll share soon, but in the meantime I have to share my daughter Evey’s new picture book, The Queens of
Read MoreNew Squircle Gallery Tour video
Here is a video of the gallery exhibition, Threads That Connect: Fiber Art & Community, which features the artwork from Squircle.
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