Madison's commuinity website, featuring local news, sports and entertainment content from The Capital Times, Wisconsin State Journal and WKOW TV as well as autos, real estate and employment listings en-us http://madison.com/tct/blogs/arttalk//index.php?ntid=285532 Green Lantern Studios in Mineral Point (see photo at left) is seeking work for its exhibition titled "Going Green "“ collage/assemblage. "We're looking for 2D and 3D works that explore the possibilities of reused and recycled materials (natural or manufactured) and objects or fragments not intended as art materials," the press release reads. "Show us how you Go Green with your art!" Exhibition dates are Aug. 2 through Sept. 14, 2008. The postmark deadline for submissions is ... ]]> 2008-05-09T05:00:00Z http://madison.com/tct/blogs/arttalk//index.php?ntid=285358 This just in from the City of Madison Arts Commission:     "PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!" the alert says.  "On May 2, two days after the deadline for submitting poems for the Bus Lines competition, we discovered ... ]]> 2008-05-08T05:00:00Z http://madison.com/tct/blogs/arttalk//index.php?ntid=285161 Last Friday night was Gallery Night in Madison. The twice-yearly event, organized by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, featured a record 58 venues (including shows with the work of Lone Rock artist Charles Munch, seen at left, and the annual "Art of Note" violin art fundraiser for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras, seen below right) at the Grace Chosy Gallery, 1825 Monroe). And this time that total ... ]]> 2008-05-07T05:00:00Z http://madison.com/tct/blogs/arttalk//index.php?ntid=284957 On Sunday night I once again had a chance to attend a concert in the Overture Center's Capitol Theater (pictured at left), which used to be the old Oscar Mayer Theatre of the Madison Civic Center. And once again, I found myself cursing the preservationists for what they did to Overture. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright could probably act as my stand-in when it comes to vocally critiquing what effect ... ]]> 2008-05-06T05:00:00Z http://madison.com/tct/blogs/arttalk//index.php?ntid=284385 Most of the major classical music groups in the Madison area have already finished their seasons. The big remaining one is the Madison Opera, which will perform its premiere production of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" on Friday, May 9, at 8 pm. and Sunday, May 11, at 2:30 p.m. in Overture Hall. Then there is pianist Jeffrey Siegel's Keyboard Conversation featuring Austro-Hungarian composers on Tuesday, May 6, at 7:30 in Mills Hall; and the Oakwood Chamber Players, which ... ]]> 2008-05-02T05:00:00Z