Green Bay, WI—January 22, 2024— The Green Bay Art Colony is a growing and thriving group of female artists. Established by nine women in September 1915, the Green Bay Art Club held its first public art exhibition in the Kellogg Public Library at 125 S. Jefferson St. The exhibit was so popular with the community that the decision was made to create a permanent museum and by 1917, the Green Bay Public Museum was founded. The museum was renamed the Neville Public Museum in memory of Green Bay Art Club member Ella Hoes Neville and her husband Arthur, a local historian.
To pay tribute to the origins of the museum, we proudly host an annual exhibition featuring artworks created by current members of the club, now called the Green Bay Art Colony. For more than a century, hundreds of women artists have been part of the Green Bay Art Colony. These women continue to inspire each other, educate the public, encourage new artists, and give scholarships to art students. Styles and club rules may have changed, but the dream to keep art and culture part of the community remains the same.
A total of 39 contemporary artworks from 18 artists were juried in by Terri Warpinski. Warpinski was distinguished as a Fulbright Senior Fellow to Israel in 2000-2001, as Professor Emerita of Art in 2016 after a 32-year career teaching at the University of Oregon and was the Honored Educator of the Society for Photographic Education at their international conference in Philadelphia in 2018. A native of Northeastern Wisconsin, she now resides along the Fox River in De Pere.
Please join us on Saturday, January 27, 2024, for an Artist Reception from 2pm to 5pm. Remarks and awards announced at 3pm.
The 109th Art Colony Exhibition will be on display from January 27 through March 3, 2024.
For more information, please visit https://www.nevillepublicmuseum.org/plan-your-visit/exhibits/upcoming-exhibits/109th-green-bay-art-colony-exhibition/
