”It’s pure joy for me to paint Wisconsin farms and landscapes. I’m living my dream,” Georgene Pomplun explains, setting-up her easel next to busy State Highway 92 just up the road from her favorite subject. ”I am primarily a landscape painter; plein air is my preferred way to go. Plein air means outdoors, and I [...]
Commissioned Artists
Support of the Arts is usually led by a few individuals who give their energies and personal resources to the arts or are persuasive advocates of support for the arts by business and industry. As one way of honoring their contributions to the arts an original piece of art by a distinguished Wisconsin artist is presented to each honoree each year.
Through these commissions, the Foundation shows its gratitude for our exceptional honorees, while also shining a spotlight on a leading Wisconsin artist, and celebrating their work.
For the 2007 Governor’s Awards in Support of the Arts, the Foundation commissioned pastel artist Kristine Martineau Gellerman of Marshfield. Critics describe [...]
Celebrated fiber artist Sue Gilgen was commissioned to create the 2006 artworks presented to the Governor’s Awards recipients during the November 30, 2006, ceremonies at the Governor’s Residence.Susan McBride Gilgen has worked with fabric all her life. She began by sewing as a child. In the 1970’s she began teaching for the Fashion Academy of [...]
Although a native New Yorker, Steve Immerman has lived in the Midwest for the last 35 years, currently residing in Wisconsin. Immerman has been working in glass for the last 25 years, but exclusively with kiln formed glass for over a decade. Immerman uses glasswork as a respite from his more left brain and stressful [...]
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The Wisconsin Foundation for the Arts works in partnership with the Governor to present the Governor's Awards in Support of the Arts, an annual celebration of exceptional supporters, leaders, and organizations across the state. Read more... -
Advisory Committee
- Dean Amhaus, President
Spirit of Milwaukee - Jane A. Bartell, President
Modaz Ltd. - Tom Carto, President
Overture Center for the Arts - Lynne Eich, Former Director
Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission - James S. Haney, President
WI Manufacturers & Commerce - John Laabs, President/CEO
Wisconsin Broadcasters
Association Foundation - George A. Nelson, Executive Vice President
Morgan Murphy Stations - Russell Panczenko, Director
Chazen Museum of Art - Karen L. Spahn, Senior Vice President of Development
Milwaukee Public Museum - Andrew Taylor, Director
Bolz Center for Arts Administration
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Carol T. Toussaint
Foundation Consultant - George Tzougros, Executive Director
Wisconsin Arts Board
Staff
- Jeffrey Bartell, Chair
- Kristi Williams, Executive Director
- Beverly Lemberger, Administrator
- Dean Amhaus, President