Original Article by Mary Louise Schumacher for JSOnline.com Marcus Hotels has decided to expand its artist-in-residence program, which it launched at the Pfister Hotel in 2009. Similar programs will be implemented in The Marcus Corporation’s Hotel Phillips in Kansas City, Mo., and the Skirvin Hilton in Oaklahoma City. The Pfister’s annual program includes a studio [...]
A few weeks ago, the Pfister hosted a reporter from the San Mateo Daily Journal (California). Timothy spent a lot of time speaking with her and showing off the hotel. Her article was published over the weekend. MILWAUKEE’S HISTORIC PFISTER HOTEL WEAVES THE PAST AND THE PRESENT WITH ITS ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM. Fabric Artist Timothy Westbrook [...]
The Pfister Hotel’s latest artist in residence, Timothy Westbrook, hails from upstate New York. In May 2011, Westbrook graduated from Syracuse University, where he majored in fiber arts and material studies because, he says, fiber is the foundation of everything. His innovative gowns, constructed from contemporary materials, hang on plastic models in the Pfister’s first-floor studio where [...]
Gallery Night marks the debut ot the Pfister Hotel’s newest artist in residence, Timothy Westbrook. Westbrook started settling into his studio, just off of the hotel’s lobby, a few weeks ago. He’s the fourth artist to participate in the program and the first from out of state. New to Milwaukee, Westbrook says the community support and [...]
New art is poping up at the Pfister Hotel and its the kind you’ll want to try on for size. Timothy Westbrook is the newest Artist in Residence at the historic hotel and he’s weaving new life into it. “I will be making Victorian style ball gowns out of cassett tapes,” said Westbrook. He’ll be [...]
The Pfister Hotel bid farewell to to Artist-in-Residence Shelby Keefe on Tuesday night with a public reception in the Rouge ballroom that featured the unveiling of Keefe’s awe-inspiring legacy painting, Reflecting on the Day. The piece will become part of the Pfister’s extensive permanent collection, and will be displayed alongside the legacy painting by 2010-2011 Artist-in-Residence, Katie [...]
The Pfister Hotel has named the fourth artist in their Artist-In-Residence program. For the past three years, the Pfister has offered a residency and working studio and gallery and been a member of the Alliance of Artist Communities. Both the gallery and the studio space at the hotel are open to hotel guests and visitors, encouraging the public [...]
Winners 1. Responsible drunks Buses in Milwaukee and Waukesha County will offer free rides beginning at 8 p.m. with extended service until 4 a.m. on New Year’s Eve. New Year’s in Wisconsin always reminds me of Lewis Black’s hilarious stand-up bit on Wisconsin drinking when he asks the Milwaukee crowd, “How do you know when it’s New Year’s? That’s [...]
The Pfister Hotel has announced the names of six finalists for its artist in residency program, which is heading into its fourth year. The finalists are Pamela Anderson, Matt Duckett, Albin Erhart, Hal Koenig, Brandon Minga and Timothy Westbrook. “Each year of this program we are astounded by the amazing talent seen in the applicants,” [...]