Events Calendar

June 1, 2023 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm

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FREE
Haggerty Museum of Art, 1234 West Tory Hill Street on the Marquette University Camps

Opening reception: Thursday, June 1, 6-8 pm
Exhibition on view June 2-August 6, 2023
Open daily 10 am-4:30 pm, admission free. (The museum will be closed July 3-7, 2023).
More information: https://www.marquette.edu/haggerty-museum/nohl-2022.php

The 2022 Nohl Fellows exhibition brings together work by Valaria Tatera and Jason S. Yi in the Established category; and three artists in the Emerging category: JW Balsley, Inna Dmitrieva, and Molly Hassler. The 2022 Fellows were chosen in late 2021 from a field of 165 applicants by a panel of three jurors: Jade Powers, then assistant curator at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri; Victoria Sung, then associate curator of visual arts at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Toccarra A. H. Thomas, a media and performance artist, film programmer, and arts administrator who is currently director of the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The exhibition remains on view through August 6, 2023.

June 6, 2023 - 10:30am - 11:30am

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2023 Spring Session (March 7-May 30): Tuesdays, 10:30 am-11:30 am
2023 Spring Session (June 6-August 29): Tuesdays, 10:30 am-11:30 am

Tuesdays in the Garden, designed for children aged 1-3, provides a nurturing environment where children’s curiosity and wonder are extended through play and exploration, and children and their caregivers learn and discover side-by-side. Join art educators Claudia Orjuela and Denice Niebuhr for hands-on art making and all-senses-engaged exploration of the outdoor world at Lynden. We’ll consider different themes, each designed to connect Lynden’s environment with children’s interests. We will encourage experimentation and the manipulation of art and natural materials to tell stories, solve problems, and develop relationships.

Masks required indoors for adults and children ages 2 and up. Social distancing will be practiced at all times. To view our Guidelines for Parent-and-Child, Youth Workshops, click here.

Fee: $16/$12 members for one adult and one child.
Registration: Group size is limited; advance registration is required. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration does not guarantee admission. Once we receive your completed registration form, we will follow up via e-mail with an invoice for payment – or a notification that you've been added to the waitlist – and a confirmation after payment is received. Register online now.

To view a list of the session themes, click here.

June 11, 2023 - 8:30am - 10:00am

Photo: Sarah Zimmerman

Fee: $10/$5 members. Space is limited; advance registration required. Click here to register. Please note: online registration closes for each session the Friday before. You can register by phone at 414-446-8794 or in person day-of.

Join birder Chuck Stebelton the second Sunday (usually) of each month for a small-group, socially distanced bird walk on the grounds. Keeping to the perimeter of the garden, we’ll watch for seasonal migrants and resident bird species and seek out the best bird habitats to identify as many species as we can. Please dress for the weather and plan to walk in varied terrain. Bring your binoculars if you have them; no previous birding experience required. In the winter months, the walk begins at 10 am. During the rest of the year the walk begins at 8:30 am.

About the Artist

Chuck Stebelton is author of An Apostle Island (Oxeye Press, forthcoming) and two previous full-length collections of poetry. As a birder and Wisconsin Master Naturalist volunteer he has offered interpretive hikes for conservancy groups and arts organizations including Friends of Cedarburg Bog, Milwaukee Audubon Society, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Friends of Lorine Niedecker, and the Lynden Sculpture Garden. He edits Partly Press for Lynden Sculpture Garden and is currently a participant in Lynden's residency program.

June 13, 2023 - 10:30am - 11:30am

June 11 - Bugs

2023 Spring Session (March 7-May 30): Tuesdays, 10:30 am-11:30 am
2023 Spring Session (June 6-August 29): Tuesdays, 10:30 am-11:30 am

Tuesdays in the Garden, designed for children aged 1-3, provides a nurturing environment where children’s curiosity and wonder are extended through play and exploration, and children and their caregivers learn and discover side-by-side. Join art educators Claudia Orjuela and Denice Niebuhr for hands-on art making and all-senses-engaged exploration of the outdoor world at Lynden. We’ll consider different themes, each designed to connect Lynden’s environment with children’s interests. We will encourage experimentation and the manipulation of art and natural materials to tell stories, solve problems, and develop relationships.

Masks required indoors for adults and children ages 2 and up. Social distancing will be practiced at all times. To view our Guidelines for Parent-and-Child, Youth Workshops, click here.

Fee: $16/$12 members for one adult and one child.
Registration: Group size is limited; advance registration is required. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration does not guarantee admission. Once we receive your completed registration form, we will follow up via e-mail with an invoice for payment – or a notification that you've been added to the waitlist – and a confirmation after payment is received. Register online now.

To view a list of the session themes, click here.

June 13, 2023 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

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FREE
This is a virtual event.
Watch live on our Facebook page.

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm: Mekdes Woldemariam (Ethiopia/Milwaukee) in conversation with Hlawn Hlawn (Myanmar/California)
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm: Biluge Ntabala (Congo/Milwaukee) in conversation with Azeb Weldemariam (Eritrea/Milwaukee)
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm: Karina Tweedell (Ukraine/Milwaukee) in conversation with Melisa Hodzic (Bosnia/Milwaukee)
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm: TBC

Stories As We Move: A HOME Interview Series is an ongoing project that launched in 2020 as part of Lynden's HOME virtual platform. The series pairs individuals who have faced forced displacement in its many forms in a conversational setting. Refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants interview those that have resettled to the United States, including friends and family that are based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as well as those that remain overseas. The series covers a range of backgrounds and narrative identities, professions, and interests; participants include artists, community members, advocates and leaders, healthcare workers, caseworkers, interpreters, and students and educators. These interviews are reflections of relationships and conversations that we continue to have long after resettlement; they explore issues that our refugee friends and family members continue to face as they remain in their country of origin or interim country.

As we approach World Refugee Day 2023, Lynden’s community engagement specialist Kim Khaira will begin screening interviews from the series on one Tuesday each quarter on our Facebook page.

June 17, 2023 - 10:30am

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FREE

As a child of the forest, trees have become a powerful symbol of belonging for me. The tree and bush represent safety, home, strength, longevity, and plenty. From this perspective, I have paid close attention to the plight of the trees attacked by the emerald ash borer beetles. The small sparkly green beetle lays eggs in the bark of the ash tree and once they hatch the larvae eat a path along the inner layer of the bark. This is like severing all the blood vessels in the trunk and branches, cutting off the tree’s ability to feed itself.

The tree holds a spiritual significance for me and it is unsettling for me to see them in this condition of stress. I also see how closely this is connected to the cycle of biological stress that we find ourselves in.

The infected tree is left stark, with all of its visible life drained. I am inspired to connect with the dead trees to create a sculptural totem to reference the natural healing in all living things.

To create the piece I would remove all the branches from the trunk leaving a tall natural spire. The branches would be segmented into many smaller pieces of many different sizes that people could be taught to carve into large wooden beads. The beads would be strung together to form “necklace like” ropes that would drape down the remaining trunk of the tree.
--Daniel Minter

After two years, we are coming to the end of this phase of Daniel Minter's project, In the Healing Language of Trees, a natural act of transformation restructured for curing many ills. Drawing on traditions of the African Diaspora, and invoking axé, the “spiritual force that resides in all living things,” Minter envisioned an ash trunk adorned with necklaces of giant, hand-carved wooden beads created in collaboration with community members, including those already engaged in our Call & Response and HOME refugee programming.

Many Milwaukeeans have been a part of Healing Language: the teachers in our Innovative Educators Institute; the summer campers who joined our Whittlers camp and then our Whittlers Club; the HOME Steering Committee, which participated in our first (virtual) workshop with Daniel and Arianne two years ago; the more than one thousand children and youth who carved with Minter over Zoom during the pandemic; the visitors who attended workshops whenever Daniel was in residence. New projects emerged as Call & Response artists Folayemi Wilson, Portia Cobb, Reggie Wilson, Scott Barton, and Arianne King Comer spent time with Minter at Lynden, in Portland, Maine, where he lives and co-directs the Indigo Arts Alliance, or at their own home bases.

On Saturday, June 17, we gather friends of the project, Call & Response artists, and the public to install Daniel Minter’s work on the grounds of the Lynden Sculpture Garden.

We will start the day by stringing wooden beads and stamping cloth garments. After lunch, we will don our coats and adornments and assemble for a procession out to the tree. The artists who created healing coats with Arianne King Comer will wear them in the procession. We will take time to honor the tree and all it has given us. In an act of natural healing, we will offer our gifts to the tree.

As part of the celebration, we will be opening Eneida Sanches’s exhibition, Material Trance in the gallery. Sanches was invited into Call & Response by Daniel Minter, and her exhibition expands on a collaboration begun with Minter in 2019. We will also unveil a new birdhouse sculpture Minter has created in response to Folayemi Wilson’s Eliza’s Peculiar Cabinet of Curiosities.

Participants and observers are welcome all day and at any time (see schedule, below). You may participate in the procession by wearing the bead necklace and stamped coat you make in the morning, or you can arrive at 2 pm to observe the procession and installation.

Schedule

10:30 am-12:30 pm Bead-stringing and coat-stamping workshops
Please register here. These activities are free, but we need to know that you are coming to have sufficient materials on hand. Feel free to drop in between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm.
12:30-1:30 pm Picnic. Bring your own lunch; treats provided.
1:30-2 pm Prepare for procession
2 pm Procession and installation

This project was made possible in part by the Joyce Foundation through a 2021 Joyce Award to Daniel Minter and Lynden Sculpture Garden; the Brico Fund; the Chipstone Foundation; the Greater Milwaukee Foundation; the Herzfeld Foundation; Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies; the Ruth Foundation for the Arts; and several individual donors.

June 18, 2023 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

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Fee: $10/$5 members per session
Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. Register online or by phone at 414-446-8794.

Join Lynden’s land managers on a walk around the grounds to discover our urban forest. On this walk we will discuss the various trees and shrubs that make up the forest, urban forest management techniques, and our recently completed tree inventory project which we conducted with the assistance of a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Urban Forestry Grant. This tree inventory and the resulting management plan are helping us care for our valuable urban forest far into the future.

This document was funded in part by an urban forestry grant from the State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Forestry Program as authorized under s. 23.097, Wis. Stat.

About the Land Manager

Kyle Welna has been with Lynden for six years and enjoys the wide variety of interconnected projects at the sculpture garden. He is interested in invasive species control and is a recent graduate of UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences.

June 20, 2023 - 10:30am - 11:30am

June 11 - Bugs

2023 Spring Session (March 7-May 30): Tuesdays, 10:30 am-11:30 am
2023 Spring Session (June 6-August 29): Tuesdays, 10:30 am-11:30 am

Tuesdays in the Garden, designed for children aged 1-3, provides a nurturing environment where children’s curiosity and wonder are extended through play and exploration, and children and their caregivers learn and discover side-by-side. Join art educators Claudia Orjuela and Denice Niebuhr for hands-on art making and all-senses-engaged exploration of the outdoor world at Lynden. We’ll consider different themes, each designed to connect Lynden’s environment with children’s interests. We will encourage experimentation and the manipulation of art and natural materials to tell stories, solve problems, and develop relationships.

Masks required indoors for adults and children ages 2 and up. Social distancing will be practiced at all times. To view our Guidelines for Parent-and-Child, Youth Workshops, click here.

Fee: $16/$12 members for one adult and one child.
Registration: Group size is limited; advance registration is required. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration does not guarantee admission. Once we receive your completed registration form, we will follow up via e-mail with an invoice for payment – or a notification that you've been added to the waitlist – and a confirmation after payment is received. Register online now.

To view a list of the session themes, click here.

June 20, 2023 - 11:30am - 2:00pm

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FREE
Milwaukee City Hall, 200 East Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202

Join the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families – Bureau of Refugee Programs and Lynden’s HOME program to celebrate World Refugee Day, and our refugee communities, through art, food, fashion, and performance, in Milwaukee’s beautiful City Hall.

Master of ceremonies Biluge Ntabala will direct a program that includes welcomes from Mayor Cavalier Johnson, City of Milwaukee; Bojana Zorić Martinez, Director, Bureau of Refugee Programs, and Wisconsin State Refugee Coordinator, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families; and others. There will be hands-on art making with Fanana Banana; poetry from Brenda Cárdenas, former Milwaukee Poet Laureate and Afghan poet Khatera Nazari; dance performances from the South Division High School Multicultural Club and Dnipro Ukrainian Dance Ensemble’s Promin Youth Group.

Hope Away from Home, an exhibition of work by local refugee children and youth, will be on display in the City Hall Rotunda from June 14-27.

Food trucks in attendance: Taste Amir’s Roti, Chemo’s Halal Taco Truck, Isa’s Ice Cream.

June 20, 2023 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm


Fee: $25/$20 members
Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. Register online or by phone at 414-446-8794.

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Join artist-in-residence Jenna Knapp and collaborator Sevan Arabajian for another season of sound baths and labyrinth walks. We’ll kick off the season in the energy of the summer solstice. The evening will begin with a sound bath underneath two beautiful trees, led by Sevan. Then, participants are invited to set intentions for this new season and join Jenna in the labyrinth for a sunset candle walk.

Sound baths are an ancient form of healing and deep meditation; they include various ambient sounds played in a space where you can hear and feel their vibrations. Your sound healer for the evening will be Milwaukee’s own Sevan Arabajian. Sevan was initiated by Akhilanka of the Temple of Singing Bowls in Mysore, India, when he was traveling in the U.S.

The sound bath lasts approximately 45-60 minutes. We recommend arriving 15 minutes ahead of time to give yourself time to set up and prepare. Please bring something to rest on and to cover yourself with (if you think you’ll want that) for the duration, and dress appropriately for the weather. The labyrinth walk takes place on a hill so please consider comfortable footwear as well. A little insect repellent may be in order, too. Candles are provided and you are invited to bring your own.

2023 Sound Bath schedule
Tuesday, June 20
Monday, July 17
Wednesday, August 30
Friday, September 29

June 22, 2023 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm

January-May: Reyna Grande's The Distance Between Us.
June-September: Saeed Teebi's Her First Palestinian. Click here for more information.
Additional titles TBD.

Fee: Free.
Registration: This discussion takes place via Zoom; advance registration required. Click here to register.

The Lynden/HOME Refugee Steering Committee book discussion group, moderated by Lynden’s Kim Khaira, is for those interested in firsthand accounts of displacement. We consider works of non-fiction and fiction, including autobiographical and semi-autobiographical works, by writers who have faced or are facing forced displacement as refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants. Where stories of persecution, historical trauma, and loss of livelihood are effortlessly conveyed by storytellers, journalists, and humanitarians who search out or stumble upon the lives of refugees, we seek out the words of those to whom these stories belong: the narrators who are the closest to their own stories, and the stories of their people, friends, family and, of course, refugees. Newcomers always welcome!

June 24, 2023 - 10:00am - 4:00pm

Photo: Molly Rosenblum/Sam LaStrapes/Kodah

Visitors must adhere to our social distance walking visitor guidelines.

Bring your canine friends for an afternoon of romping in the garden.

Summer Dog Days 2023
This summer, thanks to the generosity of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Joseph R. Pabst Fund, we are once again offering special programming during our monthly dog days. We're updating the list as events are scheduled.

May 20: A Tour of Sticks with Lynden Dogs Floyd, Gerald, and Mochi
May 20: Margaret Muza Pops Up at the Lynden Sculpture Garden to Make Tintypes
June 24: Margaret Muza Pops Up at the Lynden Sculpture Garden to Make Tintypes
June 24: Ask a Trainer: Sara Caron Consults
July 8: Meet a Conservation Detection Dog at Lynden

June 24, 2023 - 10:30am - 3:30pm

Saturday, May 20, 2023 – 10:30 am-3 pm
Saturday, June 24, 2023 – 10:30 am-3:30 pm

Fee: $150 per sitting. Each 30 minute session includes a tintype that the photographer takes and develops on site, as well as a scan.
Registration: https://www.margaretmuza.com/popups-1

This summer, thanks to the generosity of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Joseph R. Pabst Fund, we are once again offering special programming during our monthly dog days. For a complete list of Summer Dog Day events, click here.

Photographer Margaret Muza is known for her evocative tintype portraits. A tintype is a direct positive image, exposed through a wet chemical process directly onto a thin piece of metal. It is one of the earliest photographic methods, dating back to the 1850s. The large format camera and antique lens provides a romantic effect, while the characteristics of the chemical process add artifacts and uniqueness. The finished product is a tangible metal plate with the image composed of the contrast between the black metal and the highlights made of pure metallic silver.

The process is unique in many ways, but the greatest one is that it must be developed immediately after it is taken. This provides instant gratification: you get to see the tintype right away because it only takes a minute to develop it. The plate then must be properly washed and varnished in order to protect it. This object can easily be considered an heirloom, as it lasts a very long time. Nineteenth-century tintypes look beautiful to this day.

An 8 x 10-inch tintype can fit up to 8 people/animals. This activity is suitable for dogs and humans that can sit very still for up to 6 seconds, depending on the light. If anything moves, it will show up blurry, so please book only if that possibility doesn’t bother you. Or consider alternatives: sitting with one of your dog’s toys or favored objects, or even with a photograph of your dog.

About Margaret Muza
Photographer Margaret Muza has been working in wetplate since 2016. She hosts sessions at her studio in South Milwaukee, as well as traveling around the Milwaukee area doing porch sessions and pop ups.
www.margaretmuza.com

June 24, 2023 - 11:30am - 3:30pm

Fee: Free but you can register for a consultation here.

This summer, thanks to the generosity of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Joseph R. Pabst Fund, we are once again offering special programming during our monthly dog days. For a complete list of Summer Dog Day events, click here.

Starting at 11:30 am, Sara Caron will provide consultations on any dog training issues you may be facing or answer questions on dog behavior and enrichment. Only general training advice and management suggestions can be offered. These conversations aren't just for dog/human teams who are facing behavioral or training challenges, Sara will also provide an introduction to positive reinforcement techniques and chat about how this training style can improve canine welfare and all human/human and human/non-human relationships.

Each consult will last around 15 minutes. Sign up for a timeslot here. Walk up consultations will also be available.

About Sara Caron
Sara Caron is an artist and dog trainer interested in exploring the communicative potential of positive reinforcement training.
www.beingcompanions.com

June 25, 2023 - 11:00am - 4:00pm

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For further information on free transportation options to Lynden, please contact us at info@lyndensculpturegarden.org or call 414-446-8794.

The HOME Refugee Steering Committee at the Lynden Sculpture Garden invites you to observe World Refugee Day in a series of outdoor events and programs that celebrate Milwaukee’s refugee communities through art, food, fashion, and performance.

Bring a picnic and a blanket to enjoy the outdoors with friends, family, and community. Or bring along cash (ATMs are available at local gas stations) to “taste the world” by purchasing food and refreshments from community chefs who have participated in HOME programs and Tables Across Borders. You’ll be able to grab a snack, sample dishes, or purchase a full meal from the Afghan, Ethiopian, and Rohingya communities. A full menu will be published shortly!

World Refugee Day at Lynden, co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families – Bureau of Refugee Programs, is organized as both a resource fair and a celebration of many cultures. In addition to making art, tasting food, and listening to stories, poems, and music and dance, visitors will be able to gather information on local services for refugees. One of our major sponsors, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will provide community resources, PHE unwinding materials, and health and wellness educational information.

Under the big tent, you’ll find vendors from the HOME community and resource booths staffed by refugee-serving agencies and community-based organizations including Anthem Blue-Cross Blue-Shield; the Milwaukee Public Library; Hanan Refugees Relief Group; Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s Worker Connection Program; Neighborhood House of Milwaukee – International Learning Program; Hmong American Friendship Association; Community Center for Immigrants; Hunger Task Force; Covering Wisconsin; United Nations Association of Greater Milwaukee; Catholic Charities Milwaukee; Milwaukee Consortium of Hmong Health, Inc.; Amigo’s Rotary Club; Jewish Social Services Madison, Progressive Community Health Centers; SEAL, Inc.; Madison Refugee Union; Maximus, Inc.; International Institute of Wisconsin; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries & Institute of World Affairs; and more.

The program will begin at 11 am with a land acknowledgement and a series of interfaith prayers organized by the Rev. J.C. Mitchell of Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee and the Rev. Gwendolyn F. Sutton of the HOME Refugee Steering Committee.

Frey Faris of the HOME Refugee Steering Committee and HOME vendor Rahel Kesis will conduct a traditional and aromatic Ethiopian buna ceremony, roasting raw coffee beans and spices. Hot tea and coffee will be provided after at the Ethiopian food tent.

Al-Ghurba Dabke Group, presented by Hanan Refugee Relief Group returns to perform their celebrated Palestinian folk dances –an expression of the spirit of Arab/Palestinian culture.

Bojana Zorić Martinez, Director of the Bureau of Refugee Programs, and Wisconsin State Refugee Coordinator, will lead the program with a welcome speech, followed by representatives from various agencies and organizations.

Multilingual Story Time will move off your screens and outdoors, where Lynden’s art educator and naturalist Claudia Orjuela will lead a program in Spanish and English. She will be joined by musician Julio Pabon, educator and artist Ceci Tejeda, and librarians Tiffany Thornton of UWM Libraries, and Eric Johnson and Erin Sloan of Milwaukee Public Libraries. Expect singing, hands-on activities, and an exploration of Story Time’s theme of migration in the context of Lynden’s gardens.

Chuck Stebelton assembles a group of poets, refugees, historically displaced people, and social justice advocates for a Poetry Walk. The group will share poems together in an open, multilingual conversational setting as they travel around Lynden’s grounds. Invited readers include writers, translators, and artists with a practice of thinking and writing in poetic forms. Participants include: Mauricio Kilwein Guevara (English, Spanish); Ibrahima Fall (English, French, Wolof); Biluge Ntabala (English, Congolese); Khatera Nazari (English, Dari); Haji Mohammad Essa Durrani (English, Dari); Alex Niemi (English, Ukrainian, Georgian); Portia Cobb (English, Gullah); Antonio Vargas-Nieto (English, Spanish); and Milwaukee poet laureate (2010-2011) Brenda Cárdenas (English, Spanish), among others.

We finish the day with Milwaukee’s percussion ensemble, Samba da Vida MKE. Pull out your dancing shoes and join them as they perform.

About the Artists

About Al-Ghurba Dabke Group
Presented by Hanan Refugee Relief Group, Al-Ghurba Dabke Dance Group is a Palestinian folklore dance troupe established in Milwaukee in 2019 by a group of talented performers. The aim of the group is to express the spirit of Arab/Palestinian folklore and culture through a combination of traditional and modern dance. After their performance, Al-Ghurba Dabke Group will invite the audience to join in a hands-on session to learn a traditional form of line dance.

About Samba da Vida MKE
Samba da Vida MKE, an Afro-Brazilian percussion ensemble, has been Milwaukee’s own Brazilian Samba school since 2010 and is part of the International Grooversity drumming network spearheaded by Marcus Santos (Grooversity.com). Samba Da Vida MKE brings together people of all ages to celebrate the Afro-Brazilian and Carnaval traditions of Salvador da Bahia, Rio, and São Paulo. Directed by Julio Pabón and Bony Benavides, SDV MKE is featured in parades and performances throughout greater Milwaukee and focuses on maintaining and promoting the rich musical culture of Brazil. https://www.facebook.com/SambadaVidaMKE/

About HOME
HOME is the theme of our work with refugee community leaders, community members, Call & Response artists, and allies. The HOME Refugee Steering Committee is building a space of leading, coming together, and celebrating refugees.

World Refugee Day 2023 celebrations extend into three additional HOME “days” featuring music, dance, food, fashion (both ethnic and traditional), and two markets offering handicrafts and homemade goods. For all HOME 2023 programming, click here.

HOME 2023 is sponsored in part by the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, Refugee Programs; Anthem Blue-Cross Blue-Shield; and Hanan Refugee Relief Group.

Additional partners include Milwaukee Public Library, UWM Libraries, Tables Across Borders, Wisconsin for Ukraine, Community Center for Immigrants, and more.

June 27, 2023 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

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Fee: Free.
Registration: Advance registration required. Click here to register online. Work days are weather dependent.

Join the Lynden land team—Kyle Welna, Alyx Christenson, and Annalesa Albright--for a volunteer work day on the grounds. The Lynden Sculpture Garden is transforming its natural habitats and formal landscapes into sustainable and diverse ecosystems that highlight the natural beauty inherent in them. The Lynden's goal is to steward healthy habitats for an array of native plants and wildlife while adding a vibrant mosaic of color and texture to this sculptural landscape through every season.

With over 40 acres and more than half a dozen specialized garden spaces, the Lynden provides many volunteer and learning opportunities, from removing invasive species to planting new trees and plugs, weeding, pruning, collecting, and spreading seeds. If you or someone you know has a few hours or are looking for regular, ongoing volunteer work that keeps you outside, you are welcome to join us. With a small land staff, volunteer help is essential to the evolution and restoration of the Lynden grounds.

Volunteers are encouraged to bring their favorite gardening gloves and digging tools (if you have them)! Water, snacks, and additional tools will be provided.

Schedule

April 25, 10 am-12 pm
In April, we will assist artist-in-residence Kim Khaira with spring cleanup in her tinctorial garden (a garden of plants that can be used in natural dyeing). Work alongside Khaira and the land team to remove invasive species--from burdock to buckthorn. Khaira will introduce the native plants she has chosen for the garden and talk about their many uses beyond their role in natural dyes.

May 23, 10 am-12 pm
Lynden’s two forested ravines are treasures: shady oases in the summer, home to many species of tree and plant life. Unfortunately, some of the older transplants are crowding out native species. In May, we will be removing daylilies from the upper ravine and learning about how to replace this fast-spreading plant with other, pollinator-friendly options.

June 27, 10 am-12 pm
Now that the fragrant lilac bloom has ended, it's time to prune all the dried-up buds. Pruning spent lilac buds helps promote the growth of more flowers next year. Spend a couple of hours in the formal gardens with us sprucing up the lilacs and learning about blending native and non-native plants to enhance the beauty and pollinator value of the aesthetic gardens here at the Lynden.

July 25, 10 am-12 pm
August 29, 10 am-12 pm
September 26, 10 am-12 pm
October 24, 10 am-12 pm
November 14, 10 am-12 pm

June 27, 2023 - 10:30am - 11:30am

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2023 Spring Session (March 7-May 30): Tuesdays, 10:30 am-11:30 am
2023 Spring Session (June 6-August 29): Tuesdays, 10:30 am-11:30 am

Tuesdays in the Garden, designed for children aged 1-3, provides a nurturing environment where children’s curiosity and wonder are extended through play and exploration, and children and their caregivers learn and discover side-by-side. Join art educators Claudia Orjuela and Denice Niebuhr for hands-on art making and all-senses-engaged exploration of the outdoor world at Lynden. We’ll consider different themes, each designed to connect Lynden’s environment with children’s interests. We will encourage experimentation and the manipulation of art and natural materials to tell stories, solve problems, and develop relationships.

Masks required indoors for adults and children ages 2 and up. Social distancing will be practiced at all times. To view our Guidelines for Parent-and-Child, Youth Workshops, click here.

Fee: $16/$12 members for one adult and one child.
Registration: Group size is limited; advance registration is required. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration does not guarantee admission. Once we receive your completed registration form, we will follow up via e-mail with an invoice for payment – or a notification that you've been added to the waitlist – and a confirmation after payment is received. Register online now.

To view a list of the session themes, click here.

June 29, 2023 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

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Fee: Free.
Registration: Advance registration required. Click here to register online. Work days are weather dependent.

Join the Lynden land team—Kyle Welna, Alyx Christenson, and Annalesa Albright--for a volunteer work day on the grounds. The Lynden Sculpture Garden is transforming its natural habitats and formal landscapes into sustainable and diverse ecosystems that highlight the natural beauty inherent in them. The Lynden's goal is to steward healthy habitats for an array of native plants and wildlife while adding a vibrant mosaic of color and texture to this sculptural landscape through every season.

With over 40 acres and more than half a dozen specialized garden spaces, the Lynden provides many volunteer and learning opportunities, from removing invasive species to planting new trees and plugs, weeding, pruning, collecting, and spreading seeds. If you or someone you know has a few hours or are looking for regular, ongoing volunteer work that keeps you outside, you are welcome to join us. With a small land staff, volunteer help is essential to the evolution and restoration of the Lynden grounds.

Volunteers are encouraged to bring their favorite gardening gloves and digging tools (if you have them)! Water, snacks, and additional tools will be provided.

Schedule

April 27, 10 am-12 pm
In April, help us control invasive garlic mustard within the forested ravine. Learn about invasive species control and leave with a handful of garlic mustard and a recipe for Garlic Mustard Pesto as a thank you for your time.

May 25, 10 am-12 pm
In May, we are back in the ravine to control garlic mustard and the now-blooming dame’s rocket. As we move through the season, we will be tracking different species of plants as they pop up around the grounds. Catching these plants at the correct time will help prevent them from seeding and spreading next year. While we may not want dame’s rocket in our landscapes, the leaves are edible; some compare them to a "sweeter arugula" (also known as rocket) or spinach.

June 29, 10 am-12 pm
In June, we're on the lookout for white sweet clover in Lynden's prairies and savannas. This clover tends to outgrow ecologically significant species, shading out the sun-loving plants we are working to cultivate in these microhabitats. While sweet clover is not so desirable in the landscape, it can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable or dried and used for vanilla flavoring in sweets and tea.

July 27, 10 am-12 pm
August 31, 10 am-12 pm
September 28, 10 am-12 pm
October 28, 10 am-12 pm
November 16, 10 am-12 pm


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