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Saturday, June 28 2025

June 12, 2025 - 10:00am - August 2, 2025 - 4:30pm

Open M-Sa 10 am-4:30 pm, admission free.
(The museum will be closed June 30-July 5, 2025).

This exhibition is off-site at:
Haggerty Museum of Art, 1234 West Tory Hill Street on the Marquette University Camps

Opening reception: Saturday, June 14, 4-6 pm

The exhibition brings together work by Nina (Afkhamian) Ghanbarzadeh and Roy F. Staab in the Established category; and three artists in the Emerging category: Justin Goodrum, Jovanny Hernandez Caballero, and Nicholas Perry. The 2024 Nohl Fellows were chosen in late 2023 from a field of 147 applicants by a panel of three jurors: Allison Glenn, independent curator and writer, New York, New York; Misa Jeffereis, Associate Curator, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and Anisa Olufemi, independent curator and Fellowship Manager, Hamiltonian Artists, Washington, DC.

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Discovering the Urban Forest

June 28, 2025 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

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 for a walk around the grounds to discover Lynden’s urban forest in early summer. On this walk, we will discuss many of the tree and shrub species that make up Lynden's urban forest and their place within Lynden’s ecology and its plant communities. Attendees will learn about the management techniques we use and the tree inventory and plan that guide our management as we stroll throughout the grounds. Please bring water and dress for the weather. These workshops are made possible, in part, by a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Invasive Species Grant.
Make a day of it: join Lynden's Greenwood Gathering: Carvers' Meet-Up after the walk.

Land Stewardship at Lynden
The Lynden Sculpture Garden is transforming its natural habitats and formal landscapes into sustainable and diverse ecosystems that highlight their natural beauty. Our 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. With a small land staff, volunteer help is essential to the evolution and restoration of the Lynden grounds.

Greenwood Gathering: Carvers' Meet-Ups

June 28, 2025 - 11:00am - 4:00pm

Sessions:
Saturday, May 17, 2025 - 11 am-4 pm – Wood Fasteners
Saturday, June 28, 2025, 11 am-4 pm – Summer Meet-Up & Open Carving
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 11 am-4 pm – Birch Bark Oil as a Natural Wood Finish
Saturday, October 25, 2025, 11 am-4 pm – Land Manager Tour & Open Carving
Saturday, November 22, 2025, 11 am-4 pm – Carving Gifts: Book Page Holde

Fee: $15/$10 members. You are welcome to attend for the entire day, or for a portion, but registration is required. Add a Mora Knife for $35

Registration: Space is limited; advance registration required. Register online or by phone at 414-446-8794.

Join us for the summer/fall session of Lynden’s Greenwood Gathering, an open-ended carving event where both new and returning participants can bring their current or finished carving projects to share with fellow woodcarvers. Gather around the campfire to carve, exchange ideas, share techniques, and draw inspiration from each other’s work. The gatherings will include occasional themed demonstrations and relevant garden tours.

Enjoy a day in Lynden’s back acres to carve, share, and connect. We’ll take a break from carving to eat lunch (please pack your own) and make tea from foraged plants. Dress for the outdoors and consider bringing sunscreen and bug repellent. While we’ll provide some green wood for starting new projects, please bring your own carving tools (Mora knives will be available for purchase, or order yours, above). We have tree stumps around the fire for seating, but if you prefer something more comfortable, bring a camp chair. Suitable for ages 16 and up.

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ARTIST RECEPTION AND GALLERY CONVERSATION: Asher Imtiaz: Thank God for Immigrants

June 28, 2025 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Brooklyn, New York, 2024

FREE
Opening reception: Saturday, June 28, 2025 – 2-5 pm (panel discussion at 3 pm)
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We celebrate Asher Imtiaz’s exhibition, Thank God for Immigrants, with a reception and panel discussion. The artist will be joined at 3 pm by Aisha Sarwari and Malaika Franks for a conversation on The Love Ethics of Seeing. Invoking bell hooks, Imtiaz, Sarwari, and Franks will discuss the rewards, pitfalls, and ethical responsibilities of working with marginalized subjects. Sarwari is an author, a public speaker, and the co-founder of the NGO Women’s Advancement Hub. She focuses on the gendered aspects of migration, belonging, and caregiving. Her third book, Heart Tantrums and Brain Tumors was published in 2023. Franks is a systems designer and researcher whose work blends design and anthropology, drawing on methods such as participatory action research, ethnography, and active listening to support co-creation, systems change, and design thinking.