Album of Events
Here you’ll find a recap and photos of our activities. If you have any photos of AAGLM happenings, just send them to us on the “Contact” page. We’d love to post them here!
Veterans Mural Moves
The mural painted by AAGLM member Joe Keifer has moved! Read about it in the Lake Mills leader article. Thank you, Joe, for this service to our community in honor of our veterans.
Live Art at Music in the Mills
Lake Mills Rotary’s first annual Music in the Mills included a Live Art event by the AAGLM. Here, Peggy Furlin paints a large canvas.
AAGLM Exhibit at Fort Atkinson Library
The Arts Alliance of Greater Lake Mills had an art show at Dwight Foster Public Library in Fort Atkinson for the month of September, 2023. Members were invited to show up to three 2-D artworks. Eleven artists participated in the show and three artworks were sold. The library provides a beautiful space for art and many community members viewed the show. Some of the artwork and artist are pictured below.
Art Yard 2023
The Lake Mills Arts Festival July 16, 2023 included the Art Yard sponsored by AAGLM to “Build Your Own Robot.”
AAGLM Booth at the Lake Mills Arts Festival
Artists of AAGLM were invited to show and sell their work at the AAGLM booth at the Lake Mills Art Festival July 16, 2023.
Picture Lake Mills 2023 April 15-29, 2023
Entries to Picture Lake Mills were voted on by the public. Congratulations to First Place (tied) winners Laura Froh and Mike Winter, and Second Place John Lee.
Souper Bowl February 5, 2023
The Arts Alliance of Greater Lake Mills held a Souper Bowl fundraiser to tackle hunger in our community on February 5, 2023, at the St. Francis Xavier Parish Center in Lake Mills.
Event proceeds totaling $4094.24 were divided between Sunrise Reach Food Pantry and the Lake Mills Food Pantry of SVdP, which each received $2044.12.
Shown in the photo back row, left to right are: Jason Palmquist, Lane Smith and Tom Skupniewitz. In the front are Melissa Roglitz-Walker representing Sunshine Reach and Kathy Hansen repesenting the Lake Mills Food Pantry.
The Arts Alliance of Greater Lake Mills’ Souper Bowl concept follows the example of the Empty Bowl project in Michigan. AAGLM invited the Lake Mills community to glaze hundreds of pre-made bisque bowls in sessions held over several months. Once glazed, artist Thomas (Bud) Skupniewitz fired the bowls in his studio. Joe Kiefer and the fourth-grade class at Lake Mills Elementary also glazed and fired 50 bowls.
On event day, people purchased a bowl to take home and enjoyed unlimited soup, along with bread, drinks, and desserts. The delicious soup was donated by The Hub, Lake Mills Market, Sunshine Brewing Company, The Grist, Kroghville Oasis, Café on the Park, and local chefs Beth and Jason Dunn.
Ten local artists donated items for a raffle, as did local businesses, TT’s Timeout, Lake Milled Crafts, Rubbish Restyled & Company, Royal Brush, Daydream Believer Books & Gifts, and The Green Home.
Sponsors of the 2023 Souper Bowl included TSL Graphics, re/Max Community Realty, Edward Jones/Korab Krasniqui, and US Solar Network.
AAGLM thanks our sponsors, as well as the artists and Lake Mills businesses, for their generous gifts. We're appreciative of the restaurants and chefs who donated the amazing soup. And we're thankful to the Lake Mills community for coming out to glaze bowls and showing up to tackle hunger in our community!
AAGLM Anderson Art Center Exhibition Feb 5 to April 19, 2023
From February 5 through April 19, 2023, AAGLM artist members were invited to show work at the beautiful Anderson Art Center on the shores of Lake Michigan in Kenosha. The artwork was wonderfully arranged on the second floor of the center, with a reception on April 19. More about this wonderful facility is at: Anderson Art Center
Exhibiting Artists:
Amy Arntson Gail Juszczak
Ellen Cloudy Joe Keiffer
Maribeth Conard Karen Ragus
Karen Crosby Weasel (Rick Santovec)
Cheryl Eveland Kristin Silva
Bruce Furlin Bud Skupiewitz
Peggy Furlin Mary Tilton
Bruce Johnson Laura Ziebarth
Photo Workshop February 25, 2023
Angie Szabo, Artist and Fort Atkinson High School Art Educator, and volunteer artists from her FAHS National Art Honor Society will be presenting the reasons behind taking photos, how to compose an interesting image, and how to use the technology already in our hands to help us take great photographs. The goal of this workshop is to help the novice photographer gain confidence, and to help those that don't yet know how to utilize their smart phone as a professional camera. We will start by discussing our own motivations for taking a photo, as knowing our goals helps us to capture images that impact or affect others. Next, we will build an understanding of composition, as well as elements of a great photograph, so we know what to look for when composing our images. Then we will explore our phone cameras to gain a stronger grasp of our tools so we can maximize the quality of our work. Lastly, you will have time to practice capturing images utilizing the tools and techniques discussed with the support of student helpers.
Saturday February 25, 1-3pm
Lake Mills L.D. Fargo Library, second floor
Cost: $10 for AAGLM members or $35 (which includes AAGLM membership!). Payable at the event
Member Meeting January 29, 2023
We met at Sunshine Brewery and had a fabulous time watching Angelique Thompson paint our model. Here are the results!
Art Yard 2022
On Saturday, July 16, 2022 as part of the Lake Mills Arts Festival, AAGLM hosted a tie dye booth. Everyone wishing to create a tie dyed t-shirt purchased a blank shirt, received instructions, donned gloves, and set about to make their own unique apparel. It was a beautiful day, made even more so by this colorful activity.
Thank you to all the volunteers who manned the booth and helped out with this fun event!
Souper Bowl 2019
2017 Fall Art Show
AAGLM’s Fall Art Show at the LDFargo Library was reported on by the Leader in this artitcle: "Artists Reception Inspiring"