About this Event
Jill Sebastian is a Milwaukee-based artist working in drawing, sculpture, and installation. In addition to her international showing record, Sebastian has also been awarded a variety of local/regional public art projects including, an architecturally integrated literary project for the Milwaukee Convention Center (now Baird Center), a streetscape for Madison, Wisconsin, and a mosaic for the Genome Center at UW-Madison. Among her honors are a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship 1985, City of Milwaukee Artist of the Year 1997, Milwaukee “Woman of Influence” in 2010, and the Wisconsin Visual Art Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. Sebastian taught sculpture and public art for 34 years, first at University of Denver, and then Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Sebastian's work is currently included in the Haggerty exhibition .
Parking for Haggerty visitors is available in Marquette University's Lot J, which can be accessed from North 11th Street, between Wisconsin Avenue and Clybourn Street. If an attendant is present in the 11th Street booth, please inform them you are visiting the Museum. If no attendant is in the booth, please proceed up the drive to the next gated entry. If the gate is down, please press the INTERCOM button and inform the security personnel that you are visiting the Museum. Please do not park in spots near the Parish Center posted “Gesu Parish Guests Only”. Street parking is available at metered spaces along Clybourn Street, located between North 11th and 15th streets.
Image: Jill Sebastian, American, b. 1950, MERaT (detail), 1980, Ink and color pencil on vellum paper mounted on museum board, 92.9.1, Gift of Kit Basquin, Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Haggerty Museum of Art, 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee, United States
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