Overture & Playhouse Galleries
Winter 2024/25 Exhibitions Reception
Friday, January 17
5:30pm - 8:30pm
6pm - Artists’ Talks on Rotunda Stage
Overture Galleries, Playhouse Gallery & Rotunda Stage
Free
Age Recommendation
All ages
This season at Overture Center galleries, explore resilience and rebuilding through art. From reimagining memories and natural forms to celebrating community and creative collaboration, these exhibitions showcase how artists respond to challenges and changes. Our Playhouse Gallery exhibition highlights our 20th Anniversary. “Impact!” reflects the enduring spirit of creativity that has defined Overture Galleries for two decades.
Gallery I - Bringing Back Memories
Denise Presnell & Fernando Rico
Gallery II - Breaking Into Beautiful
Lael Sheber & Elizabeth Tuttle
Gallery III - Views and Hues
Henry Matthiessen III & Dawn Wians
Playhouse Gallery - Impact! Celebrating 20 Years of Art at Overture Center
Various Artists
Sponsors
Overture Galleries are sponsored by The Arts Access Fund, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation, and by contributions to Overture Center for the Arts.
Upcoming Visual Arts Events
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April 30
Thursday
Educational/Talks, Free Events, Visual Arts Spring 2026 Exhibitions Reception
Overture Galleries
Join us for a reception and artist talks celebrating the Spring 2026 Overture Galleries. Centered on storytelling, our Spring Exhibitions feature artists who translate personal narrative into book-based and ceramic sculptures, symbolic mixed-media works and more.
5:30 PM -
May 9
Saturday
Educational/Talks, Visual Arts Slow Art: Making Responsive Artist Books
Overture Galleries
Join us for a Slow Art experience beginning with a guided meditation in Wisconsin Studio, followed by a contemplative viewing of works by Gallery I artists Katherine Steichen Rosing and Sandra Schoen. The event concludes with a hands-on book-making workshop and reflection exercise led by the artists.
10:00 AM