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Saint Kate’s Artist in Residence


Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel in downtown Milwaukee is among the first hotels to broadly celebrate the arts in its many forms – from painting and sculpture to music, poetry, and performing arts. To further our connection and support of the arts, Saint Kate is proud to announce its Artist in Residence program.

The residency is an opportunity available once per year for artists working in any genre or medium in the Midwest. The program supports artists by providing studio space, a stipend, consistent access to the Saint Kate Curator, and networking opportunities. The structure of The Artist in Residence program and the artist’s duties reflect the core values of Saint Kate: Creativity, Curiosity, Community, Collaboration, and Common Ground.

The Current Artist in Residence

Megan Woodard Johnson

Megan Woodard Johnson is a mixed-media abstract artist, inspired by how accumulated everyday experiences create our personal histories. Her abstract work explores memory and nostalgia and is imbued with the joy found in discovering that we often share common memories with apparent strangers.

By combining vintage paper ephemera, paint, various drawing media, and found objects Johnson creates heavily layered mixed media paintings with bold color, strong composition, and rich detail. Megan’s work evokes joy, sparks curiosity, and encourages close inspection. Her Residency will be spent engaging with visitors in the Studio, gathering more and more points of connection, and letting the work she creates celebrate the stories she collects.

Johnson has been an artist since she could hold a crayon and received a BFA in Graphic Design and Fine Art Printmaking in 1996. Her work hangs in private and corporate collections across and beyond the United States and is represented by multiple US Galleries. She has shown in numerous juried group and solo exhibitions, taught workshops, and completed multiple Artist Residencies. Johnson has also curated exhibitions and built connections with artists around the globe by offering courses and small-group mentorships.

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"I'm equally inspired by my own experiences as by discovering how many experiences we all tend to have in common. A short conversation with a 'stranger' can quickly reveal shared core memories, forging an immediate, happy bond. I'm excited to spend a year at Saint Kate having conversations, gathering experiences we have in common, and discovering how they show up in my work."

Megan Woodard Johnson

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AIR Time: Art & Studio Tour

Join Artist in Residence Megan Woodard Johnson for a cocktail and tour of the Saint Kate permanent collection, feature exhibitions, and her residency space.

Megan will guide you through the public spaces of Saint Kate to view and discuss diverse works of art as part of our Seed Collection and rotating feature exhibitions. The tour will then culminate in the Artist in Residence Studio where you will be invited to experience her mixed-media practice.

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5:30 PM

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Past Artists in Residence

THE SECOND ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

ANWAR FLOYD-PRUITT

2023-2024

Anwar Floyd-Pruitt is an artist, curator, and puppeteer from Milwaukee, WI. He holds a BA in Psychology from Harvard University (2000), a BFA from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (2017), and an MFA (2020) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The Chazen Museum of Art, Edgewood College, Mount Mary University, and the Museum of Wisconsin Art recently hosted solo exhibitions of his collages, paintings, and abstract mixed-media self-portraits.

In addition to leading puppet-making workshops, Floyd-Pruitt writes and performs a family-friendly singalong called Hip Hop Puppet Party and was awarded a grant from the Jane Henson Foundation to engage youth in puppetry. Anwar is Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, and he maintains a studio at the House of RAD (Resident Artist Doers) in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood.

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THE FIRST ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

JEFF ZIMPEL

2022-2023

Get to know Saint Kate's inaugural Artist in Residence.

Jeff Zimpel is an interdisciplinary artist whose art practice promotes the importance of life-long learning through an exploration of mark-making and an interrogation of the space where painting and photography meet. He develops site-specific installations and invites creative participation based on these art experiences.

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