

Open House
Join me on Saturday, December 6th for our annual Open House from 11:00a.m.-4:00p.m. I look forward to this day all year! What's more fun than talking about art, meeting new people, seeing old friends and collectors and sipping and eating? #16thststudios #openhouse #racine #wisconsin #wiart #maureen #fritchen


Artist Talk @ The Fine Art Gallery
The Artist Talk at The Fine Arts Gallery is less than a week away. I've decided to focus my talk on my habit of collecting "nuggets." My nuggets are visual slices of the micro world I store away for future reference. They're also physical bits and pieces I store in boxes [and boxes]: magazine images and found paper, bits of wood and metal pieces. I use these nuggets as both inspiration and collage material in my arrangments. My talk starts at 6:30 followed by a talk by mixe


Time Share Exchange
I'm proud to be included in a gallery swap exhibition between Frank Juarez Gallery in Sheboygan and the Racine Arts Council. What a unique way to make connections with people from other communities. FJG @ RAC May 2nd - June 28th Opening Reception May 2nd 6:00 - 9:00 pm Frank Juarez Gallery will be exhibiting the art of Melissa Dorn Richards, William Zuback, Dale Knaak, Brandon Bauer and Tony Conrad RAC @ FJG May 10th -June 14th Opening Reception May 17th 5:00-8:00pm Artists


Process Piece WEEK 2:
#racine #university #wisconsin #parkside #straylight #magazine #mixedmedia #collage #encaustic


The Process Piece Project
Last October I was asked by Straylight Magazine, a literary magazine of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside to take part in a new website series for visual artists called Process Piece. Each week for a month I will be sharing the stages [and trials and tribulations] of a piece of art start to finish with images and descriptions from. Here we go! Week 1: Arranging and Rearranging In the past 6 months there’s been quite a changeover in my choice of materials. I’ve tucked aw