Your in the Reverse Auction will help continue one of the unique artist residency programs of the Arts Center, the Exhibition Artists-in-Residence (ExAIR) program. While most residencies focus on the creation of new work, ExAIR is all about artists sharing their creative process with school groups and the public through workshops and open studios. Proceeds from the Reverse Auction will assist in bringing in artists, supplies, and more. For that, we say "thank you!"

All donations to the Reverse Auction are 100% tax deductible.

Building a Nest (framed, carved marble and granite, 20 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.). Created by artist Amy Dallas of Tile Tempo in Grafton, WI. Dallas is a Midsummer Festival of the Arts artist.

Bravery (mounted, limited edition 1/50 signed archival photograph, 24 x 16 in.). Taken at Horace Mann High School in Gary, IN, by photographer Chris Robleski of Fading Nostalgia in Milwaukee, WI). He used a long exposure and colored flashlights to create this image - not Photoshop or any other digital manipulation. Robleski is an award-winning Midsummer Festival of the Arts artist.

Untitled (ceramic wall hanging, 17 x 9 x 4 in.). Created by artist Ralph Benedict of Ralph Benedict Ceramic Design in Ripon, WI. Benedict is a Midsummer Festival of the Arts artist.

White-Tailed Deer (matted, signed archival photograph, 20 x 24 in.). Created by photographer Drake Fleege of Powder Hill Photography LLC in Hartford, WI. As a self-taught, award-winning, Wisconsin-based, landscape fine art photographer, Fleege's photographic goal is to "give a voice" to the land and its inhabitants, through the medium of photography. Fleege is a Midsummer Festival of the Arts artist.

Also in this package, enjoy two Palermo's Courtside tickets to the Milwaukee Bucks vs. Washington Wizards game on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. at the BMO Harris Bradley Center and parking at the MacArthur Square Parking structure.

Spoon Bug Goth (recycled stainless silverware, 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 6 in.). Created by artist David Gaura of Spoon Bug in Franksville, WI. Guara is a Midsummer Festival of the Arts artist.

Also enjoy two tickets to Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's Doubt, A Parable by John Patrick Shanley on April 12-29, 2018.

Chewbacca Bowl (fused glass, 13 1/2 x 11 x 4 in.). Created by artist Carol Widra of SolVici Glass in Fitchburg, WI. Wildra is a Midsummer Festival of the Arts artist.

Vegetable Medley (framed, watercolor on paper, 19 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.). Created by artist Louise Joyner of West Bend, WI.

Also enjoy a 12-month Garden Family Membership to the Olbrich Botanical Society in Madison, WI. Members receive unlimited admission into the Bolz Conservatory, Blooming Butterflies, Holiday Express Train Show, and the Spring Flower Show. Additionally, members receive at least 10% off every day on most items in Olbrich's Growing Gifts Shop, have borrowing privileges at Olbrich's Schumacher Library, and qualify for reciprocal admission at over 300 gardens and arboreta throughout the United States and Cayman Islands, including 8 in Wisconsin! Members receive discounts on our classes and workshops and are given a free gift each year at Olbrich's Plant Sale with the Pros.

This table runner (cotton and embroidery, 25 x 41 in.) was created by artist Xao Yang Lee of Hmong Needleart in Sheboygan, WI. Lee is a Midsummer Festival of the Arts artist.

Certificate for a limited edition, twelve-inch fine art print selected from a wide variety of images by photographer Thomas Fallon of Portland, ME, valued at $495.00. Or, apply the full value of your certificate to a larger print, canvas gallery wrap, or wall grouping from over 1,000 available. Image categories include landscapes, seacoast, still lifes, architecture, flowers, city scenes, and found objects.

Gold Wristlet (handmade from eco-friendly, vegan materials) was created by artist Annie Mohaupt of Chicago, IL. Justin Walker and Annie Mohaupt thoughtfully craft footwear, handbags, and accessories by combining traditional artisanal techniques with emerging technologies. They proudly produce their designs in the U.S. from sustainably sourced materials. Mohaupt is an award-winning Midsummer Festival of the Arts artist.

Also in this package enjoy two tickets to Oconomowoc Arts Center's One Night in Memphis at 4:00 p.m. on May 20, 2018. Tickets are subject to availability. No exchanges.

Two tickets to one of the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra's 2017-2018 season subscription concerts. Expires May 12, 2018.

Also included is an RTM knitwear purse by artist Rosemarie Mellenberger of Madison, WI.

Handcrafted, sterling silver earrings created by artist Moira K. Lime of Moira K. Lime Jewelry.

Keiler + Jupiter (spray paint on canvas board, 18 x 24 in.). Created by artist Amy L. Larink of Shorewood, WI. Larink is a Midsummer Festival of the Arts Artist.

UNTITLED No. 3 (acrylic and paint marker on foam core, 17x17x2 in.). Created by artist Timon Tupper of Sheboygan, WI). Tupper is a long-time staff member and a past exhibiting artist at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

Columbine: The Mystery of Five Doves (limited edition 1/30 digital photograph, 34 x 31 1/2 in.). Created by artist Lisa Frank of Belleville, WI. Frank is a MacDowell Colony Fellow in photography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she holds an MFA in design studies. She has been a part of the Discovery to Product (D2P) incubator program. With its support, she is developing virtual reality content that is based on her 2-D photography.

Using her artwork to also enhance interdisciplinary explorations, Frank was chosen to be a Senior Research Fellow at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She was the first artist/collaborator to be given this distinction. Frank is an ARTspace artist who was most recently featured in the 2017 One & Only: Gifts Made By Hand exhibition.

Hand-Carved Cherry Wood Hiking Stick (cherry wood, 56 x 1 x 5 in.). Created by artist Mickey Beth of Cascade, WI. Beth is a Midsummer Festival of the Arts artist.

Grab a friend and let the inspiring outdoor adventure begin with this gift card for a two-person rental at the EOS rental dock, a $25 store gift card, and a coffee mug.

TE+ND Rover (Leg) (wall-hung ceramic and brass, 9.5 x 6.25 x 1.25 in.). Created by artist Marnia Johnston of Concord, CA. Johnston is a sculptor and interdisciplinary instigator collaborating with engineers, biologists, programmers, and tinkerers. She creates projects exploring what Donna Haraway calls the "ideological struggle between life and social science." Johnston's work does this by incorporating themes surrounding mass production, ecology, and biological processes by using robotics, ceramics, and various other media.

Johnston has been awarded the Visions from the New California Award, a James Irvine Foundation Fellowship, and her sculptures and drawings have been exhibited widely. Johnston was a John Michael Kohler Arts Center Arts/Industry Artist in the Pottery in 2016.

Handmade Wooden Bowl with food-safe finish (exotic Yellowheart and Goncalo Alues wood, 91/4 x 9 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.). Created by artist Bob Newton of Sheboygan, WI. Newton has been a hobby woodworker since high school in Frankfurt, Germany, but it wasn't until six years ago that he found his passion in wood turning. To date, he has made over 2,500 bowls, none identical to the last. What makes his bowls unique is his ability to combine both domestic and exotic species to create beautiful patterns. Newton is an award-winning Midsummer Festival of the Arts artist who has been participating since 2012.

Stoneware Box (stoneware, 3 x 3 x 6 in.) was created by artist Dana Major Kanovitz of Chicago, IL.

Also included in this pachage is an Olivu gift box which includes 1 green nail polish, pack of 5 assorted flavor lip balms, charcoal face wash, solid lotion stick, olive whipped lotion, spiced cranberry scented candle, O-426 body and facial bar for men, Polynesian Red roll-on perfume, and a gift certificate for $10 in-store credit at Olivu (expires December 2018).

Enjoy dinner for two at Lake Street Café in Elkhart Lake, WI. Voucher does not include beverages and expires November 4, 2018.

Also, remember your special Elkhart Lake date night for years to come with these two Raku vases by artist Pat Robison of Two Fish Gallery in Elkhart Lake, WI. Robison is a Midsummer Festival of the Arts artist and has taught countless ceramics workshops over the years at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

Three- and four-year-old children in the Arts Center's Preschool classes embellished ceramic triangles during "The Shape of Things to Come" unit. (painted ceramic tiles mounted and framed, 24.75 x 24.75 in.) All proceeds raised from this piece will directly support our Preschool program.

Steel-Pipe Lamp with vintage-inspired light bulbs (steel plumbing pipes and electrical fittings, 12 x 7 x 19 in.) was made by artist Patricia Jaromin-Meis of Sheboygan, WI. Jaromin-Meis is a staff member of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

TICHI BWA WABANG ED. 35 (lithograph, 24 x 26 in. framed to 30 x 32 in.) by artist Tom Uttech of Saukville, WI. Uttech is a past exhibiting artist at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

Marked, Pigeon River, Sheboygan WI, 2017 (mounted, large format wheat-paste print, 40 x 50 in.) was created by artist Cole Caswell (ME). Caswell, an exhibiting and Ex-AIR artist for the Escape Routes exhibition in 2016, investigates landscape, place, environment, and geography through traditional, historic, and digital photographic mediums. This large format wheat-paste print was created in collaboration with area schools during Caswell?s ExAIR residency in the The ARTery.

Demarcation, Sheboygan River, Sheboygan WI, 2017 (mounted, large format Wheat-Paste Print, 92 x 68 in.) was created by artist Cole Caswell (ME). Caswell, an exhibiting and Ex-AIR artist for the Escape Routes exhibition in 2016, investigates landscape, place, environment, and geography through traditional, historic, and digital photographic mediums. This large format wheat-paste print was created in collaboration with area schools during Caswell's ExAIR residency in the The ARTery.

Steel Suspended Shape Sculpture (steel, for indoor or outdoor display, 26 x 25 1/2 x 18 in.) was created by artist David Allen of Sheboygan, WI. Allen has been working with metal since 1994. He is a journeyman tool and die maker at Alaark Tooling & Automation in Sheboygan, WI. David's passion for fabrication and his wife's fondness for art inspired him to open Metal Art in December of 2015. Custom orders are welcome by contacting Allen on Facebook at 1 Creative Metal Art.

Stitched, 18 (fused glass bowl, 16 1/2 in. round x 2 1/4 in. tall) was created by artist Debi McCullough of Marshfield, WI. The bowl was created with colorful transparent glass, frit, and stringers and took four distinct firings to create its final form.

Enjoy a delicious hearth-cooked meal for ten people, prepared with your own hands, in the historic Wade House stagecoach hotel. Guests prepare nineteenth-century dishes on a wood-burning stove and over an open-hearth fire just as Mrs. Wade did more than 150 years ago. This participatory event culminates in a wonderful sit-down meal in the lovely Wade House dining room. Menu includes Squash Soup, Pork Loin Roast, Red Cabbage with Apples, Mashed Turnips, Glazed Carrots, Cranberry Muffins, Bread Pudding, Cider Cake, Cider, and Coffee.

You will also receive a stoneware bowl (stoneware, 11 x 11 x 3 in.) created by artist Tony Winchester, to remember your experience at Wade House for years to come.

Winter is Here (white stoneware, 2017, two sculptures 13 x 9 x 3 1/2 in. ea.). Created by artist Shari McWilliams of Kewaskum, WI. McWilliams is an ARTspace artist featured in many One & Only: Gifts Made By Hand exhibitions over the years.

Blue Flower (ceramic, 4 x 4 x 12 in.) was created by artist Albert Benedict of Whitewater, WI. His work is rich with texture and color, embodies the rhythms of nature, and explores the parallels and intersections between cycles in nature and human existence. Benedict is a Midsummer Festival of the Arts Artist who received an Honorable Mention Award in 2017 for his work.

Life (framed, limited edition, signed fine art print on archival paper, 13 x 13 in., framed to 17 x 17 in.). Created by artist Cassie Shultz of Los Angeles, CA.

The white custom frame was done by Amy Harmelink of Creative Art and Framing in Sheboygan, WI.

Glass Bowl (glass, 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.) was created by artist Rick Garnett of Kansas.

Water Lily (ceramic, 9 individual pieces measuring 5 1/2 x 6 x 1 in. ea. and arranged in a grid pattern). Created by artist Lesley Baker of Indianapolis, IN. Baker was an Arts/Industry Pottery Artist in 2005 and most recently an exhibiting artist at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in 2014.

Cows and Flowers (serigraph, 25 x 19 1/2 in.). was created by artist Schomer Lichtner of Milwaukee, WI. Lichtner was a muralist who created many large works in public and private buildings as part of the 1930's Treasury Relief Art Project, the Public Works Art Project, and the Federal Works Progress Administration art program. One of his murals can be viewed today in the Sheboygan Post Office. Schomer worked in his own regionalist style, dealing with the virtues of rural, middle-class life, but was among the first generation of Wisconsin artists to break from the tradition of German academies. Schomer's best known creations will always be recognized as part of the Modernist movement with imagery that includes elements of whimsy and humor, a sense of the potency of color, freedom, and energy. Two of his trademark motifs, black and white patterned Holstein cows and slender ballet dancers, have been recurrent themes. His dogged production, longevity, and positive nature made him and his work distinctive and much loved.

Trio of Rings, size 7 (#1: sterling silver with freshwater pearl; #2: sterling silver with lemon tourmaline; #3: sterling silver with black basalt beach stone and ruby). Created by artist Susan Richter-O'Connell of Sheboygan, WI. Richter-O'Connell is an award-winning Midsummer Festival of the Arts artist, an ARTspace artist, and has taught countless jewelry courses at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center over the years.

Come visit us as often as you possibly can, every day we hope, and enjoy coffee all year long from the ARTcafe. For your daily visits we included a softcover copy of our newest publication, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein: Mythologies, and a beautiful JMKAC mug. So don't wait long, bid now for this great JMKAC experience!

Get a complete collection of every softcover book and exhibition checklist JMKAC has published over the past 50 years! As an added benefit, Ruth DeYoung Kohler has personally signed a selection of the books in gratitude for your support. Also included in this package is the opportunity for you and a small group of your friends to enjoy a personal Curatorial Tour of the current exhibitions. Date subject to availability. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity!

Signed by Ruth DeYoung Kohler, Top Drawers: A National Invitational Drawing Exhibition poster (17 x 20 1/2 in.) is a limited edition, hand-pulled screenprint from 1976 that has been waiting in our archives just for you.

Signed by Ruth DeYoung Kohler, All the Arts For All The People JMKAC membership poster (23 x 35 in.) is a limited edition, hand-pulled screenprint from 1970-1971 that comes straight from our archives. Its timeless motto serves as the heart of all that we do here at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

Signed by Ruth DeYoung Kohler, environment/C.O.W. JMKAC exhibition poster (24 1/4x 30 1/4in.) is a limited edition, hand-pulled screenprint from 1969 that comes straight from our archives. This was one of the first exhibitions held at the Arts Center.

Signed by Ruth DeYoung Kohler, Summer Theatre 72 JMKAC programming poster (23 x 35 in.) is a limited edition, hand-pulled, screenprint from 1972 that comes straight from our archives.

Signed by Ruth DeYoung Kohler, Glass 14th Century B.C. to 1971 A.D., JMKAC exhibition poster (19 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.) is a limited edition, hand-pulled screenprint on clear form-pressed plastic from 1971 that comes straight from our archives.

Enjoy this set of three vintage exhibition announcement cans from JMKAC's 1968 Media in a Supermarket exhibition located in a former supermarket space at 710 S. 14th Street here in Sheboygan. These exhibition announcements are a great momento of the times since they were created only six years after Andy Warhol created his famous Campbell's Soup Cans.

Spring Falls (acrylic on canvas, 2017, 30 x 24 in.). Created by artist Miles Bair of Bloomington, IL. Bair is an emeritus professor of art and was the director of the School of Art at Illinois Wesleyan University for three decades. Bair has exhibited widely over the years, including locations as far away as Japan. Bair's work is currently represented by the Edgewood Orchard Gallery in Wisconsin; the Marshall Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ; the Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis, MO; and the Haen Gallery in Asheville, NC. Bair is an ARTspace Artist.

Nuno felted cape (silk, merino wool, and synthetic fibers; size small) was created by artist Kati Fritz-Jung of Sheboygan, WI. Fritz-Jung spent sixteen years studying and creating wearable designs made from natural and synthetic fibers. Most recently she has focused on nuno felting (fabric felting). Fritz-Jung has always believed that wearable art is a personal expression of one's unique personality. She especially enjoys custom orders as it allows her to blend her personal style with that of her customers. Fritz-Jung has taught nuno felting at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and also gives classes from her home. You can find her art at various galleries in Wisconsin and Michigan, and can directly contact her if interested in custom orders or classes.

Folk Fish Wall Hanging (recycled tannery board and aluminum, 27 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 3/4 in.). Created by artist Dave Pethan of Sheboygan, WI.

Glass Brick (glass, 8 ¼ x 4 ¼ x 3 1/4 in.). Created by artist Beth Lipman of Sheboygan Falls, WI. Lipman has received numerous awards including a USA Berman Bloch Fellowship, Pollock Krasner Grant, Virginia Groot Foundation Grant, and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant. She recently completed One Portrait of One Man, a sculptural response to Marsden Hartley for the Weisman Art Museum (MN). Lipman has exhibited her work internationally at such institutions as the Ringling Museum of Art (FL), ICA/MECA (ME), RISD Museum (RI), Milwaukee Art Museum (WI), Gustavsbergs Konsthall (Sweden) and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC). Her work has been acquired by numerous museums including the North Carolina Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art (NY), Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC), and the Corning Museum of Glass (NY).

Beth Lipman was an Arts/Industry Artist in the Pottery in 2003 and has been an exhibiting artist at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

SHE PULLED UP HER STOCKINGS AND FLEW OFF: DEARLY DEPARTED SERIES (framed, mixed media on canvas, 12 x 15 in.). Created by artist Keely Phippen of Sheboygan, WI. Phippen is an ARTspace artist and staff member of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

50 Over 50 ATMOS: A Photographic Meditation Along the Shore of Lake Michigan (softcover photo book, signed) was created by artist and photographer Craig Grabhorn of Sheboygan, WI. Grabhorn is an ARTspace artist and staff member of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

Nuno felted scarf (silk, merino wool, and synthetic fibers; 53" long) was created by artist Kati Fritz-Jung of Sheboygan, WI. Fritz-Jung spent sixteen years studying and creating wearable designs made from natural and synthetic fibers. Most recently she has focused on nuno felting (fabric felting). Fritz-Jung has always believed that wearable art is a personal expression of one's unique personality. She especially enjoys custom orders as it allows her to blend her personal style with that of her customers. Fritz-Jung has taught nuno felting at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and also gives classes from her home. You can find her art at various galleries in Wisconsin and Michigan, and can directly contact her if interested in custom orders or classes.