Sustainable Creatives Meetup – Bay View Gallery Night

May 29 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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Sustainable Creatives Meetup

Description:

Join us at Component Brewing for Bay View Gallery Night, as we highlight artwork from our Sustainable Creatives network.

We invited artists to share water-inspired works to promote conversations about conservation, and we can’t wait to share their contributions with you! Whether you’re a creative, an art appreciator, or just love Milwaukee’s waterways, this free event is a great place to connect with others who care about making the Milwaukee River Basin an even better place to live. Cheers!

Event Details

Date

May 29th, 2026
5PM – 9PM

Location:

Component Brewing
2018 S 1st St #169
Milwaukee, WI 53207

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Contact Info:

If you have questions please call:

(414) 287-0207

Featured Artist Information:

Side by side, oil paint on canvas, 20 x 30”, 2026

I approach nature from a spiritual perspective, recognizing that when I care for nature, it cares for me in return, both physically and emotionally. Through this painting, I want to share this connection and invite others to experience it for themselves. The glowy, transparent figures represent anyone, anywhere, participating in the care of the environment. They symbolize a collective responsibility that when we nurture our earth, a shared glow emerges that connects us all.

Instagram: emmabastian_art

Jenna is presenting two photographs for the exhibition:

8×8 framed to 12×12
Ripples

11×14 framed to 16×20
Fog

Jenna’s Website

Title: “Field Notes”
Medium: Ink, watercolor
Size: 11″×14″
Description: “A collection of beings found along the Milwaukee River during a summer of creeling”

Troy is an independent photographer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with over 20 years of experience in on-location portraiture for editorial, non-profit, and commercial clients. Troy is dedicated to sincere, authentic photography, his career-long motto has been “keep it real”.

In addition to portraiture, Troy enjoys running through the Milwaukee River Greenway and documenting what he sees along the trails. Troy has partnered with Milwaukee Riverkeeper to offer hands-on workshops for aspiring photographers interested in nature and conservation photography, and the Sustainable Creatives Meetups grew from the camaraderie that developed during one of those workshops.

Troy will be presenting a series of 16×20 photographs.

Troy’s website

Instagram – Portrait photography

Instagram – Personal photography

Hartung Park Pond
11×17, Photo print on foam core
A neighborhood park pond that filters storm water before draining into the Menomonee river on the way to Lake Michigan.

 

Milwaukee Harbor Sunrise
11×17, Photo print on foam core
The harbor between Discovery World and Lake Shore State Park, at sunrise.

 

Frigid Sunrise
11×17, Photo print on foam core
Frigid morning at a Milwaukee breakwater light surrounded by sea fog steam.

 

Patrick’s Website (some prints for sale)

Nicole Shaver (she/her) grew up along Lake Michigan, where she skipped rocks and watched fisherman gut salmon as a child. Largely inspired by ideas of place and belonging, she researches geographical sites and employs them as metaphorical compasses to navigate the space between reality and fantasy, the banal and the sublime.

She received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her MFA from the University of Iowa.  She has attended artist residencies in Colorado, Iceland, North Carolina, Ohio, Portugal, Vancouver, and Wisconsin, while exhibiting widely throughout the United States and Scandinavia.  Her work has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and published in New American Paintings and Studio Visit Magazine.

She maintains a painting studio in Saukville, Wisconsin, shoots 35mm film, runs, swims and throws rocks when permitted.

Nicole will be sharing wood panel paintings from her Coastal Collages and Water Paintings collections.

Nicole’s website

Artist Bio: Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, degree in visual art from Rice University in Houston, Texas, lived in Milwaukee post graduation.

Piece Details: The diptych “Two Fishermen” is an observation of the 2025 Milwaukee River salmon run and its importance as a marker of seasonality in the city. It celebrates the perseverance of natures rhythms that find a way to blossom even within environments explicitly hostile to their existence.

Medium: 35 mm, inkjet print

Instagram: sophia_rohlfsen_photo

Sara’s passion for all things fused glass began over fifteen years ago after participating in a beginner’s class at a local glass shop. She quickly purchased her first kiln and began taking as many in-person and online classes as she could find, learning new techniques and experimenting with color, texture and design. Her pieces reflect her love of discovery and the joy of turning glass into something vibrant, layered, and full of light. Sara’s passion for all things fused glass began over fifteen years ago after participating in a beginner’s class at a local glass shop.She quickly purchased her first kiln and began taking as many in-person and online classes as she could find, learning new techniques and experimenting with color, texture and design. Her pieces reflect her love of discovery and the joy of turning glass into something vibrant, layered, and full of light.

 

“Splash” is fused glass.  I was inspired by the splash made by a fish jumping upstream in the Milwaukee River.
Dimensions are 14″ x 10″ wide and 4″ in height.

 

“River Currents” evokes the ever changing colors reflected in river water as it moves and flows.
Fused glass, 12 1/2 height by 15 1/2 width.

 

“River Riffles” is done with multiple layers of fused glass to give it the look of water riffles going over rocks and pebbles in the shallows of a river.
9 1/2″ height by 11 1/2″.

 

Mike is Milwaukee Riverkeeper’s Communications and Outreach Specialist. Growing up near Cedar Creek helped inspire his love for the outdoors. Mike has hiked hundreds of miles, throughout the United States and beyond, and enjoys helping others connect to nature and discover parks and other public lands to explore. He is presenting a series of photographs taken mostly in the Milwaukee River Basin but entirely within Wisconsin.

Maura is presenting her North American rug hooking. Rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff backing material, such as burlap or linen. A hook mounted in a handle, usually made of wood, is used to pull the loops through the backing material. These rugs are made using sustainably-sourced natural fibers and are inspired by some of Mike’s photographs. Maura will also be demonstrating on-site during the Gallery Night event.

Instagram: OutOnTrail

Thanks to our partners for their generous support of this event!

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