Photo credit: Linda Smallpage

Register to hear Ck Ledesma Borrero!

Event details
🗓️ Date: Friday, January 17th
⏰ Time: 8:30 – 10:00 AM
📍 Location: Villa Arco – 804 W Greenfield Ave; Milwaukee, WI 53204

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Learn about our keynote speaker

Ck Ledesma is an artist, curator, and educator from San Juan, Puerto Rico based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their work is rooted in culture, social practice, and community engagement. Recognized as the 2022 Mildred L. Harpole Artist of the Year and a 2020 Mary L. Nohl Fellow, Ledesma has served as an artist-in-residence for Milwaukee’s Cesar Chavez Drive Business Improvement District and the Mitchell Street branch of the Milwaukee Public Library.

Their work has been showcased both nationally and internationally, including at the Haggerty Museum of Art, the Racine Art Museum, and through the Museums Association of the Caribbean, most notably within our communities.

Our theme for January is JOURNEY.

It was chosen by our Muscat chapter in Oman and illustrated by Salim Al Salami. Let’s go. Let’s get out there and see what the world has waiting for us. By putting ourselves in a new environment or experience, we gain a different perspective. That sense of discovery sparks fresh inspiration. If your brain feels stuck, try moving your feet. So, let’s travel somewhere we’ve never been. Either down the street or across a far-off border, there’s so many places to explore. Or we can take a metaphorical journey like unlocking personal growth in therapy, advancing on our career paths, or undergoing a spiritual awakening. Or we can enjoy a journey into imagination through a book, film, or other work of art.As we travel through life, everyone you meet is at a different point in their own unique journey. Some of us know where we’re going. While other paths are full of twists, turns, and obstacles thrown in our way. The trick is to embrace the detours and delays. Because there are no shortcuts on a journey of self-discovery or creative expression. Just please remember: you are not traveling alone.

Photo + directions by John December

About Villa Arco

Villa Arco is a unique and intimate event venue nestled in a historic 1890s home in the heart of Milwaukee’s Walker’s Square neighborhood. Dedicated to fostering connection and creativity, our mission is to provide a welcoming, accessible, and elegant space for the community to host a diverse range of events.

Public Transit

The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) bus route 56 stops right outside the Villa Arco on Greenfield Avenue at 8th Street.  MCTS bus routes 19 and 80 stop two blocks east on 6th Street at Greenfield Avenue.  For details, see RideMCTS.

Did you know the #1 way people learn about CreativeMornings/Milwaukee is through their friends? 

This month, we invite you to forward this email to a friend. Invite them to sign-up for our newsletter & register for this event with you!

We can’t wait to see you and your buds, pour out some more coffee, and expand our circle of morning people.