RSVP Opening Reception: "We Are Reflections: Celeste Contreras Skierski"

Please join us for an opening reception of "We Are Reflections: Celeste Contreras Skierski" on Wed. June 26 at 6 p.m. The artist will be present, and a cash bar and light snacks will be available throughout the evening. Explore the Museum after hours, visit exhibitions on view, and relax in the courtyard and on the terrace. RSVP is strongly encouraged.

About The Exhibition:

"We Are Reflections: Celeste Contreras Skierski" is a solo exhibition of new works by Celeste Contreras Skierski, produced during her artist residency at Villa Terrace Art Museum.

Celeste Contreras Skierski is a Milwaukee-based Xicana artist who works in mixed media to share stories of ceremony, palimpsests, and memory with reflections of identity. She is a graduate and new professor at UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts and manages Studio Tlacuilo + Library, a new artist’s book library presenting works by Tlacuilo creatives at House of Rad in the Riverwest neighborhood.

Celeste Contreras Skierski's art is not just a product of her creativity but a reflection of her spiritual existence and practice. Over twenty-four weeks as Villa Artist-in-Residence, she carved and stamped a rubber stamp each day, contemplating our time in a world torn by war and turmoil. Her practice is a testament to the universal Indigenous philosophy of 'We are Reflections of Each Other,' a belief in our interconnectedness as mirrors of one another.