Since 2011, Bay View Gallery Night has organized “Milwaukee’s largest annual celebration of art, local business, music, and community.” The massive neighborhood-wide event brings together talented area artists and musicians, along with an eclectic mix of Milwaukee bars, restaurants and retailers for a large-scale happening that has quickly become a part of the Bay View tradition. It’s free. It’s fun. It’s locally-focused. What more can you ask for? How about an autumn edition?
Though there was already a 2024 installment of Bay View Gallery Night in May, we’re pleased to report Bay View Gallery Night will return for a fall version on Friday, September 27. To prepare you for the bustling night ahead, we’ve assembled this quick-hitting and to-the-point guide to tell you what to expect to see, hear, experience, and drink at each of the 70-plus participating sites during this year’s Bay View Gallery Night festivities. [All descriptions courtesy of BVGN.org]
Lincoln Warehouse
We invite everyone to come and enjoy the various artists here at Lincoln Warehouse. With the wide variety of talents, we are sure that there is something to interest everyone.
Melt Chocolates
Melt Chocolates welcomes back art collector Scott L. for the Fall 2024 BVGN. Scott will showcase additional pieces from his eclectic collection of historical masterpieces and street art. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to experience original works from legendary artists like Picasso, Dali, Rembrandt, and contemporary street artist KEF!
Twisted Path Distillery
Hosting the artwork of Anton Carter.
Bust-N-Stuff
Featuring woodworker Dirk Werderich who integrates organic with electric and magnetic, or OEM.
Component Brewing
For the fall edition of Bay View Gallery Night, we are thrilled to once again be hosting our two featured taproom artists: Dawn Carrillo and Terry Tayler! Dawn and Terry will each have a selection of old and new pieces on display in the taproom on and will be on hand to talk about their work and answer any questions folks might have.
Stories Of The Streets Vintage
Stories of the Streets welcomes interdisciplinary artist Basha Harris and their small batch, bespoke jewelry to the showroom.
House Of Gaud
Vintage home furnishings and gift shop House of Gaud welcomes Milwaukee-based multidisciplinary artist and designer Jannet Dženeta Habibovic (she/her/hers). Join us for fresh vintage furniture, home accessories, and Jannet’s fabulous live fashion illustrations. Enjoy light refreshments while you strike a pose and bask on vintage sofas.
Torzala Brewing Company
Torzala Brewing Company will host three very talented local artists this fall! Amy Rose: Amy makes fun, humorous, creative prints, magnets, etc. Jessi Schnell: Jessi created Dr. Jessi’s Wild Bunch – a collection of adventurous handmade stuffed toys. Angel Alloy-McFarlin: Angel is owner of Uncommon Brick and she creates beautiful ART-itectural illustrations.
The Old Schlitz Bottle Supply Building
We restore old brewery items from Pabst, Blatz, Schlitz, Miller and many more. Over 30k brewery items on display from the old motion signs to chalkware statues and reliefs from 1934. Feature site of The Wisconsin Brewery History Museum. Free beer and brats while they last!
Milwaukee Makers Market
Milwaukee Makers Market is back in the New Zillman Park! Visit over 15 local shop small businesses along with food trucks and beer garden! Shop local artists and makers for FREE!
1840 Brewing Company
Featuring work from watercolor artist Caitlin Walsh. And check out Hot Box Pizza serving pizzas outside the taproom.
The Bindery
Celebrating typography off the page with graffiti art by muralist Austin Wronski! Plus a ticketed bindery tour at 7:30pm and bespoke cocktails from Nomadic Beverage Company all evening! Drinks and tour tickets are limited and can be purchased in advance [recommended] or at the door. Buy now at https://binderymke.ticketleap.com.
Mac’s Pet Depot BarkPark
Featuring Steel Moon Art Studios (metal art and signs). We will be having wine and dessert, and free play time!
Mac’s Pet Depot Barkery
Dog art! Made by your dog! Human wine and appetizers!
RSVR
Stop by Milwaukee’s premiere virtual reality arcade and check out the cute, but creepy horror-themed paintings and sculptures to bring in the Halloween season from Milwaukee artist Burton Gross! Weather permitting, the Bonus Level will be open to serve all your beverage needs, as well as multiple retro games available to play!
Voyageur Book Shop
DJ set and exciting dance-responsive art by Lucas Alamo and KC Harrison. Also: Anja Notanja will be typing custom poems for clients in front of the shop per BVGN tradition.
Tease Salon
Featuring handcrafts from: Twisted Tree Creations, Dynamo Handmade Jewelry, and Rusty Quill woodworking. Outside: Henna designs.
Fiber Fever
Help us welcome in the Fall Season with cozy knitwear designs from Azahar Knits. Pam, the designer behind Azahar Knits, will be debuting her latest knit beanie design just in time for the cooler weather. Stop by to chat with Pam about her design process and choosing the right materials for your project. Pam will also have knitwear available for purchase so that you can stay warm in style this Fall/Winter!
Tippecanoe Herbs And Apothecary
Herbal Hymns – songs of the plants. Capturing the electronic frequencies emitted by plants, the signal is interpreted into a song.
Deep Roots Massage
Offering a tranquil space that will relax your mind and uplift your spirit. Featuring abstract and surrealism acrylic and multimedia on canvas + prints. Live crystal sound bowl healing and meditative mantra sung in the beautiful and ancient sacred Sanskrit language. Empress Roots will be offering holistic herbal skin care, sea moss gel and much more.
Pink Agave
Artist Rob Ba$e showing painting, selling merchandise & live painting. And Brooklyn will be doing her incredible Henna work at a friendly price. Gabriella Avila (co-owner of Cream City Clothing) will be doing live painting & selling prints & merch as well. Special drinks: The campfire (smore tasting cocktail), and pumpkin spice martini! BVGN food specials will be Walking Pozole & Walking Flautas!
Revel Bar
Create your own custom trucker hat with a pop up by the Howdy Hat Bar. Artwork on display by Lisza Battikha, Mariah Skenandore, Dee Hutch, Erica Wright and Felipe Franco. Live airbrush painting by Dee Hutch. $5 white claws , $5 bourbon sours , $7 Jack Daniels mixers.
Clover
MKE
Clover features the artwork of over 20 female Milwaukee artists. Ever rotating, and nature themed, swing in to view their work tonight, or all year long. Light refreshments will be served.
Cafe LuLu
Featuring oil paintings from Chad Sperzel-Wuchterl. Textured works of color and shape exploration. Chad’s works are personal reflections of curiosity with subtle inspirations from abstract expressionism.
The Muse Guesthouse
Featuring the new art work of a host of local artists curated by Amy Schmutte. Refreshments while they last.
The Magnet Factory MKE
MeanCamp Photography and friends will be showing an eclectic array of photography and multimedia from the following artists: Nikki Yenter, Whitney Kopp, Thousand Clicks Photography, and Sptmbrborn (photographers). Sara Graf, Molly Brennan, and Michael Maier, Luke Meyer (multimedia artists).
Heirloom MKE
Heirloom MKE will be hosting a handful of talented artists including a few of its own in-house artists. Featuring: Ryan Laessig (he/him), local Nerd artist, and owner of Milwaukee Makers Market, showcasing work from his MilRAWkee Alt Series, Daniel R Lanza (he/him), Bay View native, specializes in retro video game inspired art, Christine Burke (she/her), specializes in anime & gaming-themed resin art. Heirloom MKE’s own in-house artists: Paiton Graham (they/them), MATC student, their art is not defined by any singular style, constantly trying new techniques and mediums. Lately, they’ve been experimenting with incorporating different tattooing styles, such as American and Neo-Traditional, into their own work. Joelle Turner (they/them), aka Piikobee, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design student, .a mixed media artist majoring in illustration while doing stained glass work on the side.
The Stone
Music by Spud Bucket…sounding in the vein of Tom Petty meets Cracker with a dash of Rockpile, Spud Bucket continues to create fun danceable music. Frontman Tom T, Ronzi on bass, and Chris “Lucky” Lehmann on drums. As well as music, we will have contemporary abstract paintings featured by local artist Kimberly Geszvain.
Edie Bestul Hair Studio
Enjoy the paintings of Milwaukee artist Christopher Zak, during his first solo show at this charming Bay View business! Christopher is a graduate of UW Madison, where he studied under artist Fred Stonehouse; both artists will be in attendance, to meet and greet the public! Please come treat yourself to a magnificent piece, champagne and macaron cookies, or just to say hello! A must stop on Bay View Gallery Night!
Lion’s Tooth
Come to Lion’s Tooth to make comics with Milwaukee cartoonist Quinn Blackshere! Quinn will be showing her work and premiering a brand new comic, while helping the public (you!) make their own strips, to be collected into a community zine. All ages welcome.
Semolina MKE
Once again, we are proud to showcase the work of our dear friend, Angela DeStefanis. She is bringing a variety of home decor objects of concrete, wood, fiber, and paintings, sometimes all mixed together. We will also have samplings of our Italian food products (Say Cheeeese!) and specials on wine and beer.
URSA
Rachael Gonzalez is a multimedia artist, bodyworker, plant worker and folkways educator based in Milwaukee, WI. Her work is locally known by the monicker FAMILIAR (@familiar_mke). Rachael’s art is made in collaboration with nature; utilizing sunlight, spring water, paint stones, beeswax, broomcorn, wood and other natural materials to explore themes inspired by old ways of healing, connection, and animism. For this gallery night, Rachael will share a variety of works made over this summer, culminating in a celebration of the harvest season through cyanotypes, sculptural power objects, silverpoint drawings and paintings. You can view her past portfolio and CV at RMGONZALEZ.com.
The Newport
We will be featuring some in-house talent.. Our favorite resident artist (who moonlights tending bar here at The Newport) Jes Boogaard will be displaying various works of art that she’s created over a long career as an artist and graphic designer.
Puddler’s Hall
Featuring local Bay View artists Ben Slatky (oil paintings) and Samantha Henson (pen/ink, watercolor).
Goodkind
Showing work from Kimberly Burnett (Oil Paintings and Illustrations).
Groppi’s
Live Music by Aaron Davis.
Milwaukee OATS Screen Printing
We will have local vendors selling screen printed clothes, art gallery in the back of the shop (local artist). Live screen printing as well.
Beth Eaton Pottery
Mini market and live music.
Alive And Fine
Come and play with us for a night of art inspired by horror master Stephen King and the many film and television adaptations of his work. Grab a red balloon and see the work of over 20 local and regional artists of all mediums celebrating King characters from Carrie to Cujo and all the creeps in between.
Caraware Collection
Caraware Collection is a pop-up shop selling one-of-a-kind wearable paintings by local artist, Cara Corder. Featuring vegan bakery from Moon Cherry Sweets!
The Art School
In celebration of ‘The Art School’s 10th Anniversary in Bay View,’ join us for a monumental faculty art exhibition! Showcasing the impressive oil paintings and ink drawings of our co-founder instructors: Lisa Pilarski & Andy Pilarski, this exhibition offers exciting insight into the personal studio practices of our teachers. Come by to celebrate with us while enjoying the art and refreshments!
Verdant CBD
Our exhibit will be Victoria Bernd’s watercolor and pencil art inspired by music and nature, and the stories they tell her. Alongside Victoria Bernd, Jak Walter will display his nature photography, and an eclectic mix of original illustrations.
Hide House
We invite everyone to come and enjoy the various artists here at Hide House Creative. With the wide variety of talents, we are sure that there is something to interest everyone.
Little Fire Ceramics
Jessica Egan of Little Fire Ceramics is excited to host fellow Milwaukee artist Whitney Salgado of W.S. Illustrations in the LFC Studio located in the Hide House Creative Complex – Building 10. A number of works by both artists will be on display and for sale including ceramics, sculptures, prints, and paintings.
Cache Cider
Scout Gallery presents the “Natural Remedy” series of paintings by Daniel Fleming. Live music by Ethan Keller. Free cider/wine samples, and snacks.
Scout Gallery
Join us at Scout Gallery for the exhibition NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED. Featuring artwork by Terry Tayler, Christy Nelson, Roxane Mayeur, Ann Baer! Scout has a strong passion for abstract art, recognizing its ability to shape and enrich the mood and atmosphere of living spaces. We’re excited to present you with an exhibition that celebrates abstract works fueled by freedom and expression.
Amara Studios
Amara Studios – A luxury vintage womenswear shop will host local fine jewelry artist, Emily Klopstein. Emily is known for her elegant and thoughtfully artful designs and will have handmade pieces to purchase.
Art! By Jason Krukowski
Welcome to my art studio showcasing my originals and prints! The theme is Milwaukee, love and romance, all captured in illustration or paintings. Lot’s to see and explore. A favorite by many!
Milwaukee Makers Marketplace
Milwaukee Makers Marketplace “Soft Opening” w/ Artery Ink located inside the Hide House (entrance is on the corner of Dover & Greeley St!) **Browse and Purchase wares from over 50 Local Makers & Small Businesses** Local products range from Candles & Clothing to Art & Jewelry. Come Support the Soft Opening for Milwaukee Makers Marketplace.
Hue Asian Kitchen
Rae of Sunshine (Rachel Stiles) – Rae of Sunshine is a mixed media artist and bodypaint photographer. Most of her work centers around the human body and its relationship to the natural world.
Outpost Natural Foods
Staff art show featuring Sarah Talaska (paintings), Paul Kenok (pottery), Matthew Tomczak (illustrations), Eva Nimtz-Franco, Summer Bobber, Emily Bertholf, Gram Coomes, and Matt Flipiak. Scout Gallery presents artwork by Dara Larson in the cafe. Her work includes a focus upon the architectural and psychological conditions of urban dwellers and environments in relationship with nature.
Sage
“The Gallery” on the second floor at SAGE restaurant in the historic White House, features the work of three local artists in residence. Work displayed by Eli Rosenblatt, Morgyn Stranahan, & Chad Hallblade.
Delaware House
Visual art provided by Latino Arts, Inc. from their collection and featuring a local artist of their choosing. Argentine tango class will also be occurring for an hour during the 5pm – 9 pm time frame. Light refreshments will be provided.
H. Berg Ceramics
H. Berg Ceramics welcomes Ben Husnick, local designer and maker, featuring a new collection of small stone vessels reflects on overlooked organic materials, captivating moments of tranquility and respect for the small things found around us. Join us for the evening to enjoy his new collection, ceramics and jewelry.
Tasha Rae Jewelry
A fun evening featuring several artists and a brand new collection of jewelry!
Clementine’s Tavern
Local Nerd Artist: Ryan Laessig will be showcasing originals from the MilRAWkee Alt series along with Neighborhood Imperial and Rebel printworks.
Cornerstone Gift Shop (
Former location of The Marian Center and St. Mary’s Academy)
The Sisters of St.Francis of Assisi welcome you to their new convent and their Cornerstone Gift Shop. Sisters featuring their work include: Sr Marcia Lunz, handcrafted fabric items, novelty and embroidered pillowcases; Sr Diane Oman, handcrafted crystal, stone and pearl jewelry; Sr Julianne Koch, young girls’ dresses and other handcrafted fabric items; Sr Charlotte Roost, machine embroidered t-shirts, and scarves with a twist; Sr Stella DeVenuta, photographs, greeting cards, watercolor assemblages and mixed media Mandalas created on vinyl record albums and 45s; Sr. Cecilia Struck, greeting cards; Sr Judy Placzkowski, decorative kitchen towels, photographs and greeting cards; Sr Helene Mertes, hand dyed and woven reed baskets. Also available for purchase are lavender sachets, catnip toys and honey, all sourced from the convent’s gardens. And again, greeting cards galore! Over 200 designs! Sweet treats and herbal teas.
Food Truck Friday @ Morgan Park
Join us for this beloved event of food, music and family fun in the park. Families are welcome to join in with both drum groups lead by Bony Benavides and Julio Pabón: 5:30p Batey del Lago. Bombazo – Afro-Puerto Rican dance and drum group. 6:30p Samba da Vida. Bloco Afro/Samba Reggae percussion group. Grab a bite at one (or many) featured food trucks: Flour Girl & Flame, Press, Tots on the Street, Olano’s Empanadas, Chilango Express, Immy’s African Cuisine, Little Havana Express and more. Also featuring live painting by Ben Laskov.
Busby’s
Featuring work from local artist Ben Laskov.
8 Branches
We are pleased to welcome Patricia Baker Ellis and her nature based paintings. The Clinic and The Center at 8 Branches will be open to immerse the senses, enjoy seasonal tea offerings and connect.