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      Tyler Maas
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      Matt Wild
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      Mike Holloway
      April 16, 2019

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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
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      Lucky Tomaszek
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      Catherine Jozwik
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      Josh Hoppert
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      Tyler Maas
      April 19, 2019

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      Tyler Maas
      April 18, 2019

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      Matt Wild
      April 18, 2019

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      Tyler Maas
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      Tommy Ciaccio
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      Matt Wild
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      Tyler Maas
      April 15, 2019

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      Tyler Maas
      March 19, 2019

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      Tyler Maas
      March 13, 2019

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      Matt Wild
      January 17, 2019
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      Matt Wild
      May 30, 2018
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      Matt Wild
      April 19, 2019

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      Matt Wild
      April 4, 2019

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      Matt Wild
      April 3, 2019

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      Sahan Jayasuriya
      March 25, 2019

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      Matt Wild
      March 21, 2019

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      Matt Wild
      March 19, 2019
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      May 16, 2016
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      April 17, 2019

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      Matt Wild
      April 16, 2019

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      Matt Wild
      April 11, 2019

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      Matt Wild
      April 9, 2019

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      Milwaukee Record Staff
      March 27, 2019

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      Matt Wild
      March 19, 2019
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      April 16, 2019
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      April 18, 2019

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      Matt Wild
      April 12, 2019

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      Nick Hoppert
      April 11, 2019

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      Matt Wild
      April 10, 2019

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      Kyle Lobner
      April 9, 2019

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      Dan Shafer
      April 8, 2019
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      May 9, 2016
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      Milwaukee Record Staff
      April 19, 2019

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      Milwaukee Record Staff
      April 11, 2019

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      Milwaukee Record Staff
      April 5, 2019

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      Milwaukee Record Staff
      April 4, 2019

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      Milwaukee Record Staff
      March 29, 2019
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Author Nicholas Frank

Nicholas Frank

Nicholas Frank

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Nicholas Frank is an artist, writer, and curator in Milwaukee. He ran the Hermetic Gallery, co-founded the Milwaukee International, programmed INOVA (Institute of Visual Arts) from 2006-2011, and is currently Curator-In-Residence at the Poor Farm. He is a member of the curatorial advisory committee at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA), and teaches at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD).

Milwaukeeists: 1996-2006 or: What Made Milwaukee Famous

Nicholas Frank
January 19, 2016
//Editor's note: The following piece, covering a 10-year period in Milwaukee's alternative art scene, originally appeared as an accompanying essay for the 2013 "Milwaukeeists: 1996-2006" exhibition at the ...
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