Calendar Highlights

“Phases’ opens at Steinhauer

Featuring works on paper by Wisconsin artist Julian Lynn, pieces in the “Phases” collection incorporate the use of natural materials with iconically drawn images of animals in the Steinhauer Gallery of the Arboretum Visitor Center, 1207 Seminole Highway.

Pieces created by fiber artist Patricia Hable Zastrow adorn the large expanse of wall space opposite the center’s reception desk. Incorporating materials native to the area, Zastrow has created necklaces of goldenrod galls, a large silk scarf featuring the life cycle of the monarch butterfly and more.

At a free public reception Saturday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. at the visitor center, Lynn will read from her book, “One Slice: An Artist’s Notebook.”

Both exhibits are on display through Nov. 28. The visitor center hours are 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays, 12:30-4 p.m. weekends.

Conference promotes effective workplace dynamics
Organizational development speaker Dennis Reina will present a keynote speech Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the annual manager/supervisor conference, 7:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m., Pyle Center

Reina’s presentation will focus on trust: the power when it exists, the problems when it doesn’t and the pain when trust is betrayed.

Reina, along with his life and business partner, Michelle Reina, is a speaker, author and principal of the organizational development research and consulting firm, Chagnon & Reina Associates Inc., based in Vermont.

He specializes in working with organizations that want to build trust in the workplace and with leaders who want a capable work force.

The conference will also feature a number of other topics and presenters throughout the day. To register or find more information, call 263-1016 or visit: http://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/conferences/MSD.

Elvehjem reopens Asian gallery
The Elvehjem Museum of Art’s Asian gallery, which has not been on view for more than two years while temporary exhibits used the space, has been reinstalled with sculpture, painting and decorative arts from across Asia.

New to the Elvehjem’s Asian gallery is a display of Chinese ceramics from 11th-18th centuries representing a broad range of decorative styles and glazes; an 18th-century Chinese scroll painting by Zhang Yin of a mountain landscape; and two 19th-century Japanese scroll paintings acquired last year.