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50th Juried Annual

On View September 27 - November 8, 2025

50th Juried Annual

The 50th Juried Annual marks a significant milestone, celebrating five decades of championing the work of regional visual artists. Established in 1975, the exhibit was created to elevate artists from Door County and the greater Northeast Wisconsin region, offering both visibility and recognition within the broader community. Over the years, it's expanded in scope to become one of the Museum’s most impactful and anticipated annual exhibits—enriching Door County’s cultural fabric while bringing together artists from across Wisconsin and reflecting the dynamic, ever-evolving landscape of contemporary visual art in the state.

The 50th Juried Annual marks a significant milestone, celebrating five decades of championing the work of regional visual artists. Established in 1975, the exhibit was created to elevate artists from Door County and the greater Northeast Wisconsin region, offering both visibility and recognition within the broader community. Over the years, it's expanded in scope to become one of the Museum’s most impactful and anticipated annual exhibits—enriching Door County’s cultural fabric while bringing together artists from across Wisconsin and reflecting the dynamic, ever-evolving landscape of contemporary visual art in the state.

The 50th Juried Annual marks a significant milestone, celebrating five decades of championing the work of regional visual artists. Established in 1975, the exhibit was created to elevate artists from Door County and the greater Northeast Wisconsin region, offering both visibility and recognition within the broader community. Over the years, it's expanded in scope to become one of the Museum’s most impactful and anticipated annual exhibits—enriching Door County’s cultural fabric while bringing together artists from across Wisconsin and reflecting the dynamic, ever-evolving landscape of contemporary visual art in the state.

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Patrick Farrell | Ever After

On View November 22, 2025 - March 28, 2026

Patrick Farrell | Ever After

The life and work of Patrick Farrell (American, 1940–2016) reveal the astonishing breadth of a self-taught virtuoso whose devotion to craft shaped a lifetime of mastery. Tracing his evolution from early studies to intricate still lifes, cinematic tributes, and mythic portraits, the exhibition celebrates Farrell’s rise from regional prodigy to nationally recognized master. His paintings blend playful passion with painterly precision, inviting viewers into a world where imagination and revelation intertwine—and his luminous legacy endures, ever after.

The life and work of Patrick Farrell (American, 1940–2016) reveal the astonishing breadth of a self-taught virtuoso whose devotion to craft shaped a lifetime of mastery. Tracing his evolution from early studies to intricate still lifes, cinematic tributes, and mythic portraits, the exhibition celebrates Farrell’s rise from regional prodigy to nationally recognized master. His paintings blend playful passion with painterly precision, inviting viewers into a world where imagination and revelation intertwine—and his luminous legacy endures, ever after.

The life and work of Patrick Farrell (American, 1940–2016) reveal the astonishing breadth of a self-taught virtuoso whose devotion to craft shaped a lifetime of mastery. Tracing his evolution from early studies to intricate still lifes, cinematic tributes, and mythic portraits, the exhibition celebrates Farrell’s rise from regional prodigy to nationally recognized master. His paintings blend playful passion with painterly precision, inviting viewers into a world where imagination and revelation intertwine—and his luminous legacy endures, ever after.

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Patrick Farrell | Ever After

On View November 22, 2025 - March 28, 2026

Daniel Anderson | Measured Light

Master photographer Daniel Anderson charts a lifelong journey from large-format analog craft to exquisite digital mastery. Focused on the American landscape, his work honors the grandeur of natural space through fifty years of refined vision. Measured Light reveals an artist whose precise control of tone and composition transforms light itself into both subject and substance—measured, enduring, and profound.

Master photographer Daniel Anderson charts a lifelong journey from large-format analog craft to exquisite digital mastery. Focused on the American landscape, his work honors the grandeur of natural space through fifty years of refined vision. Measured Light reveals an artist whose precise control of tone and composition transforms light itself into both subject and substance—measured, enduring, and profound.

Master photographer Daniel Anderson charts a lifelong journey from large-format analog craft to exquisite digital mastery. Focused on the American landscape, his work honors the grandeur of natural space through fifty years of refined vision. Measured Light reveals an artist whose precise control of tone and composition transforms light itself into both subject and substance—measured, enduring, and profound.

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A year-round art museum located in the heart of historic downtown Sturgeon Bay on Wisconsin's Door Peninsula, fostering the creative life of the community.

About the Miller Art Museum

Founded in 1975 through the generosity of Gerhard and Ruth Miller, the Miller Art Museum is Door County’s year-round center for exhibition, education and creative enrichment in the visual arts and the Peninsula’s only fine art museum, housing a dynamic permanent collection of 20th c. Wisconsin art. The Museum’s main gallery features regularly changing exhibitions, embracing a wide range of subjects and media, both historic and contemporary; the second floor Gerhard CF Miller wing surveys the extraordinary life and work of celebrated dean of Door County artists Gerhard CF Miller.