ART THAT INSPIRES. PROGRAMS THAT CONNECT.
At the Miller Art Museum, our programming and events bring art to life—creating space for inspiration, connection, and community. Whether you're attending an artist talk, celebrating a new exhibition, joining us for a gallery tour or artist talk, a curatorial lecture, or a special member or volunteer gathering, you’ll find meaningful experiences that invite dialogue, spark inspiration, and celebrates the power of the visual arts to connect.
LATE MUSEUM HOURS
Mondays | 5 - 7 pm
Don't let your busy schedule get in the way of being inspired! We're open late every Monday evening until 7 pm for you to browse our exhibitions. The museum is free and open to the public. Click here to learn more and to plan your visit!
APRIL + MAY 2026
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Opening Reception + Celebration
Monday, April 6 | 7 - 8:30 pm
Location: Miller Art Museum
Please join us for the Opening Reception and Awards Celebration for the 52nd Annual Salon of Door County High School Art on Monday evening, April 6, from 7 - 8:30 PM. This is one of our most beloved evenings of the year, and we'd love for you to be part of it! This year's exhibition brings together nearly 150 works of art from talented student artists across the Door Peninsula, including Gibraltar, Sevastopol, Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay, and Washington Island High Schools. Working with their art teachers, the students demonstrate creativity, enthusiasm, and technical ability across diverse media, ranging from painting to sculpture, drawing, and photography. The reception is a chance for our community—students, families, teachers, and friends—to come together and celebrate these young artists.
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Light refreshments will be served, and we hope you'll take time to move through the galleries and even meet with and talk to the students about their work. Awards will be presented at 7:30 PM and includes: 🏅 Certificates of Participation — presented to all participating artists by their art teachers; 🌟 Awards of Excellence and Honorable Mention — presented by the Miller Art Museum; 💵 Cash Awards — presented to each participating high school art department; and the🎖️ The Mr. Rericha Legacy Award — a special cash prize awarded to a student from Sevastopol High School, honoring the memory of Jim Rericha (1945-2022), a beloved longtime art teacher and theater director at Sevastopol who touched the lives of so many young people. Admission is free and the event is open to all.
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Art/Speaks
Friday, May 1 | 11 am
Location: Miller Art Museum
4Write On, Door County partners with the Miller Art Museum in presenting Art/Speaks, a free writing lab encouraging writing in response to images on view. Led by poets Carrie and Peter Sherrill, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. No prior writing experience is necessary. There is no charge to participate. Freewill donations are accepted to keep this and other programming free of charge. About Ekphrasis Writing: The practice of using words to comment on a piece of visual art—ekphrasis—is an ancient one. One of the earliest and most commonly cited forms of ekphrasis occurs in The Iliad, when Homer provides a long and discursive account of the elaborate scenes embossed on the shield of Achilles. Contemporary literature provides many fine examples of ekphrastic writing.
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A Potter's Panel
Saturday, May 9 | 4 pm
Location: Miller Art Museum
Join notable potters from Door County and Milwaukee for a panel discussion followed by a celebration of Abe Cohn and the exhibition, Abe Cohn | Maker's Mark.
