Kohler Foundation

Private foundation focusing on Arts, Education & Art Preservation initiatives, the Distinguished Guest Series & managing the Waelderhaus in Kohler, WI.

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🎶 After their critically acclaimed previews in New York City, the Foundation brings label•less, a new musical by 98⁰ star Drew Lachey and his wife Lea on Thursday, March 6th at 7:00 p.m. to the Kohler Memorial Theatre.

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Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South, on view Nov 16, 2024 – April 13, 2025. Over the past 20 years, the @msmuseumart has amassed one of the largest quilt collections in the American South - see them in this exhibition!

https://t.co/GVNuDp8lY9

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This fall, Kohler Foundation gifted the Estelle Ginsburg Collection to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Estelle Ginsburg (1924-2023) created brightly colored and patterned works in her home studio in Woodmere, NY.

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If you're looking for places to visit while leaf-peepin' this fall, check out this great article by @Hyperallergic that lists some of our favorite places in Wisconsin! (FYI only a couple weekends left this year at Painted Forest!)

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We are excited to welcome the recent Emmy award-winner, Alan Cumming, to Kohler Memorial Theater on November 20!

Tickets are now on sale — Alan Cumming: UNCUT, the new musical Label•Less, and The Other Mozart.

https://t.co/2RRd9L1LEM

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The Kohler Foundation grant cycle closes this weekend. Visit https://t.co/7Efoej9gRM to learn more! A project we supported in 2023 was the Mead Public Library's workshop and concert with Jim Gill. Thank you Mead Public Library for offering programming that supports our community!

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In the 80th year of the Kohler Foundation’s Distinguished Guest Series, we unveil untold stories that invite you to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes and celebrate humanity. Season tickets go on sale on Aug 28, individual tickets go on sale on Sept 12.
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Our Grant portal is open until September 15 ✨ We recently visited Above and Beyond Children's Museum, one of our longtime grantees. Kohler Foundation primarily supports arts and education in Sheboygan County - to see our full funding priorities, visit https://t.co/YV6adOmPar

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This summer the Kohler Foundation Preservation Team is excited to work with Louisiana art environment builder, Juanita Leonard (b. 1960). Kohler Foundation has contracted with Leonard to conserve 38 of her sculptures which will make their future home at JMKAC’s Art Preserve.

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📣 Our 2024 Grant Portal is open until September 15!
Visit https://t.co/sU0JNXGczq to learn about our funding priorities and how to apply for grants up to $10,000. #grants #funding #nonprofit #KohlerFoundation

Photo: Bookworm Gardens Read in Color ribbon cutting.

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Check out today's poem of the day from the Poetry Foundation!

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Enjoy Wisconsin’s summer and scenery with a drive to the newly preserved Dickeyville Grotto. Kohler Foundation contracted with Heritage Restoration to conserve the iconic site created in the late 1920s by Fr. Mathias Wernerus which inspired grottos across the Midwest.

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Fortepianist Daniel Adam Maltz returns to the Waelderhaus to perform on his 1792 Viennese fortepiano — the early piano as Mozart and Beethoven knew it — on June 30 at 2pm.

Visit our website for more information: https://t.co/fUxyXsXhqz

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The upcoming exhibition "Four Chicago Artists: Theodore Halkin, Evelyn Statsinger, Barbara Rossi, and Christina Ramberg" at @artinstitutechi brings together sketchbooks, quilts, ephemera, and more to showcase how their lives intersected.

https://t.co/Q5zoSPtuxn

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Discover the Waelderhaus as our guides unveil the charm hidden around each corner. Free, guided tours are offered daily at 2, 3, and 4 p.m.

https://t.co/lFs9NZcgRY

The Waelderhaus will not be offering tours on May 10, May 11, or May 19.

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Prophet Isaiah's Second Coming House was built with salvation in mind, but a recent article from Allison C. Meier explores the other facets of redemption that have resulted through it's recent preservation.

https://t.co/IECzpz9iJg

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Drawn from the @RacineArtMuseum Art Museum's collection, the Zero Waste: Objects exhibition highlights artists that repurpose materials. One artist featured in this show is Janice Lowry, whose legacy we have been honored to steward.

https://t.co/MEaCZ9Ks4g

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Low Ticket Alert: Béla Fleck in Kohler! Don't miss your chance to see My Bluegrass Heart at Kohler Memorial Theater on April 25 — these tickets are selling fast and the show is sure to sell out!

Visit https://t.co/VmT6HkWXBF to reserve your seat 🪕

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This weaving by Sara Von Tresckow shows the process of transforming grown flax into linen - come to the Waelderhaus on Sunday, April 14 at 2:00 p.m. to learn more about this process and the cultures that had flax as a major mainstay in their societies.

https://t.co/iZew56JlYJ

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Excited to host Alexandra Carter for a dynamic community presentation on empowerment and advocacy! Join us for an interactive session that promises inspiration, insights, and empowerment!

https://t.co/L2a2dVSUv3