What We Do
Grants
Collectors Corner, Inc. is proud to award philanthropic grants for projects which are aligned with the mission of our group. The organizations receiving funding for proposed projects must be State of Wisconsin-based, with primary focus in the counties of Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Washington and Waukesha.
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Milwaukee Art Museum
Museum of Wisconsin Art
Villa Terrace
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Milwaukee Art Museum
Museum of Wisconsin Art
Gifts of Note
Art Museum Endowment Fund In Honor of 50th Anniversary of Collectors’ Corner (2000)
Presenting Sponsor of MOWA exhibit Working on the Bias, The Fine Art of Fiber (May 2023)
Sponsor “A Vibrant Evening Honoring the Quilt-Makers of Gee’s Bend,” an opening fundraiser to purchase a Gee’s Bend quilt (2003)
Milwaukee Art Museum Building Fund
Milwaukee Art Museum in memory of Henry Fuldner and in support of “The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs” exhibition (2009)
Milwaukee Art Museum in sponsorship of “Art in Clay, Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware” pottery demonstration, Hal and Elanor Pugh and Mary Farrell. (2010)
Milwaukee Art Museum in support of the Grete Marks pottery exhibition: “When Modern was Degenerate” (2012)
In support of the Layton Art Collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum 125 Years Celebration and its publication of Layton’s Legacy John Eastberg and Eric Vogel, Authors (December 2012)
Barbara Brown Educational Fund in honor of her retirement. (May 2014)
Milwaukee Art Museum Exhibition “Milwaukee Collects” (December 2016)
Milwaukee Art Museum in honor of Collectors’ Corner 70th Anniversary as Supporting Sponsor for the exhibition “Coming Away: Winslow Homer and England” (March 1 - May 20, 2018) and as Presenting Sponsor for the exhibition “Extraordinary Elegance: Nathan Lumbard’s Desk-and - Bookcase” (May 11 - November 25, 2018) (October 2017)
Pledge for Supporting Sponsorship of the exhibit “Scandinavian Design & the United States, 1890-1980” (March-June 2023) (January 2019)
Presenting Sponsor of MOWA exhibit Working on the Bias, The Fine Art of Fiber (May 2023)
Presenting Sponsor of the Emily Robertson Exhibition, Dyed Well, at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum (2024)
Through annual programming and events, including curator and collector lectures, tours, field trips and luncheons, members can share and grow their knowledge of the field of decorative and fine arts.