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1635 W. St. Paul Ave. Photo by Graham Kilmer Jan. 29, 2024.<\/p>\n
The Warehouse Art Museum will not reopen.<\/p>\n
The museum opened in 2018 and closed at the end of 2023. Initially, the museum founders \u2014 Jan Serr <\/a>and John Shannon<\/a> \u2014 planned to reopen<\/a> in a new location. It was announced Monday that the museum will not reopen in a physical space.<\/p>\n Instead, the museum\u2019s core collection, the Serr & Shannon Collection, will become available for loan to other institutions and for academic research. Images of the collection and past exhibitions will also remain on the website<\/a>, the museum wrote in a letter to supporters Monday.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile this chapter of a physical space closes, we see this not as a goodbye, but a see you later,\u201d the museum wrote.<\/p>\n Visual artist Serr and her husband, retired businessman John Shannon opened the Warehouse Art Museum (WAM) at 1635 W. St. Paul Ave.<\/a> It is the same building where Shannon runs Guardian Fine Art Services<\/a>, providing secure storage and transportation for valuable works of art.<\/p>\n The museum was created to exhibit modern and contemporary art, showcasing the \u201cpersonal vision and values\u201d of Serr and Shannon, both patrons of the arts in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n \t\tGet a daily rundown of the Milwaukee stories\t<\/p>\n With 4,000 feet of gallery space, the museum managed to hold 12 exhibition each with 100 works. But it only ever amounted to a fraction of the 7,000 works in the collection. They were also all temporary; the gallery did not have enough space for permanent exhibits. The last year it was open, WAM held exhibitions of photography; hand made objects ranging from pottery to furniture; and an exhibition focused on the work of Milwaukee-born painter Ruth Grotenrath<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery visitor, artist, academic, curator, and staff member contributed immeasurably to this remarkable journey,\u201d Serr and Shannon wrote in their farewell to museum supporters. \u201cAt WAM, Serr & Shannon practiced what they believe and live, that all the arts are connected\u2013\u2013the visual, performing, and literary arts.\u201d<\/p>\n
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