John Michael Kohler Arts Center
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Sheboygan, Wisconsin
-Airport:Sheboygan is served by the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport, which is located several miles from the city.-Roads:Interstate 43 is the primary north-south transportation route into Sheboygan, and forms the west boundary of the city. U.S...
. The original house at the facility is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
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as the John Michael Kohler House. Programming at the center includes dance performances, art exhibits, festivals, music performances, and theatre; an arts based preschool, classes, demonstrations, lectures, and tours.
The John Michael Kohler Arts Center is notable for its arts/industry program, the primary component of which is a residency program at Kohler Company
Kohler Company
'The Kohler Company is a manufacturing company in Kohler, Wisconsin best known for its plumbing products. Kohler also manufactures furniture, cabinetry, tile, engines, and generators.-History:...
. Artists have the opportunity to spend two to six months creating works of art utilizing industrial materials and equipment. The center is known for its artist-created bathrooms. The center reaches 160,000 people each year and an estimated 4 million since its inception. The center was established in 1967 and was expanded to 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²) beginning in 2000. The center has ten galleries, a theater, performance and meeting spaces, studio-classrooms, a family- and children-oriented activity space known as The ARTery, an onsight retail shop called ARTspace, and a cafe named ARTcafe. The center has an adjunct site called ARTspace At the Shops at Woodlake, which is an exhibition space and shop in the nearby village of Kohler
Kohler, Wisconsin
Kohler is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Sheboygan River. The population was 1,926 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
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