Menomonee Valley Partners, in association with Zimmerman Architectural Studios, established an Artist in Residency pilot program for the calendar year 2014. The residency program had several goals:

    -  to use art to activate the potential of the Menomonee Valley as a symbol of urban revitalization

    -  to foster relationships and create cultural connections

    -  to stimulate an exchange of ideas about the Menomonee Valley, its history, its future, and its place     as a dynamic and vital part of the fabric of Milwaukee, a place where economic and community development is integrated with parks and natural areas.

 

Eddee Daniel was chosen as the inaugural artist in residence not only because of his years of experience as an artist and writer but also because he has a personal history that is connected to valley redevelopment. Daniel’s artistic practice specializes in urban environments and communities. His involvement with the Menomonee Valley began with the Urban Wilderness Project, an exploration and documentation of the Menomonee River watershed. The culmination of that project was his book, Urban Wilderness: Exploring a Metropolitan Watershed, published in 2008 by the Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago.

 

Website: www.eddeedaniel.com