View artists and image galleries from past Rare Chair Affairs by selecting a year below.
No event was held in 2020 or 2021.
Click here to hear 2019 Rare Chair Affair artists Kelly Gramblicka and Tina Timm interviewed on 89.7 WUWM (Milwaukee).
Click here to see the 2019 Rare Chair Affair featured on Fox6 New’s Real Milwaukee.
2017 Artists
Marie Burrows
Carol Cameron
Marsha Canser
Sherie Drees
Jennifer Gregory
Kelly Gramblicka (Krohn)
Stephanie Harshburger
Debbie Larkey
LaSonia McGee
Pilar Moller
Jane Moore
Mary Kae Nelson
Rhonda Pelk
Kate Smith
Ruth Treisman
Photo courtesy of Tammy Elias, Image Dynamix Inc.
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Photo courtesy of Tammy Elias, Image Dynamix Inc.
2016 Artists
Marie Burrows
Rocksand Byrd
Wendy Carlson
Zandra Clevert
Jo DeMars
Sherie Drees
Tracey Ellicson-Ratzburg
Pilar Moller
Jane Moore
Lindsey O’Connor
Ann Scannell
Amanda Schmidt
Molly Schwarzenberger
Roberta Williams
Froedtert Mentors:
Carrie Danhieux-Poole
Jo DeMars
Sinai Mentors:
Sherie Drees
Lindsey Nathan-O’Connor
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2015 Artists
Amberlea Childs
Jessica Davies
Jo DeMars
Kelly, Chelsea and Carly Herda—In Honor of Cory Johnson
Kelly Ann Krohn
Pilar Moller
Jane Moore
Sandra Pelzek
Monica Scharmer
Pat Skowronski
Anne Thompson
Tina Van Handel
Marge Vetter
Debbie Voelker
Young Survival Coalition “Rare Chair Cuties”
Artist advisors: Carrie Danhieux Poole and Natalie Akins
Artist Statements
Fifteen Years, Fifteen Encore Survivor Artists, Fifteen Stories
2014 Artists
Kristal Clegg
Jo DeMars
Karen Dubis
Camellia Givens
Melissa Hodik
Phyllis Holder
Pam Radaj
Holly Schulz
Pat Skowronski
Dana Stewart
Laura Stratte
Melissa Tabler
Marge Vetter
Jianne Wade
Clarice Zucker
Additionally chairs by artists Kyle Zubatsky and Phil Cloninger were auctioned in honor and memory of all survivors.
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2013 Artists
Jo DeMars
Dana Johnson (In Memoriam Artist)
Moria Leonhardt
Lindsey Nathan O’Connor
Pam Parker
Stacy Scrip
Pat Skowronski
Kim Utech
Marge Vetter
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2012 Artists
Tabitha Andrist
Kristal Clegg
Jamie Garrison
Leigh Gould
Deb Hintz
Julie Karpinski
Jennifer Ott
Linda Roeber
Melissa Tabler
Kim Utech
In Memoriam Artist
Kelly Herda
Artist Advisors / Survivor Artist Committee
Jo DeMars
Pat Skowronski
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2011 Artists
Carianne Ciriacks
Amanda Fox
Terri Hamilton
Robyn Krimke
Laura Kuecker
Kathy Lampe
Mary Recktenwalt
Meredith Rubin
Vicki Rydell
Dana Stewart
Jianne Wade
Clarice Zucker
In Memoriam Artist
Phil Clonninger
Artist Advisors / Survivor Artist Committee
Pat Skowronski
Jo DeMars
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Artist Statements
2010 Artists
Lori Bongard, New Berlin
Peggy Bull, Waukesha
Jen Clark, Whitefish Bay
Joey Denk, Dousman
Diane L. (D’Amato) Dowd
Lisa Durante, Pewaukee
Melissa Hodik, Mukwonago
Kate Kucharski, West Allis
Lori Palay, Whitefish Bay
Meredith Polewski, Milwaukee
Pam Radaj, Oconomowoc
Debra Saker, Whitefish Bay
Holly Schulz, Cedar Grove
Pat Skowronski, Cudahy
Andre St. Louis
Laura Stratte, Whitefish Bay
Marge Vetter, Oconomowoc
Dottie Wing, Racine
Clarice Zucker, Fox Point
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2009 Artists
Mary Brevold, Waukesha
Joey Denk, Dousman
Carol Duncan, West Allis
Melissa Hodik, Mukwonago
Tunisia Koonce, Milwaukee
Irene Potocki, Whitewater
Pam Radaj, Oconomowoc
Katie Roosa, Milwaukee
Debra Saker, Whitefish Bay
Holly Schulz, Cedar Grove
Patricia Skowronski, Cudahy
Dawn Suvagian, Pewaukee
Linda Weide, Whitefish Bay
Dottie Wing, Greenfield
Zelda Wise, Thiensville
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2008 Artists
Diane Barton
Maripat Baumgartner
Leslie Davis
Jo DeMars
Georgia Fitzwilliams
Judy Goetzke
Holly Jones
Alice Piotrowski
Jo Schutz
Linda Weide
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2007 Artists
Marilyn Calfa
Robert Cohen
Jeanine Davis
Jo DeMars
Karen Dubis
Doreen Fehr
Georgia Fitzwilliams
Diane Gamez
Camellia Givens
Joan Grade
Jan Hess
Phyllis Holder
Jan Vander Heyden
Roberta Watkins and Melinda Illingworth
Linda Weide
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2006 Artists
Debi Balistrieri
Jeanine Davis
Jo DeMars
Jill Eder
Virginia Erlandsson
Donna Flint
Jan Hess
Karen Maynard
Linda Port
Amy Treichel-Brandt
Linda Zella Weide
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2005 Artists
Sara Beck
Madeline Huston (Art Therapist)
Ina Kasper
Linda Kennell
Tricia Price
Ruth Seider (Art Therapist)
Galina Tash
Merry Thiele
Laura Vander Heyden
Marjorie Vasy
Sophia Waite
Linda Weide
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2004 Artists
Christine Barnard
Lynn Carmody
Claudia Kabler-Babbitt
Karen Kamps Solliday
Kandice Kaufmann
Terri Matusek
Shereen Kressin
Joan Mayer
Judith Ormond
Gerry Parenteau
Jane Thoma
Barb Rego
Cindy Robak