Milwaukee’s historic Bronzeville district has long been home to the vibrant culture of the city’s African American community. This week, celebrated new media artist and Los Angeles native Martine Syms added to it by debuting four new art installations along West North Avenue in the heart of the neighborhood.
The project represents the launch of a programming partnership between Sculpture Milwaukee and the Bronzeville Center for the Arts, aimed at revitalizing the area. The district’s borders are West Garfield Avenue on the south, West Center Street on the north, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the east and North Seventh Street to the west.
Phoenix Brown, Bronzeville Center for the Arts curator, described the installations as “very subtle,” explaining that they’re “more like disruptions.”
One of the installations features a window pattern on the large front window of Gallery 507, the center’s public art gallery and administrative office, at 507 W. North Ave…