Artscene Artscene Spring 2019 | Page 22

Chazen Museum of Art: Café Enviro 12 REVISION 2 Meet me at the Chazen… for coffee! Chazen visitors have been asking for a café store manager and most recently e-commerce for, well, forever, and manager. Sara graduated from UW–Madison we are pleased to with a BA in history. announce that we are adding a café to the museum. The Museum Shop has Sara Skinner is the Chazen’s retail manager. Historical Society where she was first assistant closed for remodeling and will reopen in the summer of 2019. While the store is closed, we will offer special promotions on site and via social media. This renovation will have no impact on use of the galleries, the collection, or exhibitions. In the coming months you’ll also notice changes in the Mead Witter lobby—think seating and amenities like charging stations. Managing the reimagined Museum Shop and Café is new retail manager Sara Skinner, who “The new retail space will focus on products created by local artists and the campus community. We’re fortunate to be a part of a vibrant, creative community, and we want to highlight that in our retail approach,” said Kristine Zickuhr, assistant director for administration. “Sara is the perfect person to build relationships with artists and vendors to develop unique and custom products.” New Membership Opportunities Starting this year, the museum’s membership program will be redesigned to focus on providing members with the types of experiences at the museum that they value most. “Friends of the Chazen” will offer streamlined joined the Chazen staff in September. Sara ways of supporting the Museum with more comes to the Chazen from the Wisconsin distinct benefits for donors of any amount. Artist’s concept of the remodeled museum shop and café.