STAY HERE, MILWAUKEE: Help bring Sarah Braman’s Stay home. Permanently.

A Place to Pause. A Place to Belong.


This spring, Sculpture Milwaukee invites the community to help secure a permanent home for Sarah Braman's Stay, a sculptural gathering place designed for sitting, looking, resting, and reflecting.


Now through April 24, we’re working together to reach a $10,000 community campaign goal, the final, public step in ensuring this work remains in Milwaukee, permanently.


Currently located on Northwestern Mutual’s campus as part of Actual Fractals, Act II, Stay was commissioned by Sculpture Milwaukee with a clear intention: that it would one day belong fully to the public. With your help, it will soon move to Burns Commons, a Milwaukee County park on Milwaukee’s East Side, where it will be free and accessible to all, every day, in every season.



MAKING your gift

Your support is 100% tax-deductible and helps sustain this work for all to enjoy.

Contact tasha@sculpturemilwaukee.com with any inquiries

Nearly There


Thanks to the generosity of committed partners, the majority of the funding needed to acquire Stay has already been secured.


This campaign represents the final, community-powered step.


Every gift, at any level, helps demonstrate shared support for keeping this work in Milwaukee and making it accessible to everyone.

Why Stay Matters

Stay is more than a sculpture. It is:


  • A place to sit during a walk or bike ride

  • A pause point along the Oak Leaf Trail and the lakefront

  • A space to watch light shift through colored glass

  • A site for connection - quiet or shared


Fabricated in Wisconsin and inspired by everyday life, Stay reflects Milwaukee’s values: care for public space, love of the outdoors, and belief that art should be part of daily life.

A First for Milwaukee

A First for Milwaukee

Once installed in Burns Commons, Stay will join an existing sculpture by Beverly Pepper, creating Milwaukee’s first women’s sculpture park. This marks the beginning of a long-term vision to grow a public art site dedicated to sculptures by women artists, right here in the heart of the city.

Celebrating a 35 year history with Milwaukee

Stay
Sarah Braman

Stay
Sarah Braman

This public campaign is about awareness, pride, and shared ownership. Gifts of all sizes help demonstrate community support as we complete this acquisition with lead donors.


Stay With Us


Some art passes through a city.

Some art stays.


Help us keep Stay in Milwaukee, for
everyone.

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Baird Center
Heil Family Foundation
Godfrey & Kahn

Collaborator

Betty Arndt
City of Milwaukee Arts Board
Kelli Gabel & Craig Karmazin
GRAEF
Guardian Fine Art Services
Hawks Landscaping
Mark Jungers
New Land Enterprises
Raymond & Barbara Krueger
ManpowerGroup
National Endowment for the Arts
Nonprofit Management Fund
Austin Ramirez
Syslogic Inc
Wisconsin Arts Board

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BMO
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Imagine MKE
MajicPro
Milwaukee Magazine
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PwC
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