by Alexandria Delcourt | Jul 31, 2024 | Magazine Article
Imagine sitting by the side of a gently rushing creek, hearing how the babbling of water over round smooth stones can mimic the dance and shimmer of light, noticing the way it spills like lace over the wheeling surface and around the grasses and reeds growing up along...
by Frank Juárez | Jul 31, 2024 | Magazine Article
Artist, Activist, and Educator Frank Juárez explores the impact of Latino/a/x artists and organizations on creativity and connections in a growing number of communities throughout the state. Last fall, I attended an opening reception for Chicano Power at the Milwaukee...
by Jacqueline Houtman | Jul 31, 2024 | Magazine Article
When visitors enter the building where Ahna Skop works, the first thing they see is a large art installation on the lobby wall. Looming overhead are what appear to be leaves, bubbles, an enormous multicolored Easter egg, and a worm. But this building is not an art...
by B.J. Hollars | Jul 31, 2024 | Magazine Article
In 1929, as much of the country began to feel the pain of The Great Depression, German emigrant Ellis Huntsinger—a traveling lightning-rod salesman—found a new fortune in the ground beneath his feet just south of Eau Claire. No, not corn or soybeans, but a more...
by Lizzie Condon | Jul 31, 2024 | Magazine Article
The Savanna Institute’s Perennial Farm Gathering is back in Spring Green and Madison. Spring Green’s Savanna Institute is a Wisconsin- and Illinois-grown organization having a national impact on climate-smart agriculture through research, education, and outreach, that...
by Lizzie Condon | Jul 31, 2024 | Magazine Article
Nestled in the Northwoods city of Rhinelander is ArtStart, a community education and engagement nonprofit housed in the former post office on Stevens Street. From August 16 to October 27, ArtStart will feature Manitowish artist and master weaver Mary Burns and her...
