Bridge to Discovery

Bridge to Discovery

While the phrase scientific research often conjures images of technicians in white coats holding glass tubes, a sizable slice of the scientific endeavor actually takes place outside of the lab in what is known as “the field.” Field research can be a powerful tool for...
Language as Order and Play

Language as Order and Play

Contemporary artists Helen Lee and Anne Kingsbury share an exploration of language as a central theme in their work. Similarly, both rely on glass as a primary material. Yet their work looks strikingly different. Helen Lee’s sharply intellectual hot glass pieces are...
John Harmon: Symphony of Awareness

John Harmon: Symphony of Awareness

In John Harmon’s home studio, filling the shelves and file cabinets beside a well-used baby grand piano, are hundreds of beautifully handwritten manuscripts that chronicle over sixty years of musical composition. Mementos lining the walls of the Winneconne home where...
The Edge of Anomaly

The Edge of Anomaly

Wilderness exists in all degrees, from the little accidental wild spot at the head of a ravine in a Corn Belt woodlot to vast expanses of virgin country. … Wilderness is a relative condition.—Aldo Leopold, “Wilderness as a Form of Land Use” (1925) Our four-car caravan...