by Melanie Herzog | Feb 20, 2014 | Magazine Article
Ida Wyman, now 87 and a relative newcomer to Madison, may not be familiar to younger Wisconsinites. But it’s likely her post-war photographs will strike a chord with older ones. Wyman began at an early age to photograph everyday scenes of her native New York City and...
by Jason Vaughn | Dec 5, 2013 | Magazine Article
Hide is a project that began as a commentary on Wisconsin’s hunting tradition, using deer stands as a metaphor for the changing values of the sport. When my sudden cancer diagnosis interrupted the project, hide took on a much deeper, more personal meaning. I was...
by Martha Glowacki, Greg Conniff | Nov 6, 2012 | Magazine Article
For more than thirty years photographer Greg Conniff has focused his attention on the landscapes of daily life—from backyards to the rural countryside—with the conviction that these places and how they look are the soil into which we sink our roots as human beings and...
by Debra Brehmer | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
As a rule, art generally doesn’t gain value, audience, or meaning on its own. It takes someone to believe in it, to understand why it resonates, and to make a commitment to standing behind it. This can be an enormous task, especially when dealing with a body of work...
by Gwendolyn Rice | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
I could feel a draft moving through Milwaukee’s Broadway Theatre Center’s rehearsal hall that snowy January afternoon. The artistic directors from Milwaukee Chamber Theatre and Forward Theater Company leaned back in their folding chairs. “Whenever you are ready,”...
