Wisconsin Life #403: Adventure Awaits
This collection of stories from people sharing their “Wisconsin Life” includes the story of Steve Brown, a world champion curler ...
Wisconsin Life #402: “Guiding Lights & Gurus”
This collection of stories from people sharing their “Wisconsin Life” includes the story of Deneen Carmichael, a very busy small ...
The Explosive Art Of Stick Vega
Some people make art using paint; others draw. Artist Stick Vega uses gun powder to create pop art. He discovered ...
Sherry Ackerman’s Life In Art
Sherry Ackerman always loved art but hid her interest and her work until retirement. Now she sells her paintings and ...
Gourds Grown On A Dane County Farm Become Works Of Art
For the past twenty years, farmer Larry Haas has been tilling the soil in rural Dane County and harvesting one ...
Literacy In Wisconsin: Welder And Artist Augie Learning To Read Blueprints With Tutor
Augie has been a welder for forty years. A problem at work exposed his reading disability and led him to ...
Central Wisconsin Center Staff Uses Mosaic Art Project To Inspire Its Developmentally Challenged Clients
Central Wisconsin Center staff uses mosaic art project to inspire its developmentally challenged clients.
Pull Tab Artist Turns Gambling Into Sculpture
Artists can draw inspiration from just about anywhere. A few years ago in Madison, middle school teacher and artist Jo ...
Chainsaw Craftsman Ken Schels Makes Art From The Trees
You may not realize it when you see Ken Schels wielding his chainsaw at carving competitions, but he thinks deeply ...
Making Violins The Old Way In Northern Wisconsin
Brian Derber is a full-time violin maker from Presque Isle who runs the only violin-making school of its kind in ...
Topographical Textiles
Quilting may be centuries old but artist Leah Evans makes quilts that are far from traditional. Inspired by maps, aerial ...
Milwaukee Woman Explores Her Troubled Childhood Through Her Collage Art
Tyanna Buie is a Milwaukee collage artist who explores her troubled childhood through her art. With her father out of ...
Wisconsin Life #212: “Musical Minds”
A veterinarian who finds healing for his own illness through treating horses, a Milwaukee collage artist exploring her past through ...
Botanical Artist Creates Flora And Fauna Illustrations
Kandis Elliot understands she has an “old-timey” job. Back in the 1800’s scientists relied on artists to illustrate textbooks and ...
Milwaukee Blacksmith Keeps Old Traditions Burning
Kent Knapp has been studying blacksmithing since he was 19 years old. He worked with a master blacksmith for a ...