Paddlefish Visitation

FLO came over yesterday,

and will stay through the Fall Art Tour.

Many of you have known about the Paddlefish I carved for the

National Endowment for the Humanities Grant

Documentary "Rhythm of the River"

seeing it on television or in the news.

Well, she's here in my backyard...

after a really active summer 

attending numerous events 

bringing awareness to the Wisconsin Riverway.

 

HERE are links to it's beginning, 

and to some of the events she's attended

since helping Friends of the Lower Wisconsin Riverway.

I'll tell you more later in this blog, if I find the time.

I'm trying to ready for the tour.

In my attempting some order here,

I've discovered that my 7 Pound Betty

does NOT like her routine altered.

Art for Documentary

This is my latest project:

For Dave Erickson's documentary about the Lower Wisconsin River
the Paddlefish is one of the features...
the event and documentary for which this is being done is called
Rhythm of the River...
right now, my concern is this fish.............................................................................................................

"Dave Erickson...
award winning filmmaker...
starting with his first...Raising Crane,
which he made at the International
Crane Foundation
has won several national awards...
(you've probably seen it.. it's about the saving of the Sandhill Cranes...
it's a very cool...very wonderful film)
Dave has produced 40-50 films since...
Many of his films are funded by the Wisconsin Arts Board and the Wisconsin Humanities Council.
"He's excited about he $10,000 Humanities grant he's received for his current river project.

"It's my seed money."
He's trying to raise $30,000 more from corporations, businesses and private donations.
The Humanities Grant is from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
He's partnering with Wisconsin Public TV.
His films are picked up for airing all over the United States on public TV networks. "