VOICE of the River Valley

This painting of the Rock Wall on Y at ZZ

is on the cover of the VOICE of the River Valley,

a self supporting, very interesting local paper

found in various locations throughout the Driftless Area counties.

 

Each month, editor/publisher Sara Lomasz Flesch 

will have an article about whatever the cover is about,

plus more of why we like living here.

If you haven't found a VOICE of your own, you can read it on-line HERE
and you can read a little about me!
on pages 3 and 19.

The Paddlefish Represents Madison, Wisconsin

There's just no stopping this fish!

My largest sculpture, 

National Endowment for the Humanities supported,

represents Madison in 

National Geographic's 

top ten happiest cities worldwide!

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. "