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the shimmering sands of the mojave desert

the shimmering sands of the mojave desert

CREEPY _ CRAWLY _ SPIKY artist talk | sept 13 | 1-

CREEPY _ CRAWLY _ SPIKY
artist talk | sept 13 | 1- 2pm

peace songs 2025 land art exhibit: aug 9 - oct 31
@farley_center
2299 spring rose rd
verona

Participating artists - Mona Cassis*, Kate Heiber-Cobb*, Cat Coberly*, Gene Delcourt*, Lester Dore, Thomas Ferrella*, Steve Heuer, Ruthanna Hutton-Okpalaeke, Katrina Krueger*, Efrat Livny, Jon McComb*, Erin McWalter*, Billy Morgan*, Karen Reppen*, Sue Schuetz*, Barry Sherbeck*, John Steines*, Lindy Wilson*

Food Vendors - El Sabor de Puebla, Gani Moon, Sam’s Elegant Team, Navajo Taco Team, Madame Chu, and FC Beekeepers. Coffee and pastries will be available Saturday morning thanks to Chandy & Jen

Full media coverage and press links: Destination Madison · Visit Verona · Verona Press · WORT · Wisconsin State Journal

a lil known hill that represents the majesty of th

a lil known hill that represents the majesty of the lower wisconsin river valley and the reverence for the first nation mound building culture - FRANK’S HILL!!!

Frank Shadewald bequeathed the land known as “Frank’s Hill” to Three Eagles Foundation upon his untimely death in 2013. Frank believed people of all beliefs should be able to view the mounds, and that they should be treated with the utmost care and respect.

if one image could summate a summer

if one image could summate a summer

CREEPY_CRAWLY_SPIKY [installation at the farley g

CREEPY_CRAWLY_SPIKY

[installation at the farley green burial cemetery]

The environmental message of this highly invasive reed grass, Phragmites australis subsp. australis, piggy backing a ride on a native fallen white oak is obvious.

But is it?

Is there some sort of playful camaraderie going on? Does the beauty of this piece give some insight into non-native species? And isn’t nature by design, an ever-evolving battle ground of native vs. non-native, including US?

Fred Pearce in his book The New Wild, argues that this fear of alien species is “little more than green xenophobia” which leads us to a “dangerous mythology of how nature works. Real nature is often random, temporary, and constantly being remade by fire, flood and disease – with species coming and going, fitting in, adapting, or losing out.”

Humans have had an irreversible impact on the planet’s ecosystems for tens of thousands of years and nature only responds to this by going forward. Of course, in this Anthropocene era these changes have been multiplied exponentially in direct correlation to man’s ability to travel and exploit the environment. Mr. Pearce believes that we should celebrate nature’s dynamism and power of recovery from human disrupted ecosystems and “true environmentalists should be applauding the invaders”.

Did you know that the entire plant of Phragmites australis subsp. australis is edible raw or cooked and offers several benefits including its use in traditional building materials, food, and medicinal applications. The young stems can be boiled or later used to make flour. Stems can be made into eco-friendly drinking straws and can also be used as bio-friendly roofing material. They grow up to 20’ a season and are a renewable biofuel.

So the question still remains, Friend or Foe?

PEACESONGS 2025 at farley social justice center @farley_center
2299 spring rose rd, verona
aug 9th opening 1-3pm
show aug 9 - oct 31
sept 13 artists' talks

Opening this weekend @farley_center

Opening this weekend @farley_center

S.O.S. !!!!!! from my CHIEF OF SINNERS THOUGH I

S.O.S. !!!!!!

from my CHIEF OF SINNERS THOUGH I BE box set, S.O.S. is a fading george surrounded by mao, different shades of the same international-criminal-influencer A**WIPES!

dyed american and chinese money
metallic thread

box set - $2500

lil hi-speed action installing just a third of the

lil hi-speed action installing just a third of the phragmites stems for CREEPY_CRAWLY_SPIKY

trusty assistance by james barry

PEACESONGS 2025 at farley social justice center @farley_center
2299 spring rose rd, verona
aug 9th opening 1-3pm
show aug 9 - oct 31
sept 13 artist talks

CREEPY _CRAWLY_SPIKY walkabout in the farley socia

CREEPY _CRAWLY_SPIKY walkabout in the farley social justice green-burial cemetery. sculpture is made from over 800 phragmites stems and a fallen white oak tree. group show titled PEACE SONGS 2025 opens aug 9 @farley_center

sculpture is interpretation of fred pearce’s book the new wild: why invasive species will be nature’s salvation

CREEPY _ CRAWLY _ SPIKY My installation involves

CREEPY _ CRAWLY _ SPIKY

My installation involves over 800 stems from the highly invasive reed grass, Phragmites australis subsp. australis, piggy backing a ride on a native fallen white oak. The environmental message involving this juxtaposition is obvious.

But is it?

https://isthmus.com/events/farley-center-land-art-concert/

15 second reprieve: green in motion

15 second reprieve: green in motion

my good friend and fellow artist, susan johnson, p

my good friend and fellow artist, susan johnson, passed earlier this summer. for her memorial i made wearable pins of ‘entertaining’ photos of susan, she made one sexy nun!

susan was a whimsical artist driven by her curiosity. she harbored a deep love of color mainly working in textiles, tile, found objects, and wood. she was responsible for ‘the painted forest” that surrounded steve jacobson’s [susan’s partner] and my zaloba sculpture

you are missed! ❤️

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