Shape Shifter: Julie Raasch’s evolving workshop
byJulie Raasch has been doing photography and creating jewelry for many years, moving her passion into her home around 2012.
ARTS + EVENTS
A Room of Her Own: Beth Racette designed her dream studio
byMadison-based artist Beth Racette thinks big. From her large-scale art installations to the two-story studio she built in 2002, physical space is important.
Small Space, Big Ideas: Where Chris Echtner’s imagination soars
byTucked upstairs in Chris Echtner’s two-story Madison home is the small studio where all of her big ideas come together for her mixed-media paintings.
Where Creativity Lives: Diana and Tom Johnston’s studio home
byThe Johnstons own Brewery Pottery,which houses their living quarters upstairs, a downstairs gallery and enough studio space for both of them to pursue their passions.
Beyond The Surface
byTypifying the millennial side-hustle, Madison artist Selia Salzsieder explores body politics in her art while working as a preschool teacher.
Feminine Muses
byMadison aims to turn the controversial history that is women in theater on its head, as these fabulously feminist playhouses make room for a new kind of female lead.
Selling Magic
byWhen her kindergarten teacher asked the class what they wanted to be when they grew up, Jane Wilcoxson had a ready answer: she wanted to be an artist.
Rebecca Brown at Work and Play
byRebecca Brown, whose novel “Flying at Night” was published in April, finds untold inspiration in everyday life. She lives with her husband, three boys (ages 16, 12 and 10), and two rescue dogs in her renovated 100-year-old home on Monroe Street.
Bold Strokes
byUsing her hands to create was originally a passion rather than a profession for artist Stephenie Purl Hamen. After working in the craft world, then in education and marketing sectors for numerous years, she resigned from her most recent stint at Aldo Leopold Nature Center in 2016 to be a full-time artist.
A Season’s Toast: To Writerly Talent
byA perfect pairing, bringing wine drinkers into the mix, has risen out of Ann Garvin’s and the Tall Poppies’ efforts – the Books & Bottles companions box.