AREA ARTISTS & ORGANIZATIONS
Area Artists
This list is still being developed. If you are a SGAAC member and artist and would like to be included in this list, please contact us at info@springgreenarts.org.
John Abernathy
504 South Street
Arena, WI 53503
608-444-0223
drawing, painting
Dick Ainsworth
Email: ainsworth@qwerty.com
Web: www.dickainsworth.com
photography and software
Michael Alexander
608-546-6683
Email: info@michaelalexanderdesigns.com
Web: michaelalexanderdesigns.com
products of sustainable wood, live edge designs
Karen Bell
5268 Cty. Road C
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-2478
Email: bellart@execpc.com
sculpture
Lance Bell
5268 Cty. Road C
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-2478
Email: bellart@execpc.com
photography
Florence Bird
PO Box 126
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-2473
Email: florence@mhtc.net
sculpture
Fran Borman
E4501 Horseshoe Road
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3220
Email: starla1@core.com
Leah Griffith Boyce
PO Box 804
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-7586
Email: lboyce@merr.com
Web: www.leahgriffithboyce.com
portraits, prints, sculpture – bronze, oil, watercolor & charcoal
Pamela Chehade
Pamela’s Fine Jewelry
608-588-2134
custom designed jewelry diamonds, gemstones, gold, and silver
Sue Clapp
E4540 Nachreiner Hollow Road
Plain, WI 53577
608-546-4663
watercolor
Tim Davis
One Good Turn Gallery & Studio
Web: www.onegoodturn.us
wood
Karen Davidson
Cabochon Gems & Designs
137 S. Winsted Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3558
Email: cabochon@mhtc.net
Web: www.cabochongems.com
jewelry design
Nath Dresser
Nightjar Records
PO Box 699
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3473
Email: nath@nightjarrecords.com
Web: www.nightjarrecords.com
singer-songwriter, live & recorded
music
Wayne Farra
33550 Old Mill Drive
Lone Rock, WI 53556
608-583-2476 (studio) or 608-588-7509 (store)
Web: www.norulesjewelry.com
silver and gold jewelry with enamels and gems
Cecilia Farran
PO Box 688
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-583-2776
Email: cecilia@northearth.com
Web: www.northearth.com
performing one woman show: "Voices: Addiction, The Soul, A Mother's Story"
Eric Ferguson Photography
N. 242 Lexington Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3331
photography
Vi Finet
840 Cole Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-7115
Email: vifinet@mhtc.net
handweaving, fiber art
Amie Fisher
1018 Fairview Court
Lone Rock, WI 53556
608-583-2500
Email: piecesofamie@yahoo.com
acrylic and oil paint, drawing
Nancy Giffey
6686 Amacher Hollow Road
Arena, WI 53503
608-753-2199
painter, musician, Artistic Director of Rural Musician’s Forum
Irene Golembiewski
E4725 Riverside Drive
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-263-9067 or 608-588-7475
graphic designer
Mary L. Grow
307 S. Lexington Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3189
Email: growml@merr.com
Web: www.getsirius.com/chester
author, ethnographer
Amery Harrington
6785 E. Sawle Road
Arena, WI 53503
608-437-5536 or 608-795-4701
Email: ameryjharrington@uwalumni.com
acting, singing, dancing
Betsy Haynes
Email: betsyhaynes@yahoo.com
photography
Jenafer Humphries
357 N. Cincinnati Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-9078
Email: Gwanwyn@verizon.net
vocalist and voice teacher
Christl Iausly
S11604 Dyke Road
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-2283
Email: CIAUSLY@CORE.COM
wheat weaving, pressed flower pictures, framing
Dawn Ingham
5758 Mill Road
Dodgeville, WI 53533
608-583-4162
Email: dingham@mhtc.net
art quilts
John Ingham
5758 Mill Road
Dodgeville, WI 53533
608-583-4162
Email:
johningham@wildblue.net
poet, writer
Sue Johnson
E6495 Hwy. WC
Spring Green, WI 53588
Email: susanjohnson_13@yahoo.com
watercolor
Linda Kelen
5774 Korback Road
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-924-3202 or 608-924-3200
Email: wiwiz@mhtc.net
Web: www.absolutearts.com/kelen
painting, woodcuts, oil pastels
Jean Kelly
7899 Mellum Road
Arena, WI 53503
608-753-2804
Email: starky6@earthlink.net
oil, pastel, charcoal, portraiture
Terry Kerr
608-924-3473
Email: terryk2917@aol.com
theater artist
Judy Leppert
PO Box 681
Muscoda, WI 53573
or
315 E. Franklin Street
Wheaton, IL 60187
608-739-3565 (weekends)
630-653-0455 (weekdays)
Email: leppertje@cs.com
etchings, woodcuts, and printmaker
Maya Madden
33550 Old Mill Drive
Lone Rock, WI 53556
608-583-2476 (studio) or 608-588-7509 (store)
Web: www.norulesjewelry.com
silver and gold jewelry with enamels and gems
Judy Schwartz Marcus
PO Box 70
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-2366
Email: judyjoel@execpc.com
knitting and crochet
Mariosa
608-546-2366
Email: MARI_OSA@hotmail.com
painting, found object 3-D
Jill Metcoff
E7371 Troy Village Road
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-7283
Email: jmetcoff@prodigy.net
Web: www.jillmetcoff.com
photography
Aron Meudt
608-341-8040
Email: ameudt@hotmail.com
Web: http://aronmeudt.americanminipuller.com
photography
Shirley Michelman
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-2318
oil painting primarily, sketching, etc.
Derek Miller
238 N. Cincinnati Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-9072
Email: debmiller@kinetic-data.com
music – Sacred Cow Tippers
Barbara Morford
S11691 Badger Road
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-544-2965
watercolor
Ronald Nagl
608-588-7099
Email: NandNPainting@yahoo.com
remodeling, and oil painting, landscapes/seascapes on canvas
Sharon Nicholas
4368 Park Ridge Road
Dodgeville, WI 53533
608-935-2407
Email: snbead@mhtc.net
box maker
Jim Pabian
S12595 Davies Road
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3214
poet, musician, actor, photography
Dennis Alfred Philips
136 S. Albany Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-239-5974
Web: www.27-9alfred.com
fabric
Antwan Ramar
612-850-1163
Email: bebopramar@hotmail.com
caricatures, cartoons, illustrator
Sara Rath
E4581 Sherwood Drive
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-7518
Email: sararath@charter.net
Web: www.SaraRath.com
writer
Dave Reisinger
306 Springs Drive
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-7474
metal sculpture
Judy Reyes
608-753-2122
Email: judy@judyrosejewelry.com
Web: www.judyrosejewelry.com
jewelry and mixed-media acrylic works on canvas
Jean-Marc Richel
307 S. Lexington
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3189
Email: richeljm@merr.com
mixed media on photography, illustrator
David Roeder
Tranquility Classic Cedarstrip Canoes
E4784 Rolling Ridge Road
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-7352
Email: tranqlty@execpc.com
Web: www.tranquilitycanoes.com
wood
Rebecca Sadler
1035 Spaight Street #4
Madison, WI 53703
608-628-0277
Email: rebecca.sadler@gmail.com
photography
Steven Spiro
7261 S. Lake Road
Hillpoint, WI 53937
Email: steven@stevenspiro.com
Web: stevenspiro.com
sculptural wood furniture
Susan Spiro
7261 S. Lake Road
Hillpoint, WI 53937
Web: stevenspiro.com
collage
Kathy Steffen
Email: kathysteffen@charter.net
Web: KathySteffen.com
fiction writing (historical), stained glass, jewelry
Scott Stieber
608-924-2028
Email: clayhill@mhtc.net
music, pottery
Jan Swenson
6565 High Point Road
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-7176
Email: jsewnson@mhtc.net
musical director
Jan von Stein
9045 W. Mineral Point Road
Mt. Horeb, WI 53572
608-588-3244 x 244
Email: jvonstein@rvschools.org
pencil drawing & assemblages working with personal artifacts
Vicki Terpstra
S12708 Carlos Road
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-572-2241
Email: vicki@vickiviolin.com
Web: www.vickiviolin.com
teaching and performing violin & fiddle
Holly Tierney-Bedord
Email:
greetings@hollytierneybedord.com
Web: www.hollytierneybedord.com
paintings, drawings, and greeting cards
Bryan Walton
6615 Clyde Road
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-583-2626
Email: bryanwalton2001@yahoo.com
Web: www.mhtc.net/~waltonbf
crafts – the “hammock chaise”
Jack Whaley
Email: kalahar@gmail.com
guitar – jazz, rock, blues
Ed Wohl
6154 Brotherhood Lane
Ridgeway, WI 53582
608-924-9411
Email: ed@edwardwohl.com
Web: www.edwardwohl.com
wood
Barbara J. Wood
2850 Cty. Rd. I
Avoca, WI 53506
608-583-7606
Email: bwood@mhtc.net
card making w/natural & dried flowers
Dick Woppert
18115 Forest Road
Boscobel, WI 53805
608-588-2664 x 242
Email: rwoppert@rvschools.org
porcelain, pottery & sculpture
Charles Allen Wyman
PO Box 328
Spring Greeen, WI 53588
608-583-2685
Email: absinthe@execpc.com
fiction, poetry, editing, graphic/web design, singer/songwriter
Susie Young Photography
Web: www.myspace.com/susieyoungphotography
photography
Rosie Zimmer
PO Box 358
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3339
weaving
Other Artist Registries
Arts Build Directory Listing (PDF)
Web:
http://www.uwplatt.edu/cont_ed/artsbuild/directory/Arts_Build_Directory.pdf
Portal Wisconsin Online Gallery
(Statewide listing/includes
some local artists. Note: Portal Wisconsin is now accepting submissions from Wisconsin artists who are interested in displaying their work in their
online gallery.)
Web: www.portalwisconsin.org/online_gallery.cfm
Sauk County Arts, Humanities and Historic Preservation Committee
Web: www.co.sauk.wi.us/dept/arts/featured/index.html
Organizations
Organizations listed here are within a 20 mile radius of Spring Green; for
others see the Farther Out listings, below.
ARCHITECTURE
Taliesin Preservation, Inc.
PO Box 399
5607 Cty. Hwy. C
Spring Green, WI 53588
877-588-7900
Email:
info@Taliesinpreservation.org
Web: www.taliesinpreservation.org
ARTS IN EDUCATION
Dodgeville School District
400 North Johnson Street
Dodgeville, WI 53533
608-935-3307
Web: www.dsd.k12.wi.us
Norland Reading and Learning Center
E25006 Highway 14
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-7188
Richland School District
26220 Executive Lane, Suite A
Richland Center, Wisconsin 53581
608-647-6106
Email: info@richland.k12.wi.us
Web: www.richland.k12.wi.us
River Valley School District
660 W. Daley Street
Spring
Green, WI 53588
608-588-2551
Web: www.rvschools.org
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
Dodgeville Area Chamber of Commerce
338 N. Iowa Street
Dodgeville, WI 53533
Visitor Information Line: 608-935-5993
Chamber of Commerce Office: 608-935-9200
Email: info@dodgeville.com
Web: www.dodgeville.com
Mazomanie Chamber of Commerce
608-795-2100
Web: www.villageofmazomanie.com
Muscoda Chamber of Commerce
608-739-9158
Richland Area Chamber of Commerce/Main Street Partnership
397 W. Seminary Street
Richland Center, WI 53581
608-647-6205 or 800-422-1318
Email: info@richlandchamber.com
Web: www.richlandchamber.com
Sauk Prairie Area Chamber of Commerce
421 Water Street, Suite 105
Prairie du Sac, WI 53578
Phone: 608-643-4168 or 1-800-68-EAGLE
Email: saukprairie@verizon.net
Web: www.saukprairie.com
Spring Green Area Chamber of Commerce
Jefferson Plaza
150 E. Jefferson Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-2054 or 1-800-588-2042
Email: info@springgreen.com
Web: www.springgreen.com
LOCAL CLUBS
Knit ’n Chat Group
Contact: Jan Marino, 608-546-2514
or Sharon Bettinger, 608-546-3781
Movie Club
Contact: Mary Ann McKenna
608-583-3921
Woodworkers Network
Contact: John Miliunas
608-583-2898
Physics for Poets Group
Contact: Dave Bushnell
608-588-3922
River Valley Stitchers
Contact:
Spirit Talks Book Club
Contact: 43/90 North Earth
136 S. Albany, Spring Green
608-588-3313
DANCE
Mazomanie Movement Arts Center
2 Brodhead Street
Mazomanie, WI 53560
608-795-0014
Email: marcianitaus@yahoo.com
Web: www.mazomac.com
Spring Into Motion School of Dance
335 E. Monroe Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3041
Web: www.springintomotion.org
ANNUAL EVENTS
Dodgeville Blues Fest
Web: www.dodgevillebluesfest.com
Fall Art Tour ©
Web:
www.fallarttour.com
Spring Green Arts and Crafts Fair
PO Box 96
Spring Green, WI 53588
Email: committee@springgreenartfair.com
Web: www.springgreenartfair.com
Spring Green Literary Festival
PO Box 525
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3043
Web: www.springgreenlitfest.org
GALLERIES
Art Exhibits at the Library
(Monthly exhibits can be viewed during regular library hours; ask for the key at the circulation desk.)
Spring Green Public Library, Community Room
220 E. Monroe Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-2276
Art on 23 Gallery
355 S. Winsted Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-7718
Email: arton23@merr.com
Web: www.galleryarton23.com
Cabochon Gems & Designs
137 S. Winsted Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3558
Email: cabochon@mhtc.net
Web: www.cabochongems.com
Florence Bird Studio
Contact: Florence Bird
504 E. Madison Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-2473
Email: florence@florencebird.com
Web: www.florencebird.com
Global View
6595 Clyde Road
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-583-5311
Email: mail@globalview-intl.com
Web: www.globalviewintl.com
GrassRoots Art Gallery
140 S. Winsted Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-2321
Iron Horse Gallery
18 East Hudson Street
Mazomanie, WI 53560
Jura Silverman Gallery/Wisconsin Artists Showcase
Contact: Jura Silverman
143 S. Washington Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-7049
Email: slvmnart@webtv.net
Web: www.springgreen.com/jsgallery/
Mazomanie Historic Art Center
103 Crescent Street
Mazomanie, WI 53560
608-206-0507
Web: www.mazoart.org
No Rules Jewelry
120 S. Albany Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-7509
Email: maya@norulesjewelry.com
Web: www.norulesjewelry.com
One Good Turn
Contact: Jim Davis
121 W. Jefferson Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3060
Email: onegoodturn@charter.net
Web: www.onegoodturn.us
Paper Loom Studio & Gallery
Contact: Rosie Zimmer
128 S. Albany Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3339
Prairie Art Pottery
Contact: Judy Laubmeier
5233 Enchanted Valley Road
Cross Plains, WI 53528
608-798-1235
Red Door Gallery
131 W. Court Street
Richland Center, WI 53581
608-647-2631
Email: info@reddoorgallery.org
Web: www.reddoorgallery.org
Wall Street Gallery and Bistro
14 Brodhead Street
Mazomanie, WI 53560
608-576-6694
Web: www.wallstreetgallery.com
Wilson Creek Pottery
E6101 County Road WC
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-2195
Email: peggy@wilsoncreekpottery.com
Web: www.wilsoncreekpottery.com
HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
Arena Historical Society
Wayne Schutte, president, schutte@mhtc.net
Iowa County Historical Society & Museum
1301 N. Bequette Street
Dodgeville, WI 53533
608-935-7694
Email: ichistory@mhtc.net
Web: www.iowacountyhistoricalsociety.org
Lone Rock Area Historical Society
Lori Roberts, president, 608-574-9143 or
laroberts1@charter.net
Shirley Greenheck, 608-583-3651
Bev Brander, 608-583-3555
Cindi Stuckey-Osthoff, 608-583-7962
Mazomanie Historical Society Museum
118 Brodhead Street
Mazomanie, WI 53560
608-795-2992
Open Memorial Day-Labor Day, Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 10am-4pm; Sun 1-5pm
Old Franklin Township Historical Society
915 Wachter Avenue
PO Box 218
Plain, WI 53577
Phyllis Dearborn, president, 608-546-2395 or pdear@merr.com
Gene Beth, vice-president, 608-522-5035
Mary Jayne Liegel, treasurer, 608-546-4562
Sandy Stiemke, secretary, 608-727-2462
Richland County Historical Society
606 Sunny Lane
Richland Center, WI 53581
608-647-3461
Sauk County Historical Society
531 Fourth Avenue
Baraboo, WI 53913
608-356-1001
Web: www.saukcounty.com/schs/
Spring Green Historical Society
Bob Holding, president, holding@mhtc.net
LIBRARIES
Dodgeville Public Library
139 S. Iowa Street
Dodgeville, WI 53533
608-935-3728
Email: kross@swls.org
Web: www.swls.org/Members/do.html
Kraemer Library & Community Center
910 Main Street
Plain, WI 53577
608-546-4201
Email: plalib@scls.lib.wi.us
Web: www.scls.lib.wi.us/pla/
Lone Rock Public Library
234 North Broadway
Lone Rock, WI 53556
608-583-2034
Email: mcopus@swls.org
Web:
www.swls.org/member.lr.html
Mazomanie Free Library
102 Brodhead Street
Mazomanie, WI 53560
608-795-2104
Email: mazlib@scls.lib.wi.us
Web: www.scls.lib.wi.us/mazomanie/index.html
Spring Green Community Library
230 E. Monroe Street
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-2276
Email: canderson@scls.lib.wi.us
Web: www.scls.lib.wi.us/sgr/
LITERATURE
Mostly Mondays Poetry Society
Contact: Pat McCorkle
608-924-9234
Ocooch Books & Libations LLC
145 W. Court Street
Richland Center, WI 53581
608-647-8826
Email: ocoochbook@mwt.net
Spring Green Literary Festival
PO Box 525
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3043
Web: www.springgreenlitfest.org
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Folklore Village
3210 County Road BB
Dodgeville, WI 53533
608-924-4000
Email: staff@folklorevillage.org
Web: www.folklorevillage.org
MUSIC
Nightjar Records
PO Box 699
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-3473
Email: nath@nightjarrecords.com
Web: www.nightjarrecords.com
Richland Concert Association
c/o David Kopitzke
UW-Richland, 1200 Hwy. 14 W
Richland Center, WI 53581
608-538-3145
Email: dkopitzk@uwc.edu
River Valley High School Music Department
Calendar of Events: www.rvschools.org/msnow/Music%20Calendar.htm
Rural Musicians Forum
6565 High Point Road
Arena, WI 53503
Contact: Doug Swenson, 608-469-2887
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
Arts Build
Arts Build is designed to offer assistance to local artists, artisans, and craftspeople in southwest Wisconsin interested in beginning or expanding their arts related businesses. The focus is to increase the professional and business capacity of arts workers through training, mentoring, counseling, and networking.
Web: www.uwplatt.edu/cont_ed/artsbuild/
Arts Wisconsin
Arts Wisconsin serves Wisconsin's creative community, and builds and sustains grassroots and statewide support to enliven and invigorate all of the state’s communities through the arts.
608-255-8316
Email: info@wisconsinarts.org
Web: www.artswisconsin.org
Dodgeville Cultural Arts Committee
610 West Fountain Street
Dodgeville, WI 53533
608-935-2316
Portal Wisconsin
A non-profit web site created by the Cultural Coalition of Wisconsin to bring together and promote arts, culture, humanities and history in Wisconsin.
Email: portalwisconsin@wpt.org
Web: www.portalwisconsin.org
Richland Area Arts Council (Red Door Gallery)
178 S. Central Avenue (in Valley Antique Mall)
Richland Center, WI 53581
608-647-2631
Email: jkintz@webtv.net
River Valley Community Learning Foundation
Supporting lifelong learning for everyone in the River Valley area.
PO Box 428
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-583-4041
Sauk County Arts, Humanities and Historic Preservation Committee
West Square Building
505 Broadway
Baraboo, WI 53913
608-355-3274
Email: kschauf@co.sauk.wi.us
Web: www.co.sauk.wi.us/dept/arts/index.html
Wisconsin Arts Board
First Floor, 101 E. Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53702
608-266-0190
Email: artsboard@arts.state.wi.us
Web: www.arts.state.wi.us
THEATER
American Players Theatre
Box 819
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-588-7401
Email: aptmaster@americanplayers.org
Web: www.playinthewoods.org
“Peace Through Understanding” Summer Drama Camp
Contact: Inez Learn 608-753-2384
River Valley Players
PO Box 356
Spring Green, WI 53588
608-583-2748
Email: info@rivervalleyplayers.org
Web: www.rivervalleyplayers.org
Farther Out
Grandview Folk Arts Site
Hwy 39
Hollandale, WI 53544
608-967-2140
Free to the public. Open 10 am - 4 pm, 7 days a week, Memorial Day-Labor Day
Shake Rag Alley
18 Shakerag Alley
Mineral Point, WI 53565
608-987-3292
Email: shakeragalley@verizon.net
Web: www.ShakeRagAlley.com
Alley Stage
18
Shake Rag Street
Mineral
Point, WI 53565
608-987-3292
Email: info@alleystage.com
Web: www.alleystage.com
Do you have other suggestions for this list?
Corrections? Please contact us at info@springgreenarts.org.
