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Wisconsin People & Ideas – Spring 2018

In this issue: PopEarth brings art/science collisions to the Fox Cities, John Michael Kohler Art Center establishes an Art Preserve, and Celebrate Water Door County does just that. We learn how to make hickory syrup and explore the rich conservation tradition and natural beauty of the Driftless Area. A glimpse inside the creative mind of composer John Harmon and a (very different kind of) glimpse inside the largest mascot factory in the U.S. A preview of the Anne Kingsbury and Helen Lee exhibitions at the Watrous Gallery, new fiction by Liz Wyckoff and poems by Angela Trudell Vasquez and Oscar Mireles.

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From the Director

The Voices of Spring

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Jane Elder

When does the pursuit of scientific inquiry become an act of advocacy?

Editors Note

Growing in unexpected places

By:

Jason Smith

A passion for wild foods can grow in unexpected places.

Green Lake County resident and Wisconsin Hickory Association president Mike Starshak sees a bright future for the hickory foods industry in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Table

Nuts for Hickory

By:

Max Witynski

The shagbark hickory is making a comeback in Wisconsin.

Essay

The Edge of Anomaly

By:

Curt Meine

A revolutionary concept in land use has deep roots in the hills and valleys—and people—of the Driftless Area.

All photos copyright © 2018 by Adam Ryan Morris. No reproduction without permission.

Photo Essay

Mascot Factory

By:

Adam Ryan Morris

The artists, designers, and craftspeople of Olympus Group in Milwaukee.

Profile

John Harmon: Symphony of Awareness

By:

Matt Ambrosio

The life and career of Winneconne-based composer and Academy Fellow John Harmon.

@ the Watrous Gallery

Language as Order and Play

By:

Dominique Haller

Contemporary artists Helen Lee and Anne Kingsbury share an exploration of language as a central theme in their work.

Fiction

Like This, Like That

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Elizabeth Wyckoff

Me and Janie and Melissa, we want to be other women. Not the women we are expected to be, but the ones we’ve seen on television and read about in novels.