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The Flowers Are Burning: Incandescent Watercolors by Helen Klebesadel and Mary Kay Neumann

As an artist I spend plenty of time alone in my studio working on my watercolors, but in recent years I have also found it very fulfilling to work in collaboration with other artists. Now I consider myself to be a serial collaborator. Some of those collaborations I have written about here, describing: the 2011 Continue Reading »
Written on July 10, 2015 at 8:13 pm
Categories: Uncategorized
Carew, Klebesadel, and Torres share their art at the Opera House Art Gallery Sept. 6th

Join us for an exhibition of Recent Artworks by Kelty Crew, Helen Klebesadel, and Danny Torres at the Opera House Art Gallery Second Floor at 115 East Main Street, Mt Horeb, Wisconsin (No Elevator) Hosted by Nancy Howard, owner September 6-November 3, 2014 Opening Reception: Saturday, September 6, 2:30-5:00 VERY brief artists talks 3:00 Continue Reading »
Written on August 29, 2014 at 6:20 pm
Categories: Ability, art collaboration, Beauty, Biographical, Creative Play, environmental art, Fabulous Artists, Feminist art, Inspiration, Watercolor, Wisconsin Arts
Tags: Carew, etching, klebesadel, Mt. Horeb, Opera House Art Gallery, Torres
Penokee Impact Statement: an art exhibition

“An Environmental Impact Statement is a tool for decision making, describing the positive and negative environments effects of a proposed action. Projects like the proposed Penokee open pit mine however, are driven by deeply held human values and emotional connections not included in an EIS. In this exhibit, five visual artists will share their Continue Reading »
Written on August 22, 2014 at 10:15 pm
Categories: Activist Art, art collaboration, art-science collaboration, Beauty, environmental art, Fabulous Artists, Inspiration, Political Art, Wisconsin Arts
Art-Science Collaboration: My Artist-in-Residency at the Trout Lake Research Station

I have just returned from a splendid ten days of non-stop plein air painting (and skitter swatting) in the lake country around Boulder Junction, Wisconsin. It was my extreme pleasure to bring my art research through observation to the University of Wisconsin Trout Lake Station as a part of a new artist residency program. I Continue Reading »
Written on July 6, 2014 at 7:41 pm
Categories: A Painting A day, Activist Art, art and technology, art collaboration, Art Residencies, Art Techniques, art-science collaboration, Artist Resources, environmental art, Plein air Painting, Watercolor
Tags: art-science collaboration, Helen Klebesadel, Plein air Painting, Trout Lake, watercolor
Artists! An Opportunity to Exhibit and Share Your Tiny Treasures

Create, Compete, and Participate with Your Tiny Art One of the real pleasures I receive as a part of my day job as Director of the Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) with the UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies, is working with the Wisconsin Regional Artist Association (WRAA) in supporting the creative work of other artists. Continue Reading »
Written on May 23, 2014 at 12:21 pm
Categories: A Painting A day, art collaboration, Art Techniques, Artist Resources, arts leadership, Charity, Creative Play, donating art, Fundraising, Inspiration, On-Line sales, Plein air Painting, This and That
Tags: Artist Trading Cards
Recent Comments by Helen
- December 22, 2015 on Activist Art: Art That Works
- July 14, 2015 on The Flowers Are Burning: Incandescent Watercolors by Helen Klebesadel and Mary Kay Neumann
- December 15, 2014 on Artists! An Opportunity to Exhibit and Share Your Tiny Treasures
- September 1, 2014 on Carew, Klebesadel, and Torres share their art at the Opera House Art Gallery Sept. 6th
- August 31, 2014 on Carew, Klebesadel, and Torres share their art at the Opera House Art Gallery Sept. 6th