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Hidden Studios A Tour of Working Studios in Wisconsin

February 2024, by Angie Landsverk

What started as a casual conversation among artist friends has evolved into an art studio tour that celebrated 20 years in 2023. 

Glass artist Sharon Fujimoto is part of the event and said it takes a lot of work to pull it off. “Organizing a tour is an almost year-round undertaking,” she said. 

Hidden Studios is a tour of working art studios along the Ice Age Trail in central Wisconsin. The first tour in 2004 had nine studios and six guest artists. The 2023 tour included nine studios and 12 guest artists. 

Before that first one took place, each artist contacted other artist friends in the area to see if they were interested in opening their studios to the public. Since some of those artists participated in juried art fairs full time or had their work in galleries, bringing high-quality art to the tour was among the goals, Fujimoto said. 

In fact, organizing and promoting a public art event of high quality and artistic diversity is part of the tour’s mission statement. It notes that while there are many opportunities for the public to view art, there are few to see the environments in which that work is conceived and produced. 

The goal of the artists was to provide one-on-one opportunities for people to see how artwork is created and to ask questions. It was also a way to define central Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail area as an art destination. 

Many artists live, work, and contribute to quality of life in the area. Drawing visitors and tourists to the area was among the tour’s aims. 

Hidden Studios always takes place in early October, and people travel from Chicago, Minneapolis, Madison, and Milwaukee to attend the event. “You need consistency,” Fujimoto said. 

She said there are several reasons why October was chosen as the month for the tour. For starters, it does not conflict with other tours in the area, the outdoor art fair season is done, and it is typically when fall colors are at their peak in that part of Wisconsin. 

Selecting Studios and Artists 

Fujimoto explained how studios and artists are chosen. Studios must have enough room for guest artists, as well as for visitors to walk around. There needs to be enough space for parking, and the studio must be a reasonable distance from the other studios that are part of the tour. 

A variety of quality artists working in different mediums are sought, she said. “They apply on our website, we’ve seen their work at other shows, or they are recommended by other artists or friends,” Fujimoto said as to how they find them. 

Guest artists need to have a good price range for their work. They must be willing to work in a flexible space and be willing to promote the tour by distributing brochures and sharing their mailing lists, so the brochure can be sent to customers and others who are interested in the event, she said.

Running a Studio Tour 

“We have a steering committee, consisting of four studio heads, and we are thinking of increasing it to all studio heads,” Fujimoto said. A wrap-up meeting is held a few weeks after the tour to “discuss the good and the bad and congratulate ourselves on all the positive feedback. We may take a week off, but then it’s back to planning next year’s tour,” she said. A verbal commitment is needed from the studio heads — shortly after the tour — as to whether they are returning in that capacity the following year. 

Once the committee knows which studios are returning, it figures out which medium/display works best in each studio. They want to feature artists whose work is compatible with the rest of the tour. 

“We have a balance of mediums, new artists, artists who perhaps did our show at least two years ago, and recommendations,” she said. “We view a new submission’s website to get an overview of work. Then we contact them to see if they are interested in doing our tour. This whole process can take a few weeks to a month.” 

They try not to have painting at a painter’s studio. “We have limited 10 x 10 spaces. Some artists can only display in a 10 x 10, while others — say a jeweler — have a flexible display. We have had sculptors display outside, but we try to have all displays inside due to quirky October weather.” 

Guest artists who only have one year under their belt are invited back for another year. “Artists who decline the second year may not have sold their minimum for returning or have another commitment for next year,” Fujimoto said. 

The committee finds it works well to give the guest artists two years to be part of the event. It keeps the tour fresh. “We also like to move the guest artists around to other studios their second year,” she said. 

She said when they are set, contracts go out. High-quality images and artist statements are requested. 

“We also have 30 sponsors to contact to see if they are on board again,” Fujimoto said. Updated information is requested from the sponsors. 

This process takes a while. Even though they have deadlines, it is sometimes difficult to get commitments and payments, she said. 

All the information is downloaded on their Dropbox for their graphic artist. “This process is long, with lots of back and forth and editing and additions,” Fujimoto said. 

The goal is to have their new brochure done and printed sometime in March for distribution at art fairs during the summer months. “That means all copy must go to our graphic designer in January/February. And yes, you need a professional graphic designer who is familiar with brochures,” Fujimoto said. 

While some tours skip a brochure, the Hidden Studios tour finds that the people they send the brochure to appreciate having something in hand to keep and physically look at, she said. In August, 3,000 brochures are mailed to the people on their mailing list. 

“And we have a lot of artists doing art fairs all summer, and all our sponsors have them displayed prominently in their businesses,” she said. A local convention and visitors bureau has also helped the art studio tour from the start. 

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Hidden Studios Art Tour 2022

See www.HiddenStudiosArtTour.com for information on the 7 studios and 18 artists in the tour. September 30 - October 2, 2022 Friday and Saturday 10 am - 5 pm Sunday 10 am - 4 pm

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Sep 30, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT – Oct 02, 2022, 5:00 PM CDT

Sharon Fujimoto Glass (1 of 7 studios), 10491 Trout Creek Road, Amherst Junction, Wisconsin

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The Annual Hidden Studios Art Tour will be taking place Friday, September 30, 2022, through Sunday, October 2, 2022. Come enjoy the beauty of Central Wisconsin in fall while exploring seven working art studios, featuring 18 regionally recognized artists in 7 working studios, on this self-guided driving tour. The event takes place:

• Friday, September 30, 2022 | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

• Saturday, October 1, 2022 | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

• Sunday, October 2, 2022 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Not only can guests interact with the artists and see the process up close, they can explore the natural beauty and wonder of Central Wisconsin while making the scenic drive through the countryside.

The complete list of artists and the map of the Hidden Studios Art Tour is available at www.HiddenStudiosArtTour.com . Whether you are a dedicated art collector or are passionate about supporting local business, Hidden Studios Art Tour offers something for everyone.

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On Friday through Sunday, October 6-8, the Hidden Studios Art Tour will give art lovers an opportunity to view an exceptional variety of fine art on a self-guided tour of working studios in central Wisconsin. Twenty-five different artists are featured at nine different studio locations, the most artists in the Tour’s 20-year history. Tour hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. A full description of Tour details, including artist biographies, working media, images and in-studio demonstrations, as well as maps to studio locations, is available at HiddenStudiosArtTour.com.

Regular and first-time Tour participants will have much to explore. New artists with national reputations will make their first appearance on the Tour while exhibitors from past years will display work in entirely new mediums. And as always, the evolution and growth of familiar artists exploring well-known methods means unexpected surprises at every stop.

New as a studio host this year is Tammy Rae from A Touch of Glass Studio. Her glasswork jewelry and art objects feature Borosilicate glass, a material known for spectacular colors and strength. Alternately melting and layering the glass creates shapes with great depth of color, which she combines with sterling silver, copper, and other materials. Her studio, a converted 1888 church with original stained-glass windows intact, will host guest artists Rachelle Miller, ceramics, and mixed media works by David Gilbertson and Joy Wallace.

Miller’s ceramic pieces range from vibrantly accented pieces for everyday use to whimsical display pieces, like garden boxes meant for display. Gilbertson and Wallace combine painting and printmaking skills with found objects and sculptural elements to construct exceptional mixed media pieces echoing natural landscapes and forces.

Mike Jagielo, host of The Wood Plane Studio near Almond, is a Tour artist expanding the scope of work in his chosen medium, wood. In past years, he has been known for fine furniture, cabinetry, and wood objects combining multiple species of woods. Now he has added figurative and sculptural elements to his oeuvre. Joining him this year are leatherworker Ilze Heider and jewelry maker Brenna Klassen-Glanzer. Heider makes handmade leather bags with colors and patterns inspired by her Latvian heritage that are durable and functional as well as singular art objects. Klassen-Glanzer, a Minneapolis based jewelry maker, uses silver and copper elements to create organic natural forms with modern design, giving her pieces an untamed yet elegant quality.

Red Sky Studio, LLC, home studio of Mary Lee and Gene Reineking, is another host studio on the southern end of the Tour. Mary Lee’s work combines watercolor, acrylics, oil, and mixed media collage techniques to produce a stunning variety of pieces that contain elements of natural forms, transformed by hues and textures that surprise and delight. Gene, for years working in three dimensions as a sculptor, will exhibit a new passion, two-dimensional landscapes, fashioned in oils with a palette knife. Guest artist Larry Anderson crafts intricate wood boxes using remarkable combinations of patterns and wood species.

Jessie Fritsch is the host at Buzz In Art Studio in Arnott and works in the ancient technique of encaustic painting using molten, pigmented beeswax. The difficult medium requires patience and spontaneity to produce the compositions of luminous color. Melissa Helene is the guest artist, exhibiting works that use a Scratchboard technique to reveal highly detailed images in black and white of wildlife and landscapes.

Five studios are congregated in the northeast part of Portage County including Atelier Vermeil, the studio of Mark Bruggeman. Mark’s works include prints, paintings, drawings, and collages on multiple grounds, often featuring elements of musical instruments and specific musical scores. He also combines imagery with letterpress text of poetry as single page broadsides and bound books on handmade paper. Joining Mark is Minneapolis-based guest artist Jennifer Nunnelee, who fashions jewelry using sterling silver and natural rocks gathered from the Great Lakes area.

Sharon Fujimoto Glass Studio houses the working kiln and glass blowing tools that she uses to transform molten glass into art and functional objects. Her one-of-a-kind pieces, based on a transcendent simplicity of form and color, connect directly with the viewer. Her display space is shared with ceramicists Chris and Sue Holmquist and oil painter Larry Nagler. The Holmquist pieces feature cheerfully whimsical images on durable, everyday tableware and display pieces. Nagler’s distinctive oil paintings, using brush and palette knife for landscapes and portraits, often employ the unusual practice of oils painted forward over a darker background.

The Keven Brunett and Kristin Thielking Studio showcases their collaborative and individual sculptural works in a restored barn. They utilize many materials, including iron, glass, and paper, for their small- and large-scale pieces. They are joined by painter Ruth Fromstein and sculptor Kate Bradley. Fromstein’s acrylic images, assembled in many layers with a plethora of materials, contain textures and depth of surprising inventiveness. Bradley’s stone sculptures are made directly into stone, without preparatory modeling, and contain elements of human and natural forms, playing on their symbolic meanings.

New Hope in Wood, the studio of Paul Klein, exhibits his structural lighting pieces and workspace in another restored barn. Paul fashions his distinctive lamps from wood, stone, metal, and handmade paper shades, combining fluid abstractions and figurative elements. Guest artists include Jef Raasch, displaying sculptures of humans and fantastical creatures from fired white clay, painted with stunning acrylic pigments, and Rebecca Hungerford, who fashions vessels and objects from pewter.

New Hope Art and Design, the studio of watercolorist Jim McKnight, features representational landscape and figurative works that combine the spontaneity and transparency of the medium with attention to detail that distinguishes the work. Emily Graf, an artist working with silk and wool felt in subtle natural colors, will display her wearables, rugs, and other objects as guest artist.

The 2023 Tour, the 20th continuous year, will set several milestones, a testament not only to the quality of the work on view but proof that the community recognizes and supports the positive cultural and financial impact made by artists in their lives. Since its start in 2004, HST has not only become an optimal cultural and social event set in a vibrant, fall landscape, but has also  generated more than $1 million in direct purchases to local artists. With an average of more than 1,000 visitors each year, indirect spending by Tour visitors has benefitted local economies and Tour business sponsors.

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Creating sculptural lighting has been my full time passion since my youngest son started kindergarten in 1999.... bringing together many aspects of my life. As a child, the waters and forests were my place of wonder and discovery. In college, my studies prepared me to "manage our resources and share environmental awareness". As an adult ( are we there yet?), I still seek to share the ebb and flow of life around us.  

Each piece has a story to tell... materials gathered and blended - as if they grew together....personal reflections on form - shape - texture - drama... images of people - places we've been or want to be.  

I hope each piece takes you to a special place... a landscape within Home.

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Rebecca hungerford.

Studio Owner | Sculptural Lighting 

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