At the beginning of each year, VIVA Gallery takes a month to celebrate the talents of its members with a themed show, and this January our member show is called Connections. Â Members are encouraged to interpret what Connection means to them. Â Choosing this theme was in part a response to how divisive our country and [...]
Our 2nd Monday in October weavers had a lovely and brisk gathering surrounded by beautiful fall colors at our local park. As I am writing this we have just had our first snowfall of the season so it will be interesting to see how we social gather in the upcoming winter months. Kathy has offered [...]
The last farmers market flowers.  Our fiber group shared a lovely day at Eckhardt Park for our 2nd Monday weavers gathering in September. Although it is hard to say what the colder weather will bring. We acknowledge that the isolation of not getting together once a month is not what any of [...]
For it being a such a crazy time, where the crazies are seemingly without end, it is surprising how fast the summer is actually disappearing. With another shooting in Wisconsin of an unarmed black man this weekend, we are once again confronted with the evidence of a racist society, and now the back lash of [...]
Last months fiber gathering was a lovely day spent in the shade of a few huge trees in Rachel's front yard.  Elin's granddaughter made good use of the trees for climbing. It was fun to see Elin in grandma mode. With the continued stress of rising Covid-19 numbers in Wisconsin this gathering was a needed [...]
Like so many things, for the last couple of months our 2nd Monday weavers gathering has been on hold, with limited contact via email to see how everyone is dealing with this time of uncertainty, fear and isolation. Our country is experiencing continually rising numbers of covid-19 infections in part due to a lack of [...]
clouds are my happy place right now poem by Pablo Neruda Keeping Quiet Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still for once on the face of the earth, let’s not speak in any language; let’s stop for a second, and not move our arms so much. It would [...]
I find it hard to believe how much our world has changed in just over a week since our weavers group got together at Jan and Tony's new home. What I thought wouldn't affect our rural Wisconsin lives much at all has seen our local schools and businesses close and friends and neighbors self isolating [...]
Sonya hosted our 2nd Monday fiber group this month and gave us a delightful tour of some of the Finnish textiles that she grew up with. Such exquisite linens, so expertly created gave me something to strive for and made me proud that I, in a small way, continue in the art of making cloth [...]
Elin hosted our 2nd Monday weavers group on a wintry day in January. Her and Bob's farm is as beautiful in it's winter slumber as it is in the bloom of summer. Their farm with its beautiful vistas is the epitome of what our Driftless Area of western Wisconsin is. A place of hills and [...]
