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'Make art out of whatever.' Creativity takes many forms at Grandview

Glass-adorned sculptures and garden paths shape art experiences for young artists.

Aired 11/21/2024

Wisconsin Life

'Make art out of whatever.' Creativity takes many forms at Grandview

Clip: Season 11 Episode 7 | 3m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

Glass-adorned sculptures and garden paths shape art experiences for young artists.

In 1937, Nick Engelbert transformed his Iowa County farm into Grandview, adorning concrete sculptures with glass and pottery shards while his wife Katherine tended beautiful gardens. Today, this historic folk art site hosts summer art classes where rural youth from four counties discover their own creative spirit amid Engelbert's whimsical legacy.

Aired 11/21/2024

Wisconsin Life is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

Funding for Wisconsin Life is provided by the Wooden Nickel Fund, Mary and Lowell Peterson, A.C.V. and Mary Elston Family, Obrodovich Family Foundation, Stanley J. Cottrill Fund, Alliant Energy, UW...

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Wisconsin Life is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

Funding for Wisconsin Life is provided by the Wooden Nickel Fund, Mary and Lowell Peterson, A.C.V. and Mary Elston Family, Obrodovich Family Foundation, Stanley J. Cottrill Fund, Alliant Energy, UW...

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