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By Martha Liang | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project | High Schoolers

Martha Liang is from Cambridge High School. Martha loves taking every opportunity to create and be involved in the community. Restricted outings during the pandemic provided time to practice and learn.

By Kerrianna Rought | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project | High School Student

Kerrianna Rought is from Capital High School (East). Kerrianna uses art to entertain and educate. For this poster, they wanted to do their part to follow COVID precautions and also educate others on doing the same.

By Jette Thorson | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project | High Schoolers

Jette Thorson is a student at Verona High School. Jette is passionate about art, and during the pandemic art has been a creative outlet.

By Sabrina Schmidt | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project | High Schoolers

Sabrina Schmidt is from Statford High School. Her poster expresses hope that recovery from the pandemic is almost in sight, just over the horizon.

by Greg 'Biskakone' Johnson | June 3, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project

Greg 'Biskakone' Johnson is a member of the Lynx Clan and an enrolled member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. His home on the Lac du Flambeau reservation, established by the Treaty of 1854, is also known as Waaswaaganing, “the place of the torch.” Greg lives his life according to the four seasons, as did his ancestors. He harvests deer, fish, maple sugar, berries, wild rice, and wild plants. He is passionate about keeping the traditional ways alive, and he takes every opportunity to teach these ways to others.... (Continued below.)

by Renée Graef | July 1, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project

Renée Graef has illustrated over 80 children's books, including the "Kirsten" books (American Girl), books in the "My First Little House" program (Laura Ingalls Wilder) and "B is for Badger; A Wisconsin Alphabet." She splits her time between Milwaukee and Los Angeles. Continued below.

by Colin Matthes | May 27, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project

Colin Matthes (Milwaukee, WI) is an artist. He combines improvised utilitarian construction techniques with instructional drawing, spectacle, and civically minded projects that range from group knowledge archiving sessions to “eco” demolition derbies. He always shows the means of production - the process, the fingerprints, the screwups.

by Jolyn Sandford | June 10, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project

Jolyn Sandford is a Madison-based artist and software developer who seeks to celebrate the things she loves through illustration. With roots in the fine arts and computer science, she enjoys examining the intersection of art and tech....(Continued below.)

by Ashley Town | April 29, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project

Keep Your Distance is printed on an antique press at Bay View Printing Company, a 103 year old, female-owned business in Milwaukee. Prints are custom designed and printed by hand, one at a time, on an antique printing press – a process that takes time, attention to detail and meticulous care.

by Jerry Jordan | May 6, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project

Jerry Jordan is part of a growing movement of painters that are reinterpreting classical painting into what they call contemporary realism. He counts such painters as John S. Sargent, Anders Zorn, William M. Chase and Joaquin Sorolla as major influences in his artistic growth. However it was the artist of the Harlem Renaissance that fueled his desire to pursue painting.

by Yeonhee Cheong | May 13, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project

Yeonhee Cheong is a visual artist who studies the social language of women’s bodies and outfits. She is a lecturer at Design Studies department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Describing her poster, she reflected that "the war against COVID-19 virus has disrupted the conventional way of how we unite to fight. We should keep apart and protect selves from others, in order to protect others as well. Though against our natural instinct, this is the knowledgeable and effective way to win this war that everyone should follow."

by Becca Bryant | July 9, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project

Becca Bryant is the Creative Director and Founder of local design studio, Urban Root Creative. She specializes in custom designs for branding, campaigns, and marketing. Continued below.

by Emily Maryniak | June 17, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project

Emily Maryniak is currently a graphic designer at Distillery Design and Marketing Studio. She majored in Fine Arts, then taught preschool for many years at Preschool of the Arts in Madison. She has recently made a career change to graphic design. Emily has also been a longtime member of Polka! Press, a local printmaking studio.

by Jim McKiernan | April 22, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project

James McKiernan is a native of Madison Wisconsin. He learned to screen print in high school from Mr. Roy Liddicoat, and later studied art at UW Madison and Art Center College in Pasadena, California. He served as President and Creative Director of Studio M in Long Beach, CA and Instructor at Madison College. He continues his studies and is Vice President of the Polka! Press Cooperative in Madison.

This beautiful porcelain ornament features a stereo bellows camera on a tripod. H.H. Bennett on the reverse side.

This beautiful porcelain ornament features a picture of Wade House on one side and its history on the other.

Celebrate America's famed aluminum Christmas trees with every cup. Choose peachy pink or green logos!

From mulled wine to cold cider, keep drinks steaming hot or ice cold with a practical Ever Gleaming thermos! A Society design. Tom & Jerry anyone?

For the Christmas memoribilia collector who has everything! Practical and nostalgic. Ceramic with cork backing.

Knit something soft and warm with 100% wool yarn in natural undyed colors. The wool is sheered from our sheep at Old World Wisconsin, one of the Society's twelve historic sites. Details below!

A white mug printed with an image of the bellows camera in the style used by H.H. Bennett back in the day.

Display your inner museum nerd on the fridge or file cabinet. White or black.

Perfect for hanging hats, plant baskets, or bags, these S hooks, made in Old World Wisconsin, are great for any do-it-yourself project! Sold individually.

Celebrate the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage with our ceramic Votes for Women tray!

Celebrate Wisconsin with these state-shaped cookie cutters.

MORE ON THE WAY! EXPECTED SOON!

Mr. Frog isn't feeling the holiday spirit this year. Single card with red envelope. Wrapped in clear sleeve.

"A Merry Christmas" card to spread holiday cheer! Printed on Cavallini's signature Italian paper with a cream envelope (and a touch of glitter). Blank inside.

A beautiful card to spread Christmas cheer! Printed on Cavallini's signature Italian paper with a cream envelope - and a touch of glitter. Blank inside.

Krampus holiday card made with real walnut wood that is sustainably harvested. Merry "Krampus" from Santa's helper!

Spread Christmas cheer this holiday season with aluminum Christmas tree cards! Giftable clear plastic box and red twine.