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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 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 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 Keegan Onefoot-Wenkman | April 13, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project

The work I produce is of thoughtful, selfless, greedy, raving, amazing, botched, happy, needy, revolutionary people, objects, ideas, animals, and insects. These are what I love and don’t want to forget. A stew of moments seen, heard, loved and missed; on the list of ingredients it would read “for growing more mature and wiser, be brazen and naïve."

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 Stephanie Carpenter | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project | Phase 2

Stephanie Carpenter is a letterpress printer, educator, and graphic designer. This poster is about finding reliable information to learn about staying safe and healthy during the pandemic.

Make your Brandy Old Fashioned the proper way by muddling the oranges and Maraschino cherries, and then top it off with ice and brandy for a classic Wisconsin cocktail.

by Roberto Torres-Mata | June 24, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project

Roberto is currently an emerging artist in printmaking based in Madison, Wisconsin who emphasizes the issues of migration with Mexico and Central America. His work speaks to the growing misrepresentation that the United States views migrants. As a first-generation Mexican American, he expresses his knowledge through printmaking acting on the social issues that deal with racial, political, and environmental problems. 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 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.

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.