Contact: Ed Taylor, Director of Marketing & Communications 608-663-2333
Madison, Wis. – Ernest Hüpeden’s Painted Forest in Valton hosts a weekend of family fun through art making, August 17-18. The event includes exploring one of Wisconsin’s fascinating art environments and learning to paint in the plein-air style on a postcard-size canvas. “Plein-air” simply refers to creating art through painting outside.
The workshop runs from 8:00 a.m. on Saturday until 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. Materials will be provided. Cash prizes will be awarded.
For more information, call 608-663-2307, or email Professor Bob Tarrell at rtarrell@edgewood.edu. The Painted Forest is located in Valton, Wisconsin at E846 Painted Forest Drive.
About the Painted Forest
The Painted Forest is a simple white frame building set on a hillside in the small community of Valton. Its treasure lies inside—where the walls and ceiling are covered with intriguing visionary murals painted in the late 1890’s by an itinerant self-taught German painter, Ernst Hüpeden.
In October 2004, the Kohler Foundation gifted the Painted Forest to Edgewood College. As stewards of this important folk art treasure, the College has pledged to maintain the site and foster its role in educating students, artists, researchers and the general public.
About Edgewood College
Located in Madison, Wis., Edgewood College is a liberal arts Catholic college in the Dominican tradition. We serve approximately 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students at our Monroe Street and Deming Way campuses, and online. The College offers more than 40 academic and professional programs, including master’s degrees in business, education, and nursing, and doctoral degrees in educational leadership and nursing practice. For more information about Edgewood College, please visit www.edgewood.edu, or call Ed Taylor in Marketing & Communications at 608-663-2333.
