Dane Arts is now accepting submissions for the twenty-fifth edition of our annual arts calendar and poster, highlighting the wonderful and talented artists of Dane County. The theme of the 2025 Calendar is: “Curious by Nature.”
Submissions due FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2024 by 4 PM.
Learn MoreThe twenty-fourth edition of our annual art calendar highlights the wonderful and talented artists right here in Dane County.
About the Artwork:
"Find Your Wings is about a girl that sees herself in flight and the places she’ll go on wings of her own making. It encourages everyone to soar, even if you have to ‘find’ your own wings.
Linda Massey is a lifelong Madison, WI based artist who strives to capture the spontaneity, joy and inner strength of her subjects."
Linda Massey, Find Your Wings, 2022, Oil on Panel, 18” x 18”
Revenues from calendar sales help sustain programs of Dane Arts (Dane County Cultural Affairs), an agency within county government created in 1977 to encourage public participation in arts, culture, and local history activities countywide. Your calendar purchase also helps to support local artists. For more information, please contact danearts@danecounty.gov
Scroll to the bottom of this page for a list of in-person Dane County sales locations.
Purchase Online: $19.72 (includes calendar, shipping & handling)
Calendars are available for sale in-person at the following retailers and municipal halls:
About the Artwork:
"Lesley Numbers is an artist and educator, born and raised in Madison, WI. She has a BS in Art Education and an MFA in Printmaking from UW-Madison. While Lesley’s professional roles regularly shift, her practice is rooted in love, spirit and community. Her artwork is inspired by motherhood, music, magic and the flora and fauna of Dane County. For the past five years, Lesley has focused on creating large-scale, intuitively-composed and color-filled reductive woodblock prints. Each print is unique, using a combination of traditional printmaking methods and hand-painted elements."
Lesley Anne Numbers, Winter at Seven Acres, 2022, reductive woodblock print, 20” x 30,” Owned by Seven Acres Dairy Company, Paoli, WI
About the Artwork:
"Xizhou Xie is an up-and-coming abstract artist with a passion for creating modern artwork. Xizhou’s work is characterized by vivid colors, bold textures, and a dynamic composition that engages the viewer’s eye.
Xizhou’s love for art began at a young age, when she went to art elementary school that taught music and visual arts..." Continue Reading...
Xizhou Xie, Beach Days, 2019, Ink, 11” x 14”
About the Artwork:
"Marleah Grinnell is from the Madison area and is an ARTS for ALL WISCONSIN 2021 Creative Power Award Winner. She has exhibited widely in Madison and Door County. A self-taught artist, she began painting in 2018 at the urging of a friend. Creating art became a form of art therapy to improve her eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills, which were lost three years ago, baffling her doctors..." Continue Reading...
Marleah Grinnell, Cherry Spring Blossoms, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 10" x 8"
About the Artwork:
"Ever since I was a child, I have been captivated by the world's beauty and driven to recreate it through my oil paintings. My life's journey as an award-winning oil painter has been fueled by my innate passion for art, from my early days as a prodigy in Chicago to my current life in Oregon, Wisconsin. My attention to detail, use of color and commitment to authenticity are qualities that set my work apart." Continue Reading...
Karen Nell McKean, Dairy Land, 2021, Oil on canvas, 18” x 24”
About the Artwork:
"Green Goodies (GG) is a rising portrait artist and content maker based in Madison, WI. While struggling to find relief from psychological trauma, GG turned to painting in 2021. She spent countless hours teaching herself to draw, paint, film, edit and produce high quality pieces. Her digital presence aims to inspire people to create and bring people closer together while sometimes being physically far apart through art and kindness."
GG, Orchids in Bloom, 2023, Gouache, 8” x 10”
About the Artwork:
"A place can offer clues about a culture through its botanical life, migration, marginalized histories, buildings, and more.
The bodies of work are inspired by site-specific research into migration, human histories, and storytelling. Each body of work examines the environment in which I live. In my practice, material engagement is fundamental. Plants and textiles collected from displaced areas are processed into paper. Embedded materials and prints are incorporated into wet paper pulp." Continue Reading...
Henry Obeng, We Exist, 2022, Photogravure on Handmade Paper, 35” x 27”
About the Artwork:
"Linda Massey is a lifelong Madison, WI based artist who strives to capture the spontaneity, joy and inner strength of her subjects.
Working in oil paint, both in studio and plein aire, her portraits and commissions range from large scale to the intimate. She creates bold work that captures the drama and energy of her subjects and commands the space around it."
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Linda Massey, Find Your Wings, 2022, Oil on Panel, 18” x 18”
About the Artwork:
"Coloring photographs by hand allows me to reinterpret an image in a way film cannot. it allows me to convey a sense of nostalgia. Each image begins with either a black and white photo or a digital painting. Black and white images are hand colored using photo oils, pan panels, water colors and other materials. Digital paintings begin with an altered image in color. Each image is hand embellished."
Aileen Musa, Bloom, 2020, Hand embellished digital painting, 8” x 8”
About the Artwork:
"I am a passionate visual artist and graphic designer living in Madison, WI. Receiving a B.A. in Studio Arts from Alverno College and a B.F.A. in Communication Design from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
Growing up in Madison but having parents who grew up in India, we made many trips to visit family in India. My love for pattern is strongly influenced by my heritage." Continue Reading...
Poornima Moorthy, Madison Farmers' Market, 2023, Drawing on an iPad, 5.25" x 7"
About the Artwork:
"Dane county features a rich mosaic of natural environments including prairie, wetlands, and forested areas, along with people committed to ensuring the health of these ecosystems. Making art expresses my gratitude for these places and signs of the seasons, whether glimpsed on a commute or explored on a hike, and the creative process itself brings me joy. Currently, I work primarily in soft pastel on sanded UArt 400 paper, a medium I like for its immediate accessibility and rich pigments." Continue Reading...
Rebecca Brockman-Schneider, Old Soul, 2022, Soft pastel, 8.5” x 8.5”
About the Artwork:
"Shekoli! Katsitsya’? tahts niyukyats. On^yote?a.ka.ni?i okhale? wakenyaht^ niwaki?talo.t^
Hello! My name is Paige Morningstar Skenandore and my Indian name roughly translates to, “she extends out a flower.” I am a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, and I am turtle clan. My admiration for beadwork started when I was a little jingle dress dancer and saw all the older powwow dancers in their sparkly regalia and fancy beaded earrings. A Native advocate at my high school taught me how to do raised beadwork on a leather pouch. During my first semester at college, I began learning how to bead earrings with the indigenous student organization." Continue Reading...
Paige Skenandore, Blush Pink Quill Earrings, 2023, Porcupine Quillwork and Beadwork, 3” x 2,” Photograph by Clint Greendeer (Ho-Chunk Nation)
About the Artwork:
"My art reflects my journey as a self-taught, first-generation Mexican American artist from Los Angeles, California. Drawing inspiration from a diverse community of artists, I learned how to be vulnerable and access my own creativity. My approach to art is raw and intuitive, guided by feelings and textures rather than preconceived notions. I surrender to the canvas, giving voice to my soul through colors, textures, and lines. This process creates a profound connection between me and the artwork." Continue Reading...
Issis Macias, Seaside, 2021, Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 36” x 36,” Private Collection
