art & society - may/jun 2012

We didn’t have much of a winter this year, but the feeling of spring is no less potent—it just came a bit early. Golfing in February? Tulips and lilacs blooming in March?

She’s a painter, stone carver and sculptor working in fiber, bronze, paper, clay, wood and mixed media—“pretty much anything I can create something out of.” Having followed her art and found her life’s calling, the Delavan artist is one of the region’s leading vessels of creativity.

When Steve Rouland and Jon Walker decided to transform the 22,000-square-foot Sunbeam Bakery Building into an art studio, they envisioned more than a simple showcase for creative work.