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Local Artist Breathes Life into Old Maps

"Lisa Middleton lives for maps. She has maps in her garage, maps in her Kalispell living room, in the closets and on the walls, and in books and in big piles in her basement studio.

Middleton is not a map maker, however. She’s an artist, transforming old maps into art.....To read more please click here.
Show Schedule

Show Schedule, May-September 2015....Tell your neighbors! Tell your friends!

May 29-30 Artfest, Spokane WA
June 8-June 27 Blooming Grounds Coffee House Downtown, Winona MN
June 12-13 Artspire, LaCrosse WI
June 18-21 Prarie Du Chien Rondezvous, WI
June 29 Madison Cash and Carry Wholesale, WI
July 1-31 Wine Guyz, LaCrosse WI
****July 2 5:30-7 pm Artist Reception Wine Guyz, LaCrosse *****
July 1-4 Riverfest, LaCrosse WI
July 24-26 Bellevue Arts Museum Arts Fair, Bellevue WA
August 1-2 Taste of Coeur D'Alene, ID
August 7-9 Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts, Bozeman MT
August 15-18 Seattle Gift Show, WA
September 5-6 Copper Country Art Fair, Copper Mountain CO
September 10-13 Western Design Conference, Jackson Hole WY
September 18-20 Billings Market, Billings MT

Please keep watching my schedule on www.greatriverarts.com for up to the minute changes.
Studio Shots
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New Videos!
Suggested Reading
by my friend Jack Nisbet, Northwest writer and professor
Map and Art Articles Online
Please be sure to like Great River Arts on Facebook where I post all the wild and wonderful pictures and articles I find pertaining to Maps, Art, History, Science, and Archaeology!
Featured Articles From My Blog

Plains Indians were known for their paintings, or narrative drawings, produced on paper or cloth. Usually, the medium was contingent upon whatever was handy. In the beginning, this would mean drawings and paintings were produced on animal skin...to read more please click here

This is a beautiful map of Michigan and Wisconsin that utilizing a copperplate engraving method....read more

What are "ribbon maps" and what were their function?
Click here for the story behind our top seller, The Father of Waters.
Map of the Month!
The River Longue 1703,
an early depiction of the northwest passage!
The River Longue 1703, an early depiction of the Northwest Passage. This is a pretty unique cartographic work. It's production perpetuates the myth that lingered for almost 50 years, showing up in other maps that were produced. Baron Lahontan is the mapmaker responsible for the faux pas, but at the time, he imagined his rendering was accurate. The map depicts a river that runs on a west-east directional, finally emptying into a portion of the upper Mississippi River. It was known as the River Long, or Longue in French. You can see the trek that the river makes as it rises distantly over the Rocky mountains in the west, before meeting with the Mississippi. Portions of the Great Lakes are shown as well, including Lake superior, and Lake Michigan (Lac de Illinois)....  To read more please click here.
A note from Me
I was able to take a nice long wander across the ancient rumpled hills in North Central Washington in between shows this month.  My friend Karen took me on a tour of the Methow and Okanogan river valleys over 3 very busy days of travel.  She introduced me to several other map and history lovers in her area and I saw maps that I never new existed, and how to access them in the Canadian and American national archives. 
I'm now off on my summer adventure! I'll be in the midwest for about 5 weeks. Please click here for a printable schedule of my Northwest events and here for a printable schedule of my Midwest events.
I hope to see you on the road this summer!

Lisa