Like most people who choose to live in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, water holds a sacred place in Mary Burns’ life. The Manitowish River runs by the cabin her grandparents once owned – the place she now calls both home and art studio. Water is a common thread that runs through her career as a weaver and …
by Cassie Gauthier – Water is where life first began. It is where organisms ranging from microscopic zooplankton to giant whales call home. It can be slow moving in streams where tall plants grow above the water and turtles bask in the sun on fallen logs, or fast moving through rapids where salmon are seen …
For the last several years, the Center for Limnology’s Trout Lake Station has hosted an “artist-in-residence” program each summer. Our summer science communication intern spent a day with one of the 2018 artists, Mary Burns. You can learn more about the program (and see some beautiful aquatic-inspired art) at the Drawing Water website. …