Light in the Dark found at Mauston Farmers Market- Abigail Fleming

On Saturday mornings you will find  Abigail Fleming doing what she loves to do - creating art that not only focuses on the beauty found in  nature but also the beauty in taking discarded pieces representing the past and giving them a chance to tell a new story.


Abigail shares her visions, and her pieces at local farmers' markets in Juneau County - including the one held every Saturday morning in downtown Mauston - the place she calls home. 


Light in the Dark is what she uses to describe her work. Work that comes alive on window panes, saw blades, and old CDs  - as well as some other mediums. 


The art on window panes gives a new meaning to stained glass -each one very different. 

Abigail, a friendly woman, will take time and speak to all who stop by. She's a humble woman who lives her life with purpose and appreciates the same in others. 

She often donates the proceeds from some of her work to benefit children in areas of the world where poverty is the norm. A woman with obvious deep faith, she lets her art speak for itself. 


Soon she hopes to have a website but until then you can find her on Saturday mornings in Mauston at the Farmers' Market...she also spends time at the Elroy Farmers' Market held on Wednesdays from 3pm -7pm  - In the mean time catch another side of her on You Tube - the 
woman can rock! 

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Near the Wisconsin Dells, but far from the traffic and crowds

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The Arts

 The arts within any given community represents the heart of a community - their culture,  their experiences and what they value. Whether it is a painting, a song, or the words written by a writer - the  expression shared is often one that is remembered. 

Whether the art you see is in the inner city or on the wall in a rural community - if you look long and allow your imagination to open up you will hear the story the artist intended for you to hear. 


This past year my own son took part in such a project in the City of Mauston. The project was the inspiration of a very talented and local artist, Diane Dahl.   A woman who is on a mission to build the arts in Juneau County. 


Diane asked that area residents send her artwork on Juneau County, and through a grant she received she took inspiration from the others and designed a mural which has since been painted on a wall off of State Street in Mauston, and on the west side of downtown. 

She not only designed the mural, pulling in the work of others, but she also invited the community to take part in the project, hands on. She wanted them to come out and paint alongside with her.  My own son, 12 at the time, took her up on that offer and every day after school rushed over to the location and painted. 

After just a couple of weeks from the first brush stroke the mural was finished. A mural that is not only breathtaking but one that captures the beauty of Juneau County. The pride of the locals who live and work here is displayed proudly on that wall - the beauty of the landscape we call home - the farms that dot the terrain mixed in with the wildlife and peaceful sunsets on the waters. 


It is because of her dedication to bringing an awakening to the arts that surround all of us, the creative expressions that have always been there which woven in the fabric of the community, that this writer has decided to dedicate a complete page of this site to The Arts. 


We often overlook the talent behind what we partake in to soothe our souls -whether it is staring at a painter's brush strokes, or the melody playing in our heads...and even some times the words we read when trying to understand the world around us - Art is everywhere - that form of communication of a culture through the eyes of an artist - The Arts page will be dedicate in sharing the who those people are here in our community. 

Please stop by often and see who tells our story - Juneau County's story of it's history, it's people and it's future. The page is currently a work in progress and will be added on to as time progresses -  

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Close to the Wisconsin Dells, but far from the traffic and crowds!

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Local talent is making waves in Nashville

Visit the official Matt Litty website

Originally posted on Juneau County Online on June 8, 2011

Those of us here in Juneau County have known for some time that a local Mauston furniture store owner, Matt Litty, had talent - and now, soon, our local secret will be exposed. Litty has just recently been in Nashville recording a new cd which will be hitting the stores later this month - June 20th -