Press

Project Websites

The Clothesline, The Wild Center, Tupper Lake, NY 2024
https://www.wildcenter.org/visit/clothesline/

The Women Artists Forward Fund, 2017-present
https://www.womenartistsforwardfund.org

 

Selected Articles/Books/Reviews/Videos/Podcasts

North Country Public Radio, Story of the Day, Farmers’ clothes, as art, 7/2/2024,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ze5rF16SY

French, Tom. Adirondack Explorer, Wild Center’s ‘Clothesline’shines a light on the people behind the farms, July 28, 2024
https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/wild-centers-clothesline-highlights-sustainable-agriculture

Art + Literature Lab, Brenda Baker & Bird Ross: Land of 1,000 Eddies, exhibition overview, December 28, 2023
https://artlitlab.org/events/brenda-baker-and-bird-ross-land-of-1000-eddies

Moe, Todd, North Country Public Radio, podcast and interview, Using a clothesline in Tupper Lake to connect flannel, denim and us to the land, December 13, 2023
https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/48955/20231213/using-a-clothesline-in-tupper-lake-to-connect-flannel-denim-and-us-to-the-land

Lezberg, Sharon, Engaging Conversation Through the Arts: The CarbonEra Café, Dane County Extension, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October, 2022
https://dane.extension.wisc.edu/2022/10/06/climateart/

Johnson, Amy & Kevin, Captivate Films, with Madison Community Foundation, Leaving a Legacy for Women Artists, video interview with Brenda Baker, Dean Gore, Bird Ross & Tom Loeser, Summer 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1oVn74SeCU&t=2s

Link to full list of articles about Being Forward Project, Women Artists Forward Fund, and the Forward Art Prize, articles 2017-present
https://www.womenartistsforwardfund.org/press

Nelson, Erica, Americans for the Arts Publication, Public Art Resource Center: Grassroots Growth of Creative Cultures: Programming Public Art for Rural
Areas, page 14, (photograph, Monday is Wash Day installation)
https://www.americansforthearts.org/sites/default/files/2.21%20AFTA_PublicArtEssay2_web%20.pdf

Wills, Emily, AFP Greater Madison Magazine, Women’s History Month: Brenda and Bird’s inspiring “Forward” progress, March 25, 2022
Women’s History Month: Brenda and Bird’s inspiring “Forward” progress

Ginsberg, Maggie, On Wisconsin Magazine, Women on a Pedestal, June 2020
Woman on a Pedestal

Wisconsin Counties Magazine: Growing Creative Resources & Economic Growth, September 2019, (cover photo)
https://indd.adobe.com/view/27fcf02a-34fd-4061-af4d-398b1df2cdcd

Linfield, Tom, Madison Community Foundation, The Recipe for a Successful Capital Campaign, (Women Artists Forward Fund), August 2019
https://www.madisongives.org/blog/recipe-for-a-successful-campaign—tom

National Governors Association, Rural Prosperity Through the Arts & Creative Sector: A Rural Action Guide for Governors and States, January 2019 (cover photo)
https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/NGA_RuralArtsReport.pdf

Taylor, Martha, Madison Community Foundation, Women and Philanthropy, 2019
https://www.madisongives.org/blog/martha-taylor-women-and-philanthropy

Moon, Michelle and Cathy Stanton, Public History and the Food Movement: Adding the Missing Ingredient, 2018, Routledge Press, (cover artwork)* (PLEASE HYPERLINK IMAGE BELOW)

County of Dane, “Dane County Celebrates Kassel, Germany’s ‘Documenta 14,’ June 23, 2017
https://countyofdane.com/PressDetail/9386

Fields, Gionifer, Chipstone Radio interview, WUWM 89.7 Milwaukee, Being Forward, November 11, 2017,
“Radio Chipstone: Being Forward”

Worlund, Gayle, Wisconsin State Journal. Fund created to move women artists ‘Forward,’ November 5, 2017 (photo)
Fund created to move women artists ‘Forward’

Jones, Laura. Isthmus, “Creative Force: Karin Wolf is a tireless advocate for art, “May 26, 2016, (discussion of Brenda Baker’s work and photo)
http://isthmus.com/arts/karin-wolf-is-a-tireless-advocate-for-art/

Worlund, Gayle, The Wisconsin State Journal, “Ideas flow through artist’s work for ‘Logjam’, ” September 6, 2015
http://host.madison.com/wsj/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/ideas-flow-through-artist-s-work-for-logjam/article_daa90174-8c5e-581c-b22a-f0c5a3010285.html

Adunte, Diahann, ‘Fermentation Fest Converges Once Again,’ November 6, 2015 (photo)

Christians, Lindsay, Capital Times 77 Square. “Artwork We’ll Miss: Seed Pod: Brenda Baker,” April 9, 2014 (photo)

Clowes, Jody, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Seed Pod Invades Frank Lloyd Wright in Madison,” January 8, 2014, (photo)
http://archive.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/seed-pod-invades-frank-lloyd-wright-in-madison-b99176957z1-239104881.html

Glass, Stephen, Wingra Springs: A Project of the Urban Restoration Ecology Lab, Brenda Baker’s Seed Pod Now at Monona Terrace, Otober 14, 2013 (photo)
https://wingrasprings.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/brenda-bakers-seed-pod-now-at-monona-terrace

Stemmer, Kim, Brookfiled Patch, September 18, 2011; Hidden River Art Festival Celebrates Wiscosin Artists
https://patch.com/wisconsin/brookfield-wi/photos-hidden-river-arts-festival-celebrates-wisconsin-artists

Greverus, Dr. Ina-Maria & Ute Ritschel, Aesthetics & Anthropology: Performing Life-Performed Lives, LIT-Verlag Publisher, 2009, Berlin , Germany (Photo)

Walkup, Erica and Kerry G. Hill, Ritschel takes art into Wisconsin’s Northwoods, Campus Connections, UW Madison, Fall 2007, p. 13-14 (Photo)
http://esl.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/file/view/2007fallcc%5B1%5D.pdf

Laskin, Tom. “Surprised by Art, “Isthmus, January 11, 2008, p. 17 (Photo)
http://isthmus.com/arts/arts-beat/surprised-by-art/

Smith, Jennifer, “A New Leaf: ‘Art on Site’ transforms Olbrich Botanical Gardens,” Isthmus, July 9, 2004, p. 20 (Photo)

Lynch, Kevin, “Outdoor Art: Contemporary art finds a place at Olbrich Botanical Gardens,” The Captial Times, June 2, 2004, p. 1D & 6D (Cove Photo)

Killiam, Brad, “Shipping and Receiving, Site 1: Project Room,” Memorial Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, New Art Examiner, April 1996 (pg. 50) (Photo)

Stoddard, Leah, “Brenda Baker, Edith Derdyk: Emison Art Center, DePauw University,” New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL, November 1995 (pgs. 42-43) (Photo)

“Art on the Edge: Fieldwork tests limits of creative process,” Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI, p.1F-4F, September 17, 1995. (Photos)

“Eine Kulturbrücke aus „Sticheleien,“ Nürnberg Frei Papel, Nürnberg, Germany, Sept. 6, 1995

Zachow, Bernd. “ Ein Langer Weg: Die Kunstaktion „Sticheleien“ auf dem Nürnberger Hauptmarkt”Kunst und Kritik, Nürnberg, Germany, August 25, 1995

“MAC Costura Semelhanças Entre Artistas: Museu exibe em conjunto obras da brasileira Edith Derdyk e da americana Brenda Baker,” O Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, sexta-feira, 18 de novembro de 1994 (Photo)

“Artes Plásticas,” Folha de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 18 de novembro de 1994 (Photo)

Laskin, Tom. “Eyes on the Prize: Two Sculptors Have Big Plans for Grant Money.” Isthmus, Madison, WI, p. 36, January 7, 1994 (Photo)

 

Catalogs

Big Tent, Curator, Barry Carlson, UW-Madison/ Art Helix Gallery, New York, 2016

Forest Art Wisconsin, Curator, Ute Ritschel, Darmstadt, Germany, 2007

The Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, March 2002, Madison, WI
Essays by Stephen Fleischman, Sara Krajewski, and Sheri Castelnuovo

Rising: Brenda Baker, Museu da Republica, October 2000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
essays by Paulo Reis and Maureen McQuirk

Suturas. Grampos. Costuras.: Brenda Baker & Edith Derdyk, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, São
Paulo, Brazil and Emison Art Center, Greencastle, IN.essays by Terry R. Myers, Los Angeles,
CA and Annateresa Fabris, São Paulo, Brazil

High Visibility 1991, Arts Midwest, Minneapolis, MN

The Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, September 1990, Madison, WI
essays by Katie Howarth Ryan, Rene Paul Barilleaux, David Berreth