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Farley Center Land Art Exhibit Walking Tour -Peace Songs 2025

Sept 13 – 1:00-2:00

Farley Center Land Art Exhibit
Peace Songs 2025 (August 9 – October 31 – maps in the Farley Center kiosk)
2299 Spring Rose Road
Verona. Wi

Come join us at 1:00 PM on Sat, Sept 13 for the Farley Center Land Art tour during the Dane Arts/Farley Center/Visit Verona Art Festival (10:00-5:00). https://www.facebook.com/events/714939224673340

All participating artists will gather with visitors at the Farley Center kiosk at 1:00.

After a brief introduction, each artist will then take a small group to their own installation.

Artists will remain at their art installation from 1:00–2:00 PM to welcome visitors, talk about their work, and answer questions. Visitors will each have a map and will be free to explore at their own pace, choosing which installations to visit and in what order. This should help scatter visitors throughout the Sanctuary and avoid large crowds in one spot.

Support along the paths:

Caroline and Shedd Farley, along with Natural Path Sanctuary board members Brenda Emerson and Jayne Squirrell, will be stationed at key locations in the woods to help direct visitors and answer questions.

This is the seventh year (every other year since 2013) that area artists will create installations in the woods of the Natural Path Sanctuary on the Farley Center land. These artists are rising to the challenge of using only materials that can safely decompose back into the land. Thank you to Dane Arts and Visit Verona for your support of our artists, land art exhibit and Art Festival.

Thank you to all the Farley Center Land Artists:

Mona Cassis*
Kate Heiber- Cobb*
Cat Coberly*
Gene Delcourt*
Lester Dore
Thomas Ferrella*
Steve Heuer
Ruthanna Hutton-Okpalaeke
Katrina Krueger*
Efrat Livny
Jon McComb*
Erin McWalter*
Billy Morgan*
Karen Reppen*
Sue Schuetz*
Barry Sherbeck*
John Steines*
Lindy Wilson*

* artists participating in the Land Art Walking tour

For more information, please contact programs@farleycenter.org

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“Strings to Roam” at the Farley Fall Festival

Oc. 5, 2025

Come enjoy some great live music by Strings to Roam from 1:00-2:30 at the Farley Center Fall Festival on Sunday, Oct. 5. Don’t miss it!

“Together since late 2019, Strings to Roam has so much fun playing unique arrangements of great bluegrass music. From old standards to new inventions and 3 – 5 part vocal harmonies, we honor the music and artists who inspire us. Healthy doses of gratitude, good humor, and your great company mix with the music for an experience all can enjoy!”
https://www.facebook.com/stringstoroam

For any questions, please contact us at 608-845-8724 or e-mail programs@farleycenter.org

Farley Center Land Art Exhibit Opening Day Concert featuring Twila Jean – Peace Songs 2025

August 9, 1:00-3:00

Farley Center Land Art Exhibit Opening Day Concert – with Twila Jean
Peace Songs 2025

🎵 Twila Jean Live! 🎵

Join us as Twila Jean, songwriter, music educator, multi-instrumentalist, and activist, shares her iconic acoustic folk and pop Peace Songs! Twila will perform from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA) at the Farley Center

Learn more about Twila: www.twilajeansongstress.com

When: Opening day of the Farley Center Land Art Exhibit – August 9, 2025

Where: Farley Center, 2299 Spring Rose Rd, Verona, WI

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Peace Songs, Farley Center Land Art Installations

Aug 9 – Oct 31, 2025

Farley Center Land Art Exhibit
Peace Songs 2025 (August 9 – October 31)
There will maps at the kiosk for self guided tours.

Come take a walk-about and see Farley Center Artist Installations in the Natural Path Sanctuary woods. We will have maps available for self guided tours. Visit the Farley Center anytime from sun-up to sun-down and take a walk through the woods.

This is the seventh year that area artists will create installations in the woods of the Natural Path Sanctuary on the Farley Center land. These artists are rising to the challenge of using only materials that can safely decompose back into the land.

What is Land Art

Land art, also known as Earth art, and environmental art is created by artists who use the materials of the Earth including for instance, the soil, rocks, branches, trees, vegetation, water and other natural, non-toxic materials. The Farley Center supports these types of installations on our land to highlight the beauty, value and necessity to think about how we view and use the land. Our artists help raise the discussion of what is toxic and what do we mean by the word “decompose.” What has to change in the way we work in order to sustain the Earth and all of us that live on it in healthy ways

Our artists help raise the discussion of what is toxic and what do we mean by the word “decompose.” What has to change in the way we work in order to sustain the Earth and all of us that live on it in healthy ways

Thank you to all the participating artists and we look forward to seeing all the sustainable art installations created in the Natural Path Sanctuary by the following Farley Center Land Artists:

Fabu Phillis Carter*
Mona Cassis
Kate Heiber- Cobb
Cat Coberly*
Gene Delcourt
Betsy Delzer
Lester Dore
Thomas Ferrella
Steve Heuer
Ruthanna Hutton-Okpalaeke
Katrina Krueger
Efrat Livny
Jon McComb*
Erin McWalter
Billy Morgan
Karen Reppen
Cynthia Reynolds
Bobbette Rose
Sue Schuetz
Barry Sherbeck
John Steines
Lindy Wilson*

* first time participating in a Farley Center Land Art Exhibit
All the bios/photos of the artists can be found in the Farley Center Artist facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/306035369827878

Save the Dates:

August 9 – October 31- Land Art Exhibit open to the public for self guided tours
https://www.facebook.com/events/610301588071730

August 9, – Farley Center Opening Day Concert with Twila Jean – Peace Songs 2025
https://www.facebook.com/events/1151857306288594

Seot 13- Farley Center/Dane Arts DABL/Visit Verona – An art market is planned for Saturday, Sept 13 with the Farley Center Land Artists combined with the Dane Arts DABL artists.

For questions, please contact programs@farleycenter.org

We thank Dane Arts and Visit Verona for supporting Farley Center artists, the 2025 Land Art exhibition and the DABL Art Festival.

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MORE INFO TO FOLLOW AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE DATE

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Farley Center/Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP)/Midwest Mujeres Collective Play Music on the Porch

Aug. 31, 2024

Farley Center/Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP)/Midwest Mujeres Collective Play Music on the Porch – Open Mic Event

Come join us for an open mic event as we join the worldwide event “Play Music on the Porch”

Farley Center/Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP)/Midwest Mujeres Collective –
Play Music on the Porch – Open Mic Event
5:00-8:00 (sign up starts at 4:30)

This event is open to all who would like to make music, tell stories, recite poetry, etc.. on the Farley Center deck! Sign up starts half hour before event at 4:30 . The number of signup dictates how long folks play.

Please bring your own chairs/blankets to sit out on the front lawn.

Reyna Gonzalez/El Sabor De Puebla & Farley Center Farmer will have Mexican food, organic vegetables and flowers for purchase. Please bring cash.

This event is hosted by:

Farley Center/Natural Path Sanctuary
www.farleycenter.org
www.naturalpathsanctuary.org

Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP)
www.swwap.org

Midwest Mujeres Collective
https://www.facebook.com/MidWestMujeresMentoring

Questions, please contact Tim White (SWWWP) at uncleyukon@gmail.com,  Araceli Esparza at wisconsinmujer@gmail.com or programs@farleycenter.org

Concert Flyer (English)

Concert Flyer (Spanish)

Farley Center Summer Market featuring the Natural Path Sanctuary

June 8,  2024,  3-6:30 p.m.

Farley Center Summer Market with a Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS) Tour with Director Shedd Farley at 4:00

Thank you to Visit Verona for co-sponsoring the summer markets with the Farley Center!

Come join us for our first Farley Center Summer Market in the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA) at the Farley Center). Purchase some fresh vegetables, arts & crafts, food and gift items, listen to music and eat dinner at the summer market!

We will feature the Natural Path Sanctuary at the Farley Center Summer Market with a tour by Natural Path Sanctuary Board Chair Jeanne Meier from 4:00-5:00. Please meet a the kiosk a few minutes before 4:00.

For interested vendors or community non-profits who want to participate, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org for more information. We have much space available at this time!

MUSICIANS:

3:00-5:00 Leafy Greens – Lisa Johnson and Ben Doran

5:00-6:30 Farley Center Ukes – Katrina, Billy G.Rae, Tim & Caroline

 

VENDORS: (Updated as we add vendors)

Farley Center Beekeepers/Patrick Norby and Matt Kersten

The Wander Parlour/Katrina Krueger

Linda Josheff (Arts, Crafts and Collectibles)

Los Abuelos Farley Farm/Juan Gonzales – FC Farmer

Jennica Skoug – FC Farmer

Rockin Highlands Farms/Greg and Reeny Reynolds

Hemp Haven Farms, LLC/Joni Sayers

Blue Butterfly Healing & Organics /Becky Jo

Green Box Compost/Esai Ponce

Rainbow Fleece Farm/Patty Reedy

Bellebrook Botanicals/Monica Pastrana

Farley Center Beeswax Wrappers – Jeanne Meier and Volunteers

Perez Produce/Armando Perez – Former FC Farmer

Piece of Mind Baking/Serenity McGhee

Sugar River Country Bakery/Andrew McNaught

Terri Hubbard (crafts, quilts and collectibles)

Farley Center Farmer Armando Campa

 

FOOD VENDORS

El Sabor De Puebla/Reyna Gonzalez – FC Farmer

The Sam’s Elegant Team African Food/Amie Cham

 

ARTIST VENDORS

Sue Schuetz – Farley Center Land Artist

Reesa Anne Art – Theresa Hover, Verona Artist

Char De Vos – Farley Center Land Artist

The Art of You Custom Art – Polly Fleming

Drawings of Some Sort – Alex Hahn – New Glarus Artists

Banana Blossom Jewelry – Jana Schroeer- Verona Artist

Cherry Unique/Arely Tinoco – Waunakee Artist

 

COMMUNITY TABLING:

Farley Center/NPS Information Table (FC Staff Caroline Tu Farley)

Wisconsin Food Forests/Erin McWalter

Be Smart/Twila Jean

Urban Triage/Ruthanna Hutton- Okpalaeke

Ryan Funeral Home/NPS Board Member Brenda Emerson

Felts Massage/ Stephanie Felts

Mom’s Demand Action/Lauren Cohen

 

VOLUNTEERS

Sue Schuetz/Event Asst.
Katrina Krueger/Event Asst.
Linda Josheff/Event Asst.
Billy Morgan/Parking
Serena Rusden/Parking
Kent Emerson/Parking
Lindsay Lease/Parking Asst.

Summer Market Flyer

Verona Press ad for all three Summer Markets

 

Farley Center Summer Market featuring the Farley Center Bees

July 13, 2024

Farley Center Summer Market with a Bee Tour with Beekeeper Patrick Norby at 4:00

Thank you to Visit Verona for co-sponsoring the summer markets with the Farley Center!

Come join us for our second Farley Center Summer Market in the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA) at the Farley Center). Purchase some fresh vegetables, arts & crafts, food and gift items, listen to music and eat dinner at the summer market!

We are featuring our beekeeping program with a 4:00 tour by Farley Center Beekeeper Patrick Norby.

For interested vendors or community non-profits who want to participate, please e-mail programs@farleycenter.org for more information. We have much space available at this time!

MUSICIANS:
3:15-6:15 Country Road PD/Daithi Wolfe and Prentice Berge

VENDORS: (as of June 26)
Farley Center Beekeepers/Patrick Norby and Matt Kersten
Los Abuelos Farley Farm/Juan Gonzales – FC Farmer
Rockin Highlands Farms /Greg and Reeny Reynolds
Blue Butterfly Healing & Organics /Becky Jo
Green Box Compost/Esai Ponce
Rainbow Fleece Farm/Patty Reedy
Bellebrook Botanicals/Monica Pastrana
Farley Center Beeswax Wrappers – Jeanne Meier
Piece of Mind Baking/Serenity McGhee
Flowers for Bees and Butterflies/Kerry Beheler
Prairie Bluff Farm/Beth Albert
Rob Cleveland (collectable, antiques, art)
1146 Vegan/Afiqah Yazan
Mira Moon Light Holistics

FOOD CONCESSIONS:
El Sabor De Puebla/Reyna Gonzalez – FC Farmer
The Sam’s Elegant Team African Food-Amie Cham
Navajo Fry Bread/Laffey Begay and Jamie Galow

ARTIST VENDORS
Sue Schuetz – Farley Center Land Artist – Cross Plains Artist
Drawings of Some Sort/Alex Hahn – New Glarus Artist
Becky Powers -Sauk City Potter
Mulberry Moon/Michelle Matysik – Verona Artist

COMMUNITY TABLING
Farley Center/NPS Information Table/Caroline & Shedd Farley
Wisconsin Food Forests/Emily Steinwehe
Urban Triage/Ruthanna Hutton- Okpalaeke
Ryan Funeral Home/NPS Board Member Brenda Emerson
GiGi’s Playhouse/Kelly Antonson
Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP)
Visit Verona

VOLUNTEERS
Sue Schuetz – Event Asst.
Grace Farley – Event Asst.
Charles Kacir – Event Asst.
Ashley Webster – FC Board Member – Parking Asst.
Jacob Webster – NPS Board Member – Parking Asst.

Summer Market Flyer

Verona Press ad for all three Summer Markets

 

Farley Center Summer Market featuring the Urban Triage Farm at the Farley Center

Aug. 10, 2024

Farley Center Summer Market featuring the Urban Triage Farm program with a 4:00 tour with Ruthanna Hutton-Okpalaeke

Thank you to Visit Verona for co-sponsoring the summer markets with the Farley Center!

Come join us for our third Farley Center Summer Market in the Bur Oak Welcoming Area (BOWA) at the Farley Center). Purchase some fresh vegetables, arts & crafts, food and gift items, listen to music and eat dinner at the summer market!

MUSICIANS:

3:00-4:30 Jeff Stanton https://www.facebook.com/events/346416165044490

4:30-6:30 The Sharp Key (Heidi Coles and Ken Stewart) and Tom and Kate Heiber-Cobb https://www.facebook.com/events/903439331514450

VENDORS: (Updated as we add vendors)

Farley Center Beekeepers – Patrick Norby and Matt Kersten

Los Abuelos Farley Farm – FC Farmer Juan Gonzales

Rockin Highlands Farms (grass Fed Scottish Highland Beef)/Greg and Reeny Reynolds

Blue Butterfly Healing & Organics /Becky Jo (herbal and aromatherapy products)

Rainbow Fleece Farm/Patty Reedy

Chandy and Jen Karnum – FC Farmers

Bellebrook Botanicals/Monica Pastrana

Farley Center Beeswax Wrapper – Jeanne Meier

Piece of Mind Baking./Serenity McGhee

Sugar River Country Bakery/Andrew McNaught

Flowers for Bees and Butterflies/Kerry Beheler

Prairie Bluff Farm/ Beth Albert

1146 Vegan/Afiqah Yazan

Healing ByWendy – Wendy Bakken

Wild Wind Organix- Alanna Lee

Earthly Temptations – Sarah Branch

Banana Blossom Jewelry – Jana Schroer

Driftless Point Studios – Cheryl Kendrick

FOOD VENDORS

The Sam’s Elegant Team African Food/Amie Cham

Bertha Baker – Navajo Fry Bread

ARTIST VENDORS

Sue Schuetz – Farley Center Land Artist

Steve Heuer – Farley Center Land Artist

Villa Pottery -Vicki Clark

Drawings of Some Sort – Alex Hahn – New Glarus Artist

Yoga Watercolor Cards — Deborah Gordon

COMMUNITY TABLING:

Farley Center/NPS Information Table (Board Members)

Wisconsin Food Forests

BeSMART/Twila Jean

Urban Triage/Ruthanna Hutton- Okpalaeke

Ryan Funeral Home/Brenda Emerson

VOLUNTEERS

Sue Schuetz

Ashley Webster – parking

Jacob Webster – parking

 

Summer Market Flyer

Verona Press ad for all three Summer Markets

Farley Center Fall Festival with Noah James Hittner

10-6-24

Come join us and listen to Noah James Hittner who will be playing at the Farley Center Center Fall Festival from 12:30-2:30!
https://www.facebook.com/events/250896704703530

Musician and author, Noah James Hittner, was born and raised in the beautiful driftless region of the rural Midwest, where his work has led him to appear on both radio and network television.

About Noah’s music…
Despite being raised the son of a local Country-Rock legend, Noah procrastinated for well over three decades before finally picking up the guitar to begin the new year in 2009. Influenced by everything from folk-rock to hip-hop, Noah has recorded and released several albums which blend the singer-songwriter, acoustic, rock, urban, and electronic styles into a singular Acoustic-Tronic genre. This collage of influences creates a sound that begs listeners to feel something. Currently based out of Madison, WI and regularly touring the Midwest, Noah performs with the use of a looper pedal and various effects, creating a wildly entertaining, full-band sound.
Noah James Hittner’s 3rd solo album, willing, was written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced entirely by Noah in his tiny basement home-studio on the blue-collar east-side of Madison, WI. Using Blues, Folk, Hip-Hop, R&B, and Electronica, this 12-song multi-genre journey touches on social issues, loss, consciousness, parenthood, and of course love, to successfully paint a sonic canvas which not only emotes—but grooves hard. willing is available now on all major streaming and download platforms.

About Noah’s books…
Warming the heart and inspiring the mind, Noah has written and published several books on the topic of human consciousness, spirituality, and personal freedom. Currently, he is working on his first novel, an epic journey tale of love and friendship.

About Noah’s former company…
Noah is also the former creator, owner and operator of, The Ark of Music LLC (TAOM LLC), which strives to enrich the music culture by connecting independent and small label musicians with the music-loving public. TAOM LLC now continues its mission under new ownership.

For any questions, please contact us at 608-845-8724 or e-mail programs@farleycenter.org

Farley Center Fall Festival with Yid Vicious

10-6-24

Come join us and listen to Yid Vicious who will be playing at the Farley Center Center Fall Festival from 10:30-12:30!
https://yidvicious.com/

Yid Vicious has been engaging and delighting audiences throughout the Midwest since 1995. The group has released five CDs, toured on three continents, and has received numerous Madison Area Music Awards for its unique blend of traditional and contemporary klezmer. Indoors and out, in ramshackle bars and luxurious ballrooms, on high festival stages and on bare sod, Yid Vicious brings the party to life with Yiddish dance music spanning generations from the old world to our world.

For any questions, please contact us at 608-845-8724 or e-mail programs@farleycenter.org