15 questions with Good Courage Handmade of Wisconsin
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15 questions with Good Courage Handmade of Wisconsin

"I design, build, and paint 'barn quilts,' which are quilt block designs painted on wood panels and mounted outdoors on buildings. Originally they were meant to display on barns, but barn quilts aren’t just for barns anymore!. The barn quilt movement started in 2001 in Ohio and has spread throughout rural America and Canada. I do mostly smaller pieces intended for garages or garden sheds, or as indoor wall hangings."

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8 Midwestern art colleges with nationally ranked programs
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8 Midwestern art colleges with nationally ranked programs

Located in the Whittier Neighborhood of Minneapolis, "The Princeton Review has included MCAD on its annual Best Midwestern Colleges List for more than ten years—a rarity for a visual arts college." Additionally, "the highly respected design publication I.D. has recognized MCAD as one of the top ten design schools in the world." Continuing, "Art and Object has named MCAD as one of the top five art schools in the Midwest."

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