midwestcapades

08/01/2026

Find me this weekend at the Crystal Lake Park Art Fair!

04/11/2026

Im all set up at the Collab gallery show and market during boneyard arts fest this weekend!

Soak in Photos of Spring, Come see new collaborative work with , enjoy art from the artists of , and bask in the glow of the gorgeously restored

04/11/2026

Where to find Midwestcapades during Boneyard Arts Festival

04/10/2026

Sixteen new pieces now line the halls of the at Busey Woods.

Feel yourself drawn into a doorway in the forest. Stare deep into the soul of a flower. Watch as worlds upon worlds open up as you look closer.

Find these wonders under your feet and in your backyard: nearly half of the photographs were captured at Busey Woods, just outside the doors of the center.

Get a first look during ‘s Boneyard Arts Festival this weekend.

Anita Purves Nature Center is open
8-5 weekdays
9-4 Saturdays

02/07/2026

“Threads Together,” the multimedia work that Lisa Connery of Crass Stitching and I collaborated on in 2025, was selected as part of the Fiber February collective exhibition happening this month at .

Masterminded by .rugs , the show includes over 60 pieces from 35+ artists and OPENS TONIGHT from 5-9pm.

“Threads Together” is a collaboration about collaboration and the threads in life that keep us alive.

02/07/2026

Come see the unusual piece that is way more than the sum of its parts.

Its a collaboration about collaboration.

Threads Together
Teresa Ellis (Midwestcapades (https://www.instagram.com/midwestcapades/) ), photographer, fabricator
Lisa Connery (Crass Stitching (https://www.facebook.com/fancyworkforjerks/?ref=NONE_xav_ig_profile_page_web) ), fiber & needlepoint artist

Mixed media: photograph on canvas, embroidery, embroidery hoops, wool roving, bark, found objects, batik velvet, beads, stones.

$1200

A single thread may be fragile, but when woven together creates strength:

Trees form vast networks through their roots and fungal mycorrhizae.

Hummingbirds build their nests using plant fibers, spider silk and animal hair to stitch a quilt of lichens for protection and camouflage.

Mosses cling to rocks with tiny hairs and hold their spores aloft on golden filaments as they spread into living carpets.

From Lisa's intriguing stitched and woven moss-scape, to Teresa's bug's-eye-view capture of a single moss capsule, to the lichens and bark foraged from nature, Threads Together contemplates the important connections that help living beings survive.

See Threads Together
TONIGHT
at the opening reception for
Fiber February (https://www.facebook.com/share/17xAWL15QD/)

5-9 pm
Analog Wine Library (https://www.instagram.com/analogurbana/)

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12/07/2025

Ornaments are almost gone! Same with bandanas. But I just restocked on wood panel prints and up-cycled notebooks, and have bundle deals going on 11x14 and 5x7 matted prints.

Here till 2pm!