Taliesin Preservation

Phone 608-588-7900
Email tours@taliesinpreservation.org
Website https://www.taliesinpreservation.org

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  • Native Art Marketplace

    Native Art Marketplace
    Hillside School - Taliesin 6604 Highway 23 Trunk, Spring Green, WI, United States

    Join us for a free two-day celebration of the art and culture of Wisconsin’s First People, as part of an ongoing partnership between Little Eagle Arts Foundation (LEAF) of Wisconsin Dells and Taliesin Preservation. The Native Art Marketplace will fill the iconic Hillside School with LEAF roster artists demonstrating and describing their creative process across a wide range of traditional and contemporary artforms, including paintings, jewelry, black ash baskets, sculpture, and quill and beadwork. An abundance of Native arts and crafts will be available for sale! Performances and storytelling highlighting the traditions of Wisconsin’s First People will be on display throughout the day in the historic Hillside Theater. Participants can also try their hand at making a free bead and quill friendship bracelet.

    Free

  • Southwest Meets Midwest with Delbert Anderson, Wade Fernandez & Felix Sainz

    Hillside Theater - Taliesin 6604 Hwy 23, Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States

    A special addition to this year's Native Art Marketplace! Jazz trumpeter Delbert Anderson joins guitarist and cedar flutist Wade Fernandez and bassist Felix Sainz, Jr. for a unique and exciting musical experience that celebrates the connections between the American Midwest and Southwest. Presented by Little Eagle Arts Foundation (LEAF) and Taliesin Preservation, this concert reflects both Frank Lloyd Wright’s ties to Wisconsin and Arizona and LEAF’s representation of Native artists from the Great Lakes area and beyond. Experience a one-night-only convergence of these three accomplished musicians on the historic Hillside Theater stage.

    $45

  • Native Art Marketplace

    Native Art Marketplace
    Hillside School - Taliesin 6604 Highway 23 Trunk, Spring Green, WI, United States

    Join us for a free two-day celebration of the art and culture of Wisconsin’s First People, as part of an ongoing partnership between Little Eagle Arts Foundation (LEAF) of Wisconsin Dells and Taliesin Preservation. The Native Art Marketplace will fill the iconic Hillside School with LEAF roster artists demonstrating and describing their creative process across a wide range of traditional and contemporary artforms, including paintings, jewelry, black ash baskets, sculpture, and quill and beadwork. An abundance of Native arts and crafts will be available for sale! Performances and storytelling highlighting the traditions of Wisconsin’s First People will be on display throughout the day in the historic Hillside Theater. Participants can also try their hand at making a free bead and quill friendship bracelet.

    Free

  • Sunset Photography Class with Andrew Pielage

    Taliesin 5481 County Rd C, Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States

    Join internationally published travel and architectural photographer Andrew Pielage at Taliesin to learn the basics of sunset photography hands-on! This workshop offers a rare opportunity to photograph the Taliesin estate in the evening while learning the best techniques for capturing changing light. The class is open to guests of all skill levels, and phone cameras as well as tripods are welcome.

    $175

  • Frank Lloyd Wright and Ralph Waldo Emerson: Reclaiming the Promise of the American Project

    Hillside Theater - Taliesin 6604 Hwy 23, Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States

    Part of the Frank Lloyd Wright and the American Landscape Lecture Series, this presentation features guest speaker Professor Ayad Rahmani of Washington State University. By the middle of the 19th century, America was losing ground socially and politically, leading many to question its continued claim on freedom. This lecture examines how Frank Lloyd Wright looked to the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson to restore Americans' capacity for insight and innovation.

    $15

  • Broadacre City: Wright’s Vision for the American City

    Hillside Theater - Taliesin 6604 Hwy 23, Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States

    Part of the Frank Lloyd Wright and the American Landscape Lecture Series, this presentation features guest speaker Dr. Jennifer Gray, Vice President and Director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation’s Taliesin Institute. In 1932, Frank Lloyd Wright unveiled an ambitious project called Broadacre City, which proposed radical changes to cities and how we live in them. Dr. Gray will unpack the ways that Broadacre City, though never built, was a vehicle to address pressing social, economic, and environmental issues, many of which have contemporary relevance.

    $15

  • Grow and Gather: Eat the Weeds!

    Hillside School - Taliesin 6604 Highway 23 Trunk, Spring Green, WI, United States

    Tired of fighting all those garden weeds? Good news—you can eat them! Join Kitchen Gardener Abbie Lehman to learn which weeds in your garden are delicious and nutritious. The class will cover companion planting, how some weeds can actually benefit your garden when managed properly, and the importance of understanding native versus invasive weeds and how gardening affects the greater ecosystem.

    $35

  • Frank Lloyd Wright in the 21st Century

    Hillside Theater - Taliesin 6604 Hwy 23, Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States

    Part of the Frank Lloyd Wright and the American Landscape Lecture Series, this presentation features guest speaker Professor Anna Andrzejewski. This lecture will examine how Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wisconsin roots shaped his work and explore why his ideas about nature, technology, and community remain profoundly relevant today in our modern age of AI and climate change.

    $15

  • Grow and Gather: Fall Foraging

    Taliesin Preservation | Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center 5607 County Road C, Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States

    Come explore Phoebe Point Trail and learn how to forage with Taliesin Preservation Kitchen Gardener, Abbie Lehman. The class will begin by discussing foraging basics at the base of the trail, followed by a moderate 1.1-mile loop to identify common autumn wild edibles. Participants will also discuss Frank Lloyd Wright’s connection to the Driftless region and how it inspired a culture of working with and learning within the natural environment.

    $35

  • ‘I Turned To This Hill’: Wright and the Driftless Area Landscape

    Hillside Theater - Taliesin 6604 Hwy 23, Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States

    Part of the Frank Lloyd Wright and the American Landscape Lecture Series, this presentation features guest speaker Curt Meine. He will explore the deep relationship between the Driftless Area landscape and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural vision, discussing what lessons that historical connection holds for contemporary community resilience and environmental stewardship.

    $15

  • Grow and Gather: Seed Saving

    Hillside School - Taliesin 6604 Highway 23 Trunk, Spring Green, WI, United States

    Come learn everything you need to know about seed saving from Taliesin Preservation Kitchen Gardener, Abbie Lehman! Discover the importance and magic of saving seeds, both in the garden and in the wild. This course will cover climate zones, plant taxonomy, life cycles, pollination, propagation, and seed anatomy. By the end of the class, you will be ready to properly gather, process, store, and even eat your seeds! Plus, all participants will get to take home some of their very own Taliesin seeds.

    $35

  • Jazz and Modernism: Architecture as Frozen Music with Ben and Leo Sidran

    Hillside Theater - Taliesin 6604 Hwy 23, Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States

    Explore how two parallel 20th-century modernist movements—jazz and architecture—reshaped cultural landscapes by rethinking form, function, and the relationship between tradition and innovation. The harmonic structures used by American jazz musicians are remarkably similar to those used by 20th-century American architects. From Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis, and Frank Lloyd Wright to William Krisel, both movements helped create a new sense of the future that was born in the 1920s and flourished in the 1960s, ushering in a new era of style, cool, and transformation.ketplace! Jazz trumpeter Delbert Anderson joins guitarist and cedar flutist Wade Fernandez and bassist Felix Sainz, Jr. for a unique and exciting musical experience that celebrates the connections between the American Midwest and Southwest. Presented by Little Eagle Arts Foundation (LEAF) and Taliesin Preservation, this concert reflects both Frank Lloyd Wright’s ties to Wisconsin and Arizona and LEAF’s representation of Native artists from the Great Lakes area and beyond. Experience a one-night-only convergence of these three accomplished musicians on the historic Hillside Theater stage.

    $42