he Blanchardville Public Library will hold back-to-back programs by author Michael Cooney on Thursday, Oct 9th, 2025. Funding was provided by the OPwa.
Come for one, or both!
10am – “Exploring With a Pilgrim’s Heart”
This book documents 186 sacred sites, from internationally known shrines, ethnic roadside chapels, hunter shrines to backyard chapels the author searched Wisconsin to locate and document their history, capture their beauty and to encourage the reader to visit and experience for themselves.
11am – “Wisconsin Man Art: Big, Bold, Outsider Art Movements”
A Celebration of Wisconsin Artistry
Featuring 44 Wisconsin artists, this book captures a wide spectrum of creative expression from raw, primitive charm to polished, refined mastery. United by curiosity and bold imagination, each artist invites you into a world shaped by the questions: What if? Why not? What else is possible?
A joyful tribute to creativity in all its forms.
Michael J. Cooney is a lifelong storyteller with a camera in one hand and a notepad in the other. After more than 40 years as a TV commercial producer/director and trade publication editor, he’s now fully immersed in an encore career as a photographer, teacher, and writer. His writing and photography center on the people and places that shape everyday life always with an eye for the overlooked and the quietly extraordinary. Michael lives in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Back-to-back programs at Blanchardville Public Library with same author
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