Many have asked why Harry’s metal statue of Asclepius, the Greek God of Healing, at the Yahara Clinic in Monona, has been covered with a blue tarp for several months. Ken Whitehorse is repairing the sculpture. The sculpture has been restored several times over...
EVENT WEB PAGE Gene Delcourt is a Madison-based wood sculptor who Harry mentored. Ken Whitehorse mentioned to me last year that Gene had proposed the idea of a wood sculpture symposium to honor Harry. This concept stayed with me, and in August 2022, I visited the San...
Isthmus Indigenous Wisconsin Overture exhibit by Ho-Chunk artists tells many stories BY MICHAEL MUCKIAN NOVEMBER 14, 2019 At a glance, the painting looks like many found hanging innocuously over sofas in living rooms throughout the Midwest. A pair of whitetail deer —...
Bronze badger statue by Ho-Chunk artist Harry Whitehorse to be installed across from Camp Randall Wisconsin State Journal EMILY HAMER A new Badger is coming to town this August. Across the street from Camp Randall Stadium on Monroe Street, a 10-foot-long bronze statue...
Harry was fascinated by cars his entire life. One day when he was around 13, his uncle and mentor, George Seymour, told him that if he could drive his Ford Model T home, Harry could keep the car. Harry had never driven and couldn’t figure out how to shift the...
The next time you visit the UW Madison’s Arboretum, pay close attention to the murals located in the Visitor Center Orientation Theater created by the great Russian wildlife artist, Viktor Bakhtin. Viktor admired Harry’s work and was inspired to include...
