“When you make art, your soul connects with the earth and with other beings, past, present and future. You hold wool in your hands, which is the gift of some sheep, the grass she eats and the air she breathes. You take stitches in the same way your ancestors have been stitching for thousands of years: making clothes for their families and beautiful objects for their homes, churches and communities. You organize your painting in the same way a bird builds its nest. You gaze upon a sculpture which was made 500 years ago and realize that you understand what the artist was thinking. You open your eyes to new ways of being. You change yourself, and you change the world.” — Ellen Rosewall
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About Ellen Rosewall/Sheep Shape Creations
Ellen Rosewall is Professor Emeritus of Arts Management at UWGB and a textile and multimedia artist. She has shown at the Lawton Gallery (UWGB), the Baer Gallery (St. Norbert College), the Art Garage (Green Bay), Woman Made Gallery (Chicago), and the Crooked Tree Arts Center (Petoskey, MI), among others. Her collaborative work with Karen Eckberg and Naomi Moes has been accepted into Grand Rapids ArtPrize in 2024, 2025, and 2026, the 2024 and 2025 Wisconsin Visual Artists members’ shows, and the 81st Neville Public Museum Art Annual. Her mandala murals are on display in Triangle Park, Green Bay, and the Wheelway Art Walk in Petoskey, Michigan.
Ellen is also a prolific writer, having published three books, 2 arts management texts and a memoir, Sparkle Island: Stories of Love, Life and Walloon Lake. She reviews books for NetGalley, the American Journal of Arts Management, and other arts-related publications.
