By Kathie Wagner
VSA Wisconsin

Need a gift for someone special? The VSA Wisconsin Gallery gift shop features the work of artists with disabilities and is stocked with a variety of unique items, including mugs, tote bags, greeting cards, t-shirts, hand-carved duck decoys and more. Proceeds from the sale of these items will be used to support a variety of arts programs conducted by VSA Wisconsin.

Among the items for sale are tote bags, coffee mugs, holiday and occasional cards and mouse pads featuring the work of local artist Robert Hanneman. Also available are Robert’s original works featuring his classic characters.

Browse through the shop and discover notecards with images of mosaic murals created during VSA Wisconsin artist residences at Glendale Elementary School, the Jenni and Kyle Preserve and Central Wisconsin Center. You will also find t-shirts with images by award winning artist, Joe Arts.

Looking for something unique? Check out the hand carved “Boonduck” decoys, which whimsically take flight as Wingdings (Canvasback), Ol’ Coots (Mudhen) and Quacker Jacks (Mallard). Created by VSA Wisconsin-award winning artist D.S. Sully, each decoy is hand-carved out of barn timbers, fence posts, pier pilings and other weathered wood using antique rasps, rifflers, chisels, saws and other hand tools.

The gift shop, located at 1709 Aberg Ave., is open Monday–Thursday from 9 am‒4 pm or by appointment. For more information go to http://vsawis.org/exhibitions_sales/art_for_sale.