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2007-2008

“Home is a Place You Carry Inside You”
A Show of Respite Center Children’s Art at Hilldale Shopping Center Framing and matting donated by G. Heideman Gallery
Read the Wisconsin State Journal article by Susan Lampert Smith.
Home is Where the Heart Is

2006

“Parenting with a Net”
“The Respite Center provides 24-hour crisis child care – and can give flagging parents a break, too”
Read the Isthmus article by Paula Zelonsky.

2006

“Security is … the Respite Center”
Selected Artwork by Children at Madison’s 24-Hour Crisis Child Care Center
At UW Hospitals Health Sciences Learning Center, Absolutely Art, and Middleton Public Library
Framing and matting donated by G. Heideman Gallery
Read the Show Statement.
Security Is...

2005

Clyde Stubblefield Benefit for the Respite Center
Clyde Stubblefield, Madison’s “Funky Drummer” and other musicians have played benefits for the Respite Center for close to 20 years at the Dave Day’s Crystal Corner Bar!
Clyde Stubblefield

2003 – 04

“Illustrations of Hope”
A show of children’s mixed media and writing funded by the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission
At the Madison Central Library and Family Centers
Framing and matting donated by G.Heideman Gallery
Read the Wisconsin State Journal article by Deborah Hirsch.
Illustrations of Hope

2003

“Stranger Donates $10,000 to Respite Center”
“Man ‘pays’ visit to Respite Center”
Read the Capital Times article by Mary Bergin.

2000 - 2001

“Coming of Age”
Persona dolls made by Respite Center children funded by the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission
At the Madison Civic Center, Madison Central Library, and Family Centers
Framing and mounting donated by G.Heideman Gallery
Read the Wisconsin State Journal article by Amanda Henry.
Read the Capital Times article by Mary Bergin.

Persona Dolls

1997 – 98

“Feeling Safe …and Safe Feelings”
A show of children’s mixed media funded by the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission
At the Madison Central Library, Family Centers and Rockford Public Library
Framing and matting donated by G.Heideman Gallery
Read the Channel 3 Editorial by Neil Heinen.
Feeling Safe

1995

“The Feeling Quilts”
A show of quilts made from squares by children and sewn by Mad City Quilters
Funded by the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission
At the Madison Central Library, Enterprise Gallery and Family Centers
Read the Capital Times article by Gail Perry-Daniels.
Feeling Quilts
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