Art of the everyday: Recent images by the Wisconsin State Journal's photojournalists
Emmalyn Kopplin, a first-grader at Washington Elementary School in Beaver Dam, Wis. attempts to capture a drink from an unusually challenging water fountain during a trip with classmates to the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wis. Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Enjoying the season’s palette of fall color, Stephanie Petersen, left, and Emery Cauldwood share a walk through a stand of transitioning maple trees during a visit to the UW Arboretum in Madison, Wis. Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Performers with Hispanic Flamenco Ballet present a program showcasing Latin American culture and history for area high school students at the Barrymore Theater in Madison, Wis. Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. Through dance and music, the countries of Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Brazil and Argentina were among those represented during the lively, colorful and educational event. A second program highlighting the country of Spain was also presented by the performers for a separate audience of visiting students. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Ella Eklund, a UW-Madison senior from Eagan, Minnesota, gets her photo taken by a friend as she does a cartwheel surrounded by plastic pink flamingos on Bascom Hill during the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association’s annual Fill the Hill fundraising event on campus in Madison, Wis. Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Evan Corkery, emerging professional at OPN Architects, helps set up an installation for the Blood Cancer United Light the Night event at Vilas Park on Thursday. The umbrella installation, called “Remembrance Island” and includes four stands with photos of individuals who lost their lives to cancer, is one of three illuminated displays by OPN Architects for Thursday night’s event. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
By the light of an ascending, just-past-full moon, Joseph Toelle of Oconomowoc guides his hand-sewn, four-string stunt kite Tuesday in the city’s Rockwell Park.
Dan and Mary Beth Lamb, of Sheboygan, and their grandson, Conor Lamb, 4, of Madison, check out the observation tower during a visit to Lake Farm County Park in Madison, Wis. Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. The grandparents were camping nearby and spent the day with Conor on his day off of school. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
A patch of autumn crocus adds late-season color for visitors to the UW Arboretum in Madison, Wis. Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
People play in a “king of the kourt” 3-on-3 basketball tournament organized by the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity Thursday outside UW-Madison’s Sellery Residence Hall. Four games took place at once on the two campus courts.
Sue Vang tends a display of flowers and produce gown at her family’s Oregon, Wis. farm during a weekly appearance at the Dane County Farmers’ Market’s Wednesday Market on October 1.
Tristen Lang of Minnesota sleeps next to his cow Daphne in a stall at World Dairy Expo on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 at Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wi.
(From left) Pablo Sosa, Leah Diamond and Lynna Novak, all UW-Madison freshmen from Chicago, take a dip in Lake Wingra after finishing their classes for the day in Madison, Wis. Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Enjoying the area’s pleasant late-summer weather, Ally Rynes shares a moment with Opal, a four-month-old chihuahua mix she adopted from the Dane County Humane Society in August, during a visit to James Madison Park in Madison, Wis. Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Linda Wilson, employee at Door Creek Orchard, picks Cortland apples to sell in the store at the orchard in Cottage Grove, Wis. Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. Liz Griffith, co-owner of Door Creek Orchard, said this might be the last weekend for pick-your-own apples at the orchard, but to check their website for the latest updates. Reservations for a free time slot to pick apples are required for Saturday and Sunday. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Emily Oswald of Jefferson, Wis. juggles multiple duties while walking through the city’s downtown with her 10-month-old son, Graham, and her dogs, from left, Mav, Stella and Spud, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Brooklyn Gerke, 5, left, high-fives a window washer dressed as Mrs. Incredible on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025 at American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison, Wi.
Students at Edgewood High School share mulch-shoveling duties as part of a volunteer effort at the UW Arboretum in Madison, Wis. Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The work is part of the school’s annual “Edgewood in the Community Day,” which offers the school’s entire student body the opportunity to put in practice a theme of service through variety of local outreach activities. The effort was educational as well - the volunteers learned about the history of the Arboretum grounds and the unique properties of some of the trees in the conservancy’s collection during conversations with David Stevens, curator of the Arboretum’s Longenecker Horticultural Gardens. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Enjoying a twice-a-summer tradition they’ve continued for 15 years, a group of friends share a leisurely, 90-minute float down the Yahara River in Madison, Wis. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. From left are Linda Marx, Jill Schneider, Diane Marx, and Sharon Fallon. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Matt Raboin works to put the finishing touches on a 25-foot-tall troll figure constructed of wood scraps and re-purposed shipping pallets as he prepares for Saturday’s third annual Burning Troll festival on his farm in Mount Horeb, Wis. Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. The highlight of the event, which features several bands, sculpture artists, food trucks and aerial dance performances, will be the burning of the wood assemblage, a construction he has been working on since late spring. Raboin is expecting up to 1,000 attendees to this year’s ticketed celebration. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
With a nice stretch of late summer weather forecast to settle into the region, Mark Huston tends his garden of squash and pepper plants Monday at Troy Community Gardens in Madison.
Athletes ride down the circular parking ramp of Monona Terrace to start the biking portion of IRONMAN Wisconsin on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025 in Madison, Wi.
Sally Fitzgerald of Monticello, Wis. and her granddaughter, Charlotte Maney, 8, of Waterford, Wis. view exhibitors’ creations during a visit to the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show at Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. The annual three day gathering, which features workshops, exhibits and vendor offerings, continues through Saturday. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Jeff LeMay, a painter with the Wisconsin State Capitol, works on a restoration of the building’s ceiling murals in Madison, Wis. Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Original to the Capitol’s construction in the 1920’s, the first-floor decorative embellishments were last restored 30 years ago. LeMay and a conservator, Rachel Gilberti, are collaborating on the project, which is part of ongoing preservation of the structure’s historic design elements. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Incoming John Muir Elementary School second-grader Lyric Hogan is greeted by Abby Urben, her first grade teacher from last year, while returning for first day of classes of new year at the school on the West Side of Madison, Wis. Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
A crew with Hallmark Drywall works on the steeple at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church on Johnson Street in Downtown Madison on Tuesday. The steeple suffered damage from a fire in May 2024 after the church was struck by lightning. The church, built in 1865-1869, is the city’s oldest Catholic Church.
Members of Unincorperated Dance Lab perform during Shifting Gears Bike Path Dance Festival on Monday, Sept. 1, 2025 at McPike Park in Madison, Wi.
People play in a “king of the kourt” 3-on-3 basketball tournament organized by the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity Thursday outside UW-Madison’s Sellery Residence Hall. Four games took place at once on the two campus courts.
