Best of the Chippewa Valley

Reader Polls

The Best of the Chippewa Valley 2022

The Best of the Chippewa Valley 2023

The Best of the Chippewa Valley 2024

The Best of the Chippewa Valley 2025

Favorite Local Visual Artist (Individual)

We’re bursting at the seams with creative artists, so asking our readers to choose three of their favorites was an unenviable task. Ranking in first again this year is Kala Rehberger, known for their use of unique organic materials such as bone to create earrings, sculpture, ceramics, fabric, collage, and horror oddities. Placing second is A.D. Hogan, a painter who makes reclaimed wood mosaics and heavy body acrylic paintings, often with an impressionist style that fuses natural environments and astronauts. Ranking in third is Mike Howard, a landscape, portrait, wedding, real estate, and live event photographer creating beloved works of shutterwork. —James Johonnott