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Remembering Gwen: A few moments in the studio of a famed northern Michigan artist

Sandra Grahl stands in the Benzie County studio of the late artist Gwen Frostic. (Photo: Natalie Reitz / Transom Story Workshop)
Natalie Reitz
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Transom Story Workshop
Sandra Grahl stands in the Benzie County studio of the late artist Gwen Frostic. (Photo: Natalie Reitz / Transom Story Workshop)

For many people, the late artist Gwen Frostic is as synonymous with northern Michigan as trees and lakes and beaches and snow.

Today, we visit her studio in Benzie County, in a story provided by the Transom Story Workshop — a collection of 10 students who came to northern Michigan this past September to hone their audio storytelling skills.

Reporting for this episode by Natalie Reitz for the Transom Story Workshop.


Producer: Austin Rowlader
Editor: Steve Junker
Host: Ed Ronco
Music: Blue Dot Sessions