Lesley Anne Numbers is an artist, educator,
mother and earth-tender, born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin on ancestral Ho-Chunk land. She earned a B.S. in Art Education and an MFA in Printmaking, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her art practice is rooted in a sense of spirit, curiosity and love and her imagery is inspired by daily walks with her dogs, our local biome, music, poetry, magical thinking and dreams. Lesley’s hand drawn serigraphs, reductive woodblock prints and botanical ink drawings explore the beauty, wonder, joy and grief of our living and dying world.
Currently, Lesley creates art at Polka Press and in her home studio (aka her dining room table), leads art-based workshops throughout the community and sells her work at regional markets and stores. You may also find Lesley creating special prints for people and organizations she cares about, painting murals around town, playing in the garden and exploring the outdoors with loved ones. She has taught art classes for all ages in a variety of settings including Arts + Literature Laboratory, The Center for Printing Arts at Madison College, Monroe Street Arts Center and the Madison Public Library and previously sold work under the name Patchwork Printshop. Interested in commissioning a print or collaborating on a project? Feel free to email her at lesleynumbers@gmail.com.
Read more about Lesley’s work and process in this interview with Maker Market or this interview in Brava Magazine.
Clients + Collaborators
Allies for Black Lives - Madison, Arts + Literature Laboratory, The Bubbler at Madison Public Library, Cortney Heimerl, Crafty Fair, Dane Arts, Del Sol Chocolate, Drink Tank (Sponsored by Goose Island Brewery), East Side Farmer's Market, Eaux Claires Music Festival, Forward Community Investments, FairShare CSA Coalition, Freerange Nonfiction, Hedge Meadow Herbs, Honey Bee Bakery, Jenny Jo Kristan, Madison Magazine, Madison Print & Resist, Maker Market Milwaukee, Midnight Breakfast, Monroe Street Arts Center, Oak Street Ramblers, Popp Town Mall, Sara Sadek/Folkweaver, Taproot Magazine, Seven Acres Dairy Company
Past Shows + Events
* Update coming soon! *Run The World mural (in collaboration with Girls Inc), Madison Mural Alley, Madison, WI // August 2018
CSArt Contributing Artist, Art and Literature Labratory, Madison, WI // Summer 2018
Polka! Press Group Show, Madison Children's Museum, Madison, WI // August 2017
RISE Mural (in collaboration with Lauden Nute and The Bubbler), Dane County Detention Center, Madison, WI // August 2017
Commemorative Mural, 4 & 20 Bakery and Cafe, Madison, WI // April 2017
Curator of The Tarot Art Show, Madison Central Library, Madison, WI // April 2017
Resident Artist, The Bubbler at Madison Central Library, Madison, WI // March & April 2017
MUNICIPAL Installation and on-site printing, Madison Municipal Building, Madison, WI // November 2016
Featured Artist with Sarah Eichhorn, Hatch Art House, Madison, WI // October 2016
The Apartment Project, Madison, WI // July 2016
Future Primitive (Group Show Curated by Guzzo Pinc), Madison Central Library, Madison, WI // April 2016
My Candle Burns at Both Ends (Group Show), Hot Pop Gallery, Milwaukee, WI // February 2016
Luck of the Draw (Group Show), Madison Central Library, Madison, WI // January 2016
Featured Artist, Good Style Shop, Madison, WI // October 2015
Featured Artist, Hawthorne Library, Madison, WI // Fall + Winter 2015
Eaux Claires Music Festival, Eau Claire, WI // July 2015
Polka! Press Group Show, Hatch Art House, Madison, WI // July 2015
Featured Artist, Hatch Art House, Madison, WI // May 2015
Little Gallery, East Mifflin St, Madison, WI // Feb. 2015
Night Light at The Bubbler, Madison Central Library, Madison, WI // Feb. 2015
Mama Makers, Monona Public Library, Monona, WI // May 2014
Crucial Tw(art) at Lust BeautyWorks, Madison, WI // April 2014
Yellow Rose Gallery Grand Opening Show, Madison, WI // March 2014
4 and 20 Bakery & Cafe, Madison, WI // Jan. 2014 – April 2017