“'Sounds Take Shape' looks at how we make music Woodland Pattern Bookstore exhibit explores how we visualize sound and music By Mary Louise Schumacher of the Journal Sentinel A new exhibit called "Sounds Take Shape," opening Sunday at the Woodland Pattern Bookstore, 720 E. Locust St., will look at the ways we look at music. Musical instrument inventors and experimental composers from Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota will exhibit unusual objects that make music a visual experience. From violins in the shape of fish to painted musical scores that direct musicians into the most complex of musical interaction, this exhibition celebrates both the mysterious and the inspiring relationships between how we visualize sound and music," the organizers write in a statement about the show, which is being dedicated to the memory of the author, educator, artist and instrument builder Barbara Lindquist, who died earlier this year. Artists with work on view include Hamid Alwan, Douglas R. Ewart, Wilhelm Matthies, Steve Nelson-Raney, John Preus, Hal Rammel, Kevin Schlei, Amanda Schoofs, Mark Truesdell, Ken Vandermark and Johnny Washday.” - Mary Louise Schumacher