Fantastic Worlds Public Presentation and Discussion
Event Details
Date
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Time
5:30-8 p.m.
Location
Description
Join UW–Madison alum and geographer Mark Fonstad as he talks about the life and legacy of his mother, fantasy mapmaker Karen Wynn Fonstad (author of “The Atlas of Middle-earth”). Then, venture upstairs to the Fantastic Worlds exhibition to explore Wynn Fonstad’s original, hand-drawn maps, examples of her finalized published works, explanations of her techniques, and stories of her experience turning written geographic information into visual representations.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-2138 or email news@geography.wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Thursday, July 10, 2025, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.