This made me sad. I made this place an annual visit each year...and I've been going there since I was a very young girl. I knew Gwen.

In the Detroit FreePress

Farewell to Gwen Frostic?
Sad to report that another Michigan institution has fallen on hard times: Gwen Frostic Prints/Press*craft Papers, the char*ming little printing stu*dio tucked into the woods near Benzonia, experienced a bank foreclosure in late October and its locked*out staff was unable to fill Christmas catalog orders. Owner Pam Lorenz sent letters of apology to patrons in December, and expressed hope that a way still could be found to ?keep Gwen?s legacy alive.? The late artist, who died in 2001, a day before her 95th birthday, specialized in hand-cut block prints of critters, flora, fauna and other elements inspired by nature. Read more on the com*pany?s Web site, www.gwenfrostic.com.