Late-blooming local artists discover creative outlets and enhance their happiness
Frank McCourt published the novel Angela’s Ashes when he was 66 and Laura Ingalls Wilder was in her mid-60s when her beloved Little House series hit the best-seller lists. Of […]
MSUM documentary film students bring Felix Battles to life in ‘Pioneer Barber’
A person can be a lot in one lifetime. Take Felix Battles. He was a pioneer barber and community organizer, a Civil War veteran, and in his youth, a child […]
Self-taught success: Artist Steve Revland shares mental health, addiction struggles in memoir
To describe nationally recognized artist and Fargo native Steve Revland’s life as “simple” is a funny little contradiction. Best known for the wood furniture he handcrafts in a studio located […]
Staff profile: Project Manager Christina Johnson
There are just those people. The MacGuyvers— the ones who can practically build a shopping mall using a fingernail clipper and a Q-Tip. Christina Johnson is one of those […]
The champagne of cheers: Hiahli releases new five-track EP, ‘Killer Hiahlife’
Local live hip-hop band Hiahli is back with a new EP release, “Killer Hiahlife,” a massively merry collaborative project two years in the making. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVXauzgqxJw “Hiahli,” pronounced high-uh-lie, is a […]
Artist Jon Offutt’s enduring love story with glass
Glassblower Jon Offutt often finds inspiration in landscapes and uses them in his technique as a glassblower. He’s currently working on transferring landscape aesthetics into flattened, 2D forms, as well […]
Elevating emotions: Aerial artist Yvette Reyes heightens local movement arts
Aerial artist and FM Aerial & Movement Arts studio owner Yvette Reyes loves when things are up in the air. Her technique as an aerial movement artist levitates emotions in […]
Wild color: Local artist Alicia Hauff crafts inks and art from plants, metals and more
Hauff works with wild inks from materials she foraged from natural resources, such as flowers and avocado pits. When Fargo-based mixed media artist Alicia Hauff left the world of […]
West Acres art exhibit explores feel of color
How can you tastefully fill a vacated beauty counter retail space until another tenant moves in? With art, obviously. Carol Schlossman, consultant to West Acres Regional Shopping Center, a talented […]
Local artist profile: Karena Ness
Room to breathe. That about sums up how local visual artist Karena Ness describes her home state of North Dakota. “Growing up in North Dakota you have this […]
