Meet photographer and cardiologist Dr. David Clardy

Since he moved to the area in 1990, Dr. David Clardy has been helping heal hearts as a cardiologist at Sanford Health. Today, he’s also an accomplished photographer who has […]
Meet the Spring 2025 Artist of Color Cohort

JUNE 2025—The Arts Partnership has created a new program aimed at bolstering local artists of color using a creative blend of professional mentorship and community collaboration. The Artist of Color […]
How local artist Crystal Gilson blends artistry with athleticism

Crystal Gilson, 58, retired from her job as a tech researcher a few years ago to become a full-time artist and competitive swimmer. Now, the hallmarks of a good day […]
Music for travel: Sound artist Steven Hammer plays by the rules so he can break them

Steven Hammer is looking forward to a slow summer listening to the wind. Currently commuting between his home in Fargo and Pittsburgh, where he serves as a professor of communication […]
Artist Q&A: Jon Offutt

By Tania Blanich Like many art lovers who call Fargo-Moorhead home, I’ve known Jon Offutt for about 40 years – years before he found his calling as a glass artist. […]
Artist Profile: Isaiah Johns

The lead storytellers in artist Isaiah Johns’s paintings are nature’s sweeping vistas, dense forests, brawny mountains and large land animals. “I’m inspired by creation. There’s something that’s within me that […]
Artist profile: W. Scott Olsen

‘Fargo Street’ photography book aims to showcase downtown Fargo, Moorhead Instead of chasing inspiration, photographer W. Scott Olsen prefers to take a seat on a park bench and wait for […]
Traveling compositions: Ellen Jean Diederich

Read the ePaper version of this article Ellen Diederich painted “Shade and Shelter” while in California, and said her piano practice and warm-ups influenced the creation of the piece, which […]
Artist Profile: Jill Johnson

Local artist Jill Johnson holds up a binder containing her research for a poetry collection, “After the Swedish Party,” which examines her family’s Swedish immigrant experience. Contributed/Jill Johnson Johnson enabled […]
Artist profile: Kevin Carollo, author of ‘SHRED! Running and Being’

Like so many of us, when COVID-19 hit in 2020, writer, accomplished distance runner and MSUM English Professor Kevin Carollo’s plans went awry. Instead of spending several months of his […]