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 […]
Artist Profile: Delia Touche
The sprawling floor-to-ceiling windows toss golden curls of light onto the wooden floor of the atrium at Plains Art Museum in downtown Fargo. Curator of Indigenous Programming and printmaker Delia […]
Creativity can uncover treasured memories while grieving
In “Bird By Bird,” a classic book on the craft of writing, Anne Lamott recalls a childhood memory of watching her brother cry over a difficult school assignment about birds. […]
Photographer W. Scott Olsen’s ‘The 6|7 Project’ documents early-morning life in the metro
For many, the hour of 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. is a liminal one. The night isn’t quite over and the day hasn’t yet fully arrived, or as photographer W. […]
Fargo’s Soul Solutions clay studio taps into healing elements of art
Soul Solutions Recovery Licensed Clinical Addiction Counselor Adam Priebnow believes there’s a better way to heal from substance use disorders—and it includes art. “One person I’m working with now said […]
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 […]
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 […]
