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 […]
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 […]
