Message from the Executive Director: City budget decisions could be devastating for local arts sector
By Tania Blanich Executive Director, The Arts Partnership On Monday, September 30, the Fargo City Commission will consider additional cuts to the 2025 budget of “non-essential” services, including The Arts […]
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 […]
Monika Browne-Ecker takes the helm at longtime Moorhead theater
As a child growing up in Warsaw, Poland, Monika Browne-Ecker recalls feeling right at home as an audience member in the city’s bustling art and theater scene. “Warsaw is a […]
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. […]
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 […]
