Local art enriches lives at Memory Cafe RRV
Memory Cafe of the Red River Valley music therapy participants eat popcorn and chat before a recent session at the Linger, Laugh and Learn Center in downtown Fargo. Contributed photo / Lonna Whiting Luau music plays softly in the background as Certified Music Therapist Deb McTaggart hands out rainbow-colored leis to a crowd of people […]
Leaps and bounds: Red River Dance’s adaptive dance program helps students build creativity, confidence
Beyond Dance adaptive dance program students performed during the 2022 winter recital at Red River Dance and Performing Company. Contributed photo/Chad Maloy Photography Last fall, Red River Dance set the stage for inclusivity on stage by offering classes designed specifically for students with learning differences and special needs. Beyond Dance, powered by Gate City Bank, […]
Refurbished 1980s dollhouse an artistic addition to cancer auction
When Bekki Majerus was nine, she loved tagging along with her dad whenever he went to the hardware store. “I remember all these shelves, and on the top shelf, there were several dollhouse models on display. Every time we’d go to that store, I’d stand and stare at this one in particular,” Majerus said. On […]
Making faces: Portrait artist Franklin Ugochukwu’s many expressions
Hiahli. Contributed photo / Hiahli Follow Ugochukwu’s work Website: FranklinUgochukwuArts.carrd.co TikTok/Instagram: frank__freezy Facebook: Franklin Ugochukwu Arts Franklin Ugochukwu is drawn to grandiose expressions. The 27-year-old Moorhead-based Nigerian American searches for these expressions in the faces of people significant in his life. Then he paints those faces into bold, often bright, portraits that embody dramatic juxtaposition. […]
Dramatic ‘Hiahlights’: Hiahli reckons and revels in Good Party music fest
Hiahli. Contributed photo / Hiahli Five bands from Fargo-Moorhead and the Twin Cities will grace the stage at The Aquarium on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, for Hiahli’s Good Party, a mini winter music festival produced and promoted by local music collective Hiahli. It’s an ambitious but totally doable post-pandemic project, considering Hiahli had all intentions […]
Giraffic Media owner Andrea Engebretson’s website designs inspired by supporting local art
Andrea Engebretson is the owner of Giraffic Media and recently redesigned The Arts Partnership website. By Brandi MalarkeySpecial to The Arts Partnership Artist Andrea Engebretson sits behind the computer in her home office where the walls and furniture are bright and clean. Neatly organized stacks of paper are interspersed with multi-colored post-it notes while a […]
FMVA, Plains Art Museum pay tribute to artist Hazel Belvo in ‘Constraint’ exhibit
Dan Johnson, “I Love These Most of All,” Digital, 9 x 12 in, is on display at the FMVA Constraint exhibit, now showing at Plains Art Museum through Jan. 14, 2023. Contributed Image/Plains Art Museum Spend any amount of time outdoors (sans the cell phones, and ideally, also people you don’t like) and you’re likely […]
Keeping it surreal: Fargo artist Warren W. Kessler’s adventures in trompe l’oeil
“Ruth’s Response” – Oil on Panel – 10″x 8″ -Warren W. Kessler Local artist and 2022 TAP Individual Artist Partner grantee Warren W. Kessler’s obsession with detail is in many ways the epitome of art imitating life. The Trompe l’Oeil painter’s recent projects have him creating realistic renderings of common every-day objects — photos, notes, […]
Theatre B brings satirical look at faith in ‘An Act of God’
From left, Aimee Klein, Pam Strait and Ayden Smith rehearse a scene from Theatre B’s upcoming performances of “An Act of God.” The show opens on Friday with run dates through Dec. 17. Contributed/The Arts Partnership If you go What: Theatre B’s “Act of God” When: Nov. 25-Dec. 17 with matinees Dec. 4 and 11 […]
Salley Mavor’s Bedtime Stitches exhibit illustrates dreams around the world
A scene from “Naptime in Ghana,” as part of the “Bedtime Stitches” exhibit at Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County now through Dec. 31. Contributed/Salley Mavor Cozying into bed after a long day is a universal act of comfort and self-care for most people around the world. In Salley Mavor’s “Bedtime Stitches” traveling fiber […]
