A glass artist needs to keep a close eye not only on how light reflects off the surface of his or her medium, but also how the light passes straight through the creation. Alfred “Jason” Lindell is that kind of artist.
Story by KELLY HAGEN At the front of the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra, conductor Beverly Everett attracts the full attention of her musicians and the audience. With every gesture, the flick of her wrist, the swing of her baton, she instructs, she encourages her team on through vast, symphonic landscapes. Over mountains, down into valleys, across…
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the creative writer just has to work a thousand times harder to paint a picture of equal imagination, color and vivid tapestries as their visual artist counterparts. The artistry of a writer is not to paint a picture for others to see with their eyes, it…
Vacations are supposed to be getting away from it all, the messy house and the fussy kids, trudging off to the office every day. They’re a chance to escape and live life to its fullest, in the lap of luxury. Five-star hotels, spa treatments, travel and quality entertainment are all on the to-do list for…
Story by KELLY HAGEN Teaching art isn’t like teaching calculus. There are no absolutes. You can teach the process, the same way you can walk a student through the method of solving an equation. But in the end, there are no incorrect answers you can mark in red pen. Individual expression precludes an answer key.…