POSTED // Apr 1,2009 - Practical, not theatrical, the Holdman Glass Studios—part of the Art Institute at Thanksgiving Point—takes a taciturn back seat to attractions of the park.

POSTED // Mar 4,2009 - Ed Bateman didn’t know if he wanted to be a scientist or an artist when he grew up. He ended up with the best of both worlds, creating some of the most advanced computer-created digital artwork.

POSTED // Feb 26,2009 - Artists are usually thought of as being possessed of a sure hand and purposeful eye. This is especially true of practitioners of the art of photography, which at least begins with the actual particles of light entering the lens, an analog for the human eye, although the image may be manipulated in creating the final result.

POSTED // Feb 13,2009 - Artworks and books are two things that, until recently, seemed to know their place. Art stayed on the wall at arm’s length; books, though portable, kept their mouths shut until you opened them, and they couldn’t say anything more than words could describe, anyway.

POSTED // Aug 27,2008 - The people who brought you Kilby Court are back. Phil Sherburne and Leia Bell—the husband-and-wife team who created one of the biggest little music venues in the country as well as Bell’s whimsical representations of “gigs” on...

POSTED // Jul 23,2008 - Artist and activist Ruby Chacon just lost a day. Driving back from her son Orion’s band concert in California on Tuesday, June 15, their car overturned on the freeway. It would take more than the few bruises she sustained in the crash to deter her...

POSTED // Jun 18,2008 - Slam. The metal and wood surfaces of the press make contact with paper, the artist’s hand distant at the moment the dark, fluid ink rushes through the porous surface of the fiber like blood flowing under the skin. But where is the human touch? The...

POSTED // Jun 11,2008 - Isn’t it fun havin’ stuff other people can’t have … or at least only a select few? It makes gifts, records, cars and art one-of-a-kinds or limited editions special, and more coveted. Same goes for independent local businesses—you...

POSTED // Apr 16,2008 - “I’m not going to talk about art, because I don’t know what that is,” said the man whose work is among the most noteworthy modern art of the 20th century. What an opening statement for an artist of his stature to deliver. On March...

POSTED // Mar 19,2008 - Any string, particle, mark or individual viewed in isolation appears very different from the large form of which it is a component. Lines coalesce to make a drawing; people make a group. Jennifer Suflita’s exhibition of etchings and drypoint prints...