Reconnect with artists at multiple locations
The arts community has been hard hit by the realities of 2020, especially for artists who do their biggest business through art fairs and festivals...
Article Category: Art
Galleries help reframe local arts community
For many of the area’s art galleries, the Covid-19 crisis has taken a toll. But it has also provided the already creative among us the opportunity to...
Abstract Promises
Long before he became executive director of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Charles Shepard was a young curator in New York City, working among the many...
Remembering Chicago artist through her linocut works
The Margaret Burroughs exhibit at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, which opens this Saturday, Dec. 7, has its origins in an unlikely place.
When Mary...
Bringing art to the holidays
When Lisa Vetter and Paul Siefert met almost 30 years ago, sharing a farm in Spencerville and making art for a living wasn’t exactly the plan.
But...
Local artist lets abstract work speak for itself
Artwork titles often define abstraction. You can usually find a melodramatic name like “A Moonlit Blemish” or “Inner Decay” on a little white card below...
Getting a late start in art doesn’t deter local painter
Most artists can pinpoint their beginnings somewhere in elementary school. Maybe they were given their first set of paints as a birthday present, or...
Beatles animator brings art to town
In 1964, Australian animator Ron Campbell received a call in the middle of the night from TV producer Al Brodax.
Brodax wondered if Campbell wanted...
Larger than life
Downtown Fort Wayne and its surrounding areas have latched onto a new trend: large, colorful murals on the facades of buildings usually frequented by...
Crafting an intricate style all his own
Like many artists, Jeremy Stroup finds it hard to define himself as one, or even process what exactly that means.
With one look at any of his creations,...