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Larger-than-life murals add color and light to walkways

Downtown Art

Published April 11, 2019

Take a stroll through downtown Fort Wayne and you might see a panda with an ice cream cone on its head, a gigantic bison, or a wild boar. They’re larger than life and a sight to behold. All three are part of a recent movement that’s shining a sp...

Making an impression at annual exhibition

39th National Print Exhibition

published March 21, 2019

When Maddie Miller talks about the upcoming exhibition at Artlink, she’s speaking not only as the ...

Seeking patterns, crafting mantras

Nancy Fritz

published March 21, 2019

Pay attention to the city’s art scene, from colossal alleyway murals to farmer’s market popups, ...

Wood artisans create functional beauty

Indiana Artisan Furniture Guild + 2D Artists

published February 21, 2019

Furniture is typically functional and usually comfortable, but it doesn’t always stand out or make...

Marrying words to landscapes

Lindsey Berggren

published January 3, 2019

Local wunderkind Lindsey Berggren churns out more art each week than you probably have hanging in yo...

whatzup Pick

published November 29, 2018

Imagine owning and living in one of the most interesting houses in Fort Wayne. Now imagine opening u...

chris-hupe castle-gallery-fine-art

Bold, Simple, and Vibrant Art

En Hughey

published November 1, 2018

Colorful yet simple landscapes featuring bold, black lines make up En Hughey’s ink and paper illus...

Guitars as Playable Art

Fort Wayne Museum of Art

published October 11, 2018

While music created by guitars has been providing artistic pleasure to millions for many years and t...

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Featured Artist

published June 28, 2018

When I walked into local oil painter Peter Lupkin’s in-home studio, I was bombarded in the best w...

Putting Herself on the Map

Brenda Drayer

published May 31, 2018

Growing up in Muncie, Brenda Drayer's favorite class was art. But even though she says she was alwa...

michele-devinney

Spontaneous Inspiration

Michael Collins

published May 17, 2018

Sometimes being in the right place at the right time can lead to destruction. A stray bullet finds ...

Spreading the Words

Matt Plett

published May 17, 2018

Drive south out of downtown on Fairfield, past the neighborhoods that randomly switch from uber-swa...

Elizabeth Wamsley

Featured Artist

published December 14, 2017

Sculpture can be an illusive medium. Sure, clay comes to mind, and, of course, that god-awful scene...

Kathleen Rohrbacher

Featured Artist

published November 30, 2017

Katherine Rohrbacher has been pursuing art her entire life. When she realized she had talent, she d...

Featured Artist

published November 16, 2017

If Nick Ferran took a look in the mirror, he’d see himself: a handsome, bald-with-a-beard, 27-yea...

Featured Artist

published September 14, 2017

The first glance at Gregg Coffey’s work elicits almost too many thoughts to handle. There are bri...

Master of Lines & Waves

John Hrehov

published July 6, 2017

Art has a way of sweeping us up as children, letting us ride its wave as far as we are willing to g...

Putting Art Into Motion

Art Moves

published June 2, 2017

When John Byrne arrived in town last year to assume his duties as artistic director for Fort Wayn...

michele-devinney

A Convergence of Artists

Oil Painters of America

published June 1, 2017

Oil painter John Michael Carter spends a lot of time traveling the world looking for scenes that ex...

Spreading the Culture

Taste of the Arts

published June 1, 2017

Arts United serves up something special for those wishing to dig into Fort Wayne's cultural delight...

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Fare Shakespeare to Work

Shakespeare's Island

published June 1, 2017

It's easy to think of a major university parked in your own city as a great option as your kids get...

michele-devinney

Graphically Versatile Art

Ruisard

published March 30, 2017

Ian Ruisard is an artist with many gifts and ways to apply them. Labeling himself as a graphic arti...

Featured Artist

published March 30, 2017

Ian Ruisard is an artist with many gifts and ways to apply them. Labeling himself as a graphic arti...

Pop Culture Mash-up Artist

Jason Rowland

published February 16, 2017

Jason Rowland's art is instantly recognizable - not because he doesn't have contemporaries, but bec...

Featured Artist

published December 15, 2016

JJoshua looks at the world as a place he hopes to help improve. This improvement through his art an...

Featured Artist

published October 20, 2016

Nazar Harran spreads big thoughts across big canvases. His work is bold and shouts for attention. ...

Featured Artist

published September 15, 2016

With reading glasses perched at the tip of his nose and a brush spiked with just a few, well-manicu...

Featured Artist

published May 5, 2016

No paintbrush or chisel will be found in Alec Johnson’s studio. He works with pixels microprocess...

Bryan Ballinger

Featured Artist

published March 24, 2016

Bryan Ballinger is a man who looks at the world through a unique lens. The artist is described by g...

Featured Artist

published February 25, 2016

Look at a painting by Cathy Blyth and you’ll see fields of thick acrylic color stretching across ...

Christopher Ganz

Featured Artist

published January 21, 2016

Down a flight of wooden stairs, in the basement, hangs a curtain of Visqueen that hides the artist�...

Featured Artist

published November 19, 2015

Thick bold lines contrast with thin details while swoops and zigzags intersect with each other, cre...

Featured Artist

published September 17, 2015

The Artlink Gallery is about to be taken by storm. Currently hanging is a retrospective show that i...

Featured Artist

published August 27, 2015

Nina Bennett is an artist who has the Midas touch. Whatever she is involved in vibrates with the en...

Madeline Wilson

Featured Artist

published July 16, 2015

This past June, Roanoke’s Crestwood Gallery hosted an exhibit entitled Permutations, a series of ...

Featured Artist

published June 11, 2015

Nestled in the heart of Fort Wayne’s beautiful West Central neighborhood is the studio and home o...

Featured Artist

published April 16, 2015

Mark Phenicie is a collector of all things old. He’s a man who can look at an object, add a fla...

Featured Artist

published February 5, 2015

A series of pits dug into the earth and filled with smashed pots are powerful testaments to the dem...

Featured Artist

published January 8, 2015

If you’ve taken a stroll through Artlink or Crestwood galleries lately, you might have noticed a ...

Featured Artist

published November 27, 2014

The writing on the window leaves no question. There is a new gallery in town. The tiny building tha...

Featured Artist

published October 23, 2014

As a student schlepping drinks to earn her way through college, Alexandra Hall watched her patrons ...

Featured Artist

published August 4, 2014

Enter the office of Cara Lee Wade and you enter the lair of a multifaceted artist with a vibrant pe...

Debbie Walterhouse

Featured Artist

published July 31, 2014

Into a building that has served as a doctor, lawyer, and dentist office enters a woman who has been...

Featured Artist

published May 15, 2014

Down the sidewalk, up the stairs, down the hall and into the studio, an artist practices his craft ...

Featured Artist

published April 24, 2014

Long, worn curls of salt-and-pepper hair suggest that Matt Mabis is a free spirit who has collected...

Featured Artist

published February 20, 2014

Give a kid a shovel and he will dig – and dig, and dig, and dig. Joseph Pelka, a local ceramici...

Featured Artist

published January 23, 2014

In early October 2013 two adult whales and one juvenile were carefully loaded onto a moving truck a...

Featured Artist

published December 19, 2013

There was a time when artist Nathan Taves worked in an office surrounded by blueprints, land survey...

Featured Artist

published November 21, 2013

On October 19, photography enthusiasts worldwide sat in front of computers streaming live feed from...

Featured Artist

published October 24, 2013

A neatly trimmed building topped with green shingles sits just off the intersection of Columbia and...

Phillip Stewart

Featured Artist

published September 12, 2013

Over one year ago, on June 29, 2012, a powerful storm littered city streets with huge branches and ...

Featured Artist

published August 8, 2013

Many stage actors got their start in theatre to overcome shyness. Others fell into performing becau...

Featured Artist

published July 11, 2013

Jan Hoffman spits out words like “quinophothalone yellow” and “pyrrol crimson” the way most...

Featured Artist

published June 13, 2013

With family roots burrowing through Indiana soil for over 200 years, Douglas Runyan is an artist wh...

Featured Artist

published May 23, 2013

Thousands of colorful dots wrap the surface of a unique sculpture, entitled “Sun Kissed,” that ...

Featured Artist

published April 18, 2013

His drawings are grand. His tools are simple. Htoo Doh reveals the strength and subtleties of the h...

Featured Artist

published March 21, 2013

There must be something in the water that supplies the 46807 zip code. The area is a spring of arti...

Jody Hemphill Smith

Featured Artist

published February 28, 2013

Jody Hemphill Smith and her husband, Mark Paul Smith, have roots that run deep under the pavement o...

Suzanne Galazka

Featured Artist

published February 21, 2013

I met with Suzanne Galazka in her classroom at Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery located inside the ...

Featured Artist

published January 10, 2013

Loading five kids into a van and zooming down the road to drop daughters off at ballet class, then ...

Featured Artist

published December 13, 2012

Tucked up in a $3 padded chair scavenged from a recent GE auction, I leaned close to a tiny space h...

Featured Artist

published November 22, 2012

Tucked away southwest of Warsaw, just a few miles off of U.S. 30, sits a potter’s sanctuary. Not ...

Featured Artist

published November 15, 2012

There are many ways to go about getting your big break. Luck usually plays a huge role. Sometimes i...

deborah-kennedy

Featured Artist

published September 27, 2012

Fashion; follow it or not, trends in personal attire are a fairly accurate barometer of current cul...

Featured Artist

published August 16, 2012

Though several years it appeared alongside delightfully snappy graphics in the Fort Wayne afternoon...

Featured Artist

published June 28, 2012

Every artist has experienced the following at some point: A well-meaning friend or relative shares ...

Kristy Jo Beber

Featured Artist

published April 26, 2012

Fort Wayne potter Kristy Jo Beber is one of those lucky people who realized early on what they love ...

Rebecca Stockert

Featured Artist

published March 29, 2012

Earlier this month Rebecca Stockert succeeded in placing first runner-up visual artist category in ...

Featured Artist

published March 28, 2012

The downtown neighborhood of West Central is to Fort Wayne what Greenwich Village is to New York Ci...

Featured Artist

published February 28, 2012

In sitting and chatting with Audrey Ushenko one is quickly drawn into a life rich with music, pai...

Featured Artist

published December 15, 2011

Is there anything prettier than colored glass? It is perhaps the one man-made material that rivals ...

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Michael Harford

Featured Artist

published June 14, 2008

As you read this sentence, very likely somewhere in the world a small, hand-crafted postcard is star...

Featured Artist

published September 1, 2006

It's not easy at times to find the multi-dexterous Susie Suraci. She's not a recluse, just a busy...

Featured Artist

published July 20, 2006

Diners, don't be alarmed. If you look up from your plate of pasta to find a blank wall staring ba...

Featured Artist

published June 29, 2006

Collared once with the label "man of the cloth" for his intricate fabric collages, fifty-few-y...

Featured Artist

published May 24, 2006

Consider this description of a 12-year-old work as a not so simple, but revealing portrait of lo...

Featured Artist

published March 30, 2006

This is a story about David Seculoff, who, disguised as a mild-mannered, part-time doorman dur...

Featured Artist

published February 2, 2006

Chatting with Beth Albright at her dining table on Fort Wayne’s south side, it is hard to keep fo...

by-susan-suraci

Featured Artist

published January 26, 2006

Style trumps pretty much everything except aesthetics according to artist Tim Johnson. It's an ad...

Featured Artist

published November 24, 2005

Julia Meek, the widely respected Fort Wayne visual artist and radio personality, has become so...

Christopher Ganz

Featured Artist

published October 27, 2005

For most of us that culminating last snapshot in the bathroom mirror, cursorily taken in preparat...

Featured Artist

published September 29, 2005

One of three award winners from the Fifth Regional Exhibition in January, Sayaka Ganz, the you...

Featured Artist

published July 28, 2005

It's been four years and four months ago since internationally known sculptor and former Fort Way...

Charlie Cummings

Featured Artist

published June 30, 2005

Attired in a pair of baggy khaki shorts, a burnt orange t-shirt and cross trainers, 32-year-old ...

Suzanne Galazka

Featured Artist

published May 26, 2005

Go Figure. Drawing, a fundamental, if not the most elemental skill in an artist's tool kit is lo...

Featured Artist

published January 27, 2005

Local artist Gary Travis wears several hats. Soon he'll be turning them. The 53-year-old has ...

Featured Artist

published December 23, 2004

One of a recognizable, yet small, cache of local plein air or, outdoor, painters living and wo...

Featured Artist

published November 25, 2004

In many ways the 56-year-old local artist Bill Snyder provides the dictionary definition of ...

Featured Artist

published August 26, 2004

Karen Thompson, the revered educator and much-admired photographer, may have finally found her l...

Featured Artist

published July 29, 2004

Doing something halfway or part-time typically produces a result that is itself but half-baked....

Featured Artist

published May 27, 2004

For 45-year-old Fort Wayne native David Krouse - the painter, sculptor, set designer, gallery ...

Featured Artist

published April 29, 2004

Confronting a Don Kruse work for the first time may make you feel the need to dial up Mapquest, fin...

Featured Artist

published March 25, 2004

Wearing jeans, a neatly ironed striped, button down-collared shirt and soft suede leather boots...

Featured Artist

published January 29, 2004

Columbia City artist Tom Hubbard is one of those people who look exactly like who they are — like...

Featured Artist

published January 1, 2004

The unassuming (except for the pony-tail and ear stud), reasoned and articulate Renaissance man ...

Featured Artist

published December 18, 2003

At 28 Sal Soto has already been around the block a couple of times. Raised on South Lafayette S...

George McCullough

Featured Artist

published November 27, 2003

A pilgrim with perhaps tens of thousands of miles under his belt artist George McCullough doesn't g...

Featured Artist

published October 30, 2003

Pretensions are out the window when you meet Art Cislo in his studio at his quaint South Side home....

Featured Artist

published July 31, 2003

At 50, Terry Haffner is a mature man who dominates a room. He's a fast talker, articulate, assu...

Featured Artist

published May 29, 2003

A cross between the classic curmudgeon and Yoda, the much respected Russell Oettel - fine arts Pr...

Featured Artist

published April 24, 2003

When she arrives she appears in a color-coordinated outfit: red and black cardigan sweater over a ...

Featured Artist

published February 27, 2003

You gotta ask yourself: Is there an inherent problem with the whatzup polling procedures regardin...

Featured Artist

published September 5, 2002

Consider the basket. For thousands of years, people have used them to carry, haul and store countle...

Featured Artist

published July 4, 2002

It's been a few years since painter Crystal George last roamed the dusty paths and narrow lanes t...

Featured Artist

published March 28, 2002

According to industry figures from a couple of years ago, there were nearly 200 million cameras in...

Michael Poorman

Featured Artist

published January 3, 2002

To distill the essence of local painter Michael Poorman's recent work is to retrace the artist's ...

Featured Artist

published March 1, 2001

It took just a brief moment for artist Terry Ratliff to scout up a couple chairs and place them pre...

Featured Artist

published May 25, 2000

It may have only been a wild fantasy back then. It may not have even been anything that conscious. ...

African-American History Museum

Featured Artist

published March 30, 2000

Perry Mason wouldn't stand for it. Neither would Johnny Cochran, but his objection would be more st...

Featured Artist

published January 1, 2000

I figure at least on some days illustrator/musician Chris Pyle awakens to a universe populated by...

Colored Sands Glass Co.

Featured Artist

published November 25, 1999

I'm no daredevil, particularly when it comes to art. I'm comfortable with a paintbrush or a pencil,...

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