The act of writing civilized humanity. When we learned to take that which is indescribable and capture part of it in time in a permanent way, …
In an age of screens and keyboarding, when kids hardly learn cursive anymore, fountain pens — along with their old-timey accoutrements like bl…
Among the many exciting events taking place at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts in Mount Vernon this year, one of the most awe-inspiring and ent…
From humble beginnings, an artist was born.
Rachel Malcolm Ensor
Loren Herold’s life story reads like the plot of a modern day, charming tale. A city girl moves to the countryside, embraces the surrounding n…
Thirty-five years ago, Joan Skiver-Levy viewed a program on PBS in which a female artist was creating paintings with a pallet knife. Inspired …
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If you ask an artist to name the driving force behind their creations, what their inspiration is, you would likely get a wide array of compell…
Tom Ulrich, esteemed wildlife photographer, was the embodiment of wonder and adventure. Described by life partner, Linda Martin, as “a rugged …
When Brianna Pay (née Presley), artist and Art Specialist/Teen Coordinator for the Boys & Girls Club, moved to Carbondale from Japan in No…
Peter Toth is swinging his mallet into a chisel which rings as it digs in to the wood. For those of you unfamiliar with the statue, it depicts…
Carbondale newcomers Henry Neubig, and his wife, Linda, have both worked extensively with mud.
Loud bell instruments, messy paint and wild laughter. When instructors Jennifer Sarver and Carrie Gibbs arrive to work Wednesday mornings at C…
An elephant on a roller coaster, riding off into a rosy sunset. Blue-spotted giraffes craning over buildings in a strange city. A crowned whal…
Dave Dardis is the quintessential artist, a man who chose his art in tandem with his lifestyle way back when, and has been the way he is since…
Jennifer Johansson is an artist. She creates mixed-media wall art, along with prints and illustrations that she uses on greeting cards, button…
Stephen Grimmer is an artist who has recently returned to his roots in Southern Illinois, and his art, ceramics and pottery. He and his wife, …
Walk into artist Renée Mavigliano’s Carterville home and everywhere you look, on almost every wall, there is art, almost all of it hers.
Tim Shepherd is a glass artist, but embodied in that brief description is a world of swirling colors and truly breathtaking art, something mos…
Kyle Kinser is an artist, a craftsman and a woodworker, but that doesn’t really come close to describing what he does. Kinser makes one-of-a-k…
Stained-glass artist. Mixed-media specialist. Collegiate instructor.
Sometimes, to truly appreciate the present, one has to understand the past.
Molly Groom Alter knew from an early age that art was her calling. It wasn’t until many years later that she found her preferred medium: Metal.
Tucked away on a Murphysboro side street is a historic home inhabited by an innovator with an eye toward the future. Rachel Malcolm Ensor is a…
Steven Martin’s career and passion began with an acorn.
When Polly Mitchell accompanied other SIU University Museum patrons to Saint Louis Art Museum many years ago, she didn’t walk away as much in …
