Articles in: Art Talk
- 8 weeks 6 days ago
Wielding a palette knife dabbled with oil paint, Makenzie Orange creates a layered landscape. Hunched over the canvas, hands steady in concentration...
- 15 weeks 5 days ago
The smell of plywood takes Kevin Alvey back 35 years to when he was working at the Newburgh Civitan Zombie Farm. He blames the zombie farm for his...
- 42 weeks 4 days ago
“My mother always said, ‘Art is the best medicine,’” says AJ Brightman.
In the summer of 1980, Brightman’s mother and...
- 1 year 35 weeks ago
For most of his life Jonathan Hittner has lived with duality. A native of Evansville, Hittner completed a bachelor’s degree in fine art at the...
- 2 years 18 weeks ago
While Connie Bell and her two daughters Jan Rhea Unfried and Nikki Pritchett all are painters and artists, the Evansville natives never considered...
- 2 years 27 weeks ago
Almost 50 years ago, Dr. Dennis Davenport read his first book about the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. Given to Davenport by a friend, the book...
- 5 years 48 weeks ago
Evansville Design Group is all about creativity. The goal of this group, formed in 2011, is to unite creative professionals from every corner of the...
- 6 years 9 weeks ago
When I learned my cousin’s bachelorette party would involve wine, I wasn’t surprised. When she informed us that in our other hand would...
- 8 years 1 week ago
A cappella — no instruments, no software, just voices — is growing in popularity. Italian for “in the style of the chapel,...
- 8 years 44 weeks ago
At the Owensboro National Guard Armory on Feb. 18, Aaron Kizer stood on stage, bent down to dip his brushes in paint, then straightened up, drew his...
- 9 years 11 weeks ago
Evansville Dance Theatre closed its doors in March 2011 after 30 years serving Evansville’s art community. Despite the loss of this institution...
- 10 years 1 week ago
Liz Mumford never set out to be a concert promoter, but back in 2001, when her friend Teresa Cheung asked her to help find an interesting venue for a...
- 10 years 1 week ago
In the corner of the small coffee shop are Kathy Ewing, 82, and Paula Boenigk, 60. The two longtime high school theater teachers use their indoor...
- 10 years 13 weeks ago
Laura Savia wasn’t expected to live for more than a day. Born with a rare congenital heart defect that threatened to claim her life just hours...
- 10 years 35 weeks ago
Henderson, Ky., artist Chris Thomas’ small painting of a silvery-shelled nautilus arranged against a luxurious piece of blue silken fabric is...
- 10 years 36 weeks ago
Tears welled up in the hazel eyes of 10-year-old Gretchen Smith as she scanned the casting sheet for the Evansville Dance Theatre’s annual...