Articles in: Art Talk

Wielding a palette knife dabbled with oil paint, Makenzie Orange creates a layered landscape. Hunched over the canvas, hands steady in concentration...

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...

“My mother always said, ‘Art is the best medicine,’” says AJ Brightman. In the summer of 1980, Brightman’s mother and...

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...

While Connie Bell and her two daughters Jan Rhea Unfried and Nikki Pritchett all are painters and artists, the Evansville natives never considered...

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...

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...

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...

 A cappella — no instruments, no software, just voices — is growing in popularity. Italian for “in the style of the chapel,...

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...

Evansville Dance Theatre closed its doors in March 2011 after 30 years serving Evansville’s art community. Despite the loss of this institution...

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...

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...

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...

Henderson, Ky., artist Chris Thomas’ small painting of a silvery-shelled nautilus arranged against a luxurious piece of blue silken fabric is...

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...