suspension of disbelief On September 26, Marsha Mis presented a workshop called “Accidental Art” at the Grand Island Memorial Library. The purpose of accidental art is to explore abstraction and nonrepresentation art of all kinds. She has been the artist in residence at Art Park in Lewiston, N.Y. and she has shared her techniques with […]
and tea… While we were eating our dessert, Maggie Gushue (the costume director for the Grand Island Historical Society) shared the history of handkerchiefs. She had a lot to say, and I was very surprised. Who would ever guess that handkerchiefs were mentioned by the poet Catullus in the first century BC? At that time,
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discovering the joy of ink I’ve almost completed the first week of Inktober because I’ve made six pictures, instead of seven. But, to be fair, I started on day three, so there is that. It’s really all about drawing, although I have discovered that it is possible to use ink as a painting medium. When
almost #WordlessWednesday How do we find hope? Can a glittering candle help us find our way?
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an interview with an Afghan poet Flowers of War by Nematullah Ahangosh most stories end up beautiful only some end so awful like when the bullets, pregnant as almonds, fast as fear pierce like glass the skins on streets of Kabul beautiful stories? I don’t even know what that is you mean flowers of war?
Today’s prompt for the Ultimate Blogging Challenge has to do with autumn. What am I doing that is unique to the season? I guess that I could say that I am celebrating it by starting a month of pen and ink. It’s not the easiest medium for me, so be prepared for some impressive disasters.
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on being a community journalist I’ve been a community journalist for a year now. It’s never boring. The great thing about documenting life in a small town is meeting such a variety of people, who tell me their stories and trust that I will share them in a way that shows who they are and
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This is Alice, writing the blog post I have participated in the Ultimate Blogging Challenge for a while now. I think that I started in 2014 or 2015. Something like that. It’s been a good experience. I’ve made new friends through blogging. Really good blogger friends who have taught me so much. And so many
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Shakespeare comes to Grand Island! Did you know that William Shakespeare invented hundreds of words and phrases? I knew that he invented some, but wasn’t aware of how many. On Friday, when I got to see a performance of “The Bard’s in Your Yard” at Grand Island’s Nike Base, I found out some of the
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answering your questions Today, I am answering the questions that readers asked me a little more than a week ago. There were just two of them and they both had to do with art! So, without further ado, here is the first question, which was asked by Nonnie Vivian: How has your artwork improved so