Celebrating Our Local Artists (COVER STORY)
Bloomington is blessed with a myriad of artists working in a wide variety of mediums. Here, we present the works of 17.
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by Sophie Bird | Dec 1, 2020 | Features | 0
Bloomington is blessed with a myriad of artists working in a wide variety of mediums. Here, we present the works of 17.
Read Moreby Sophie Bird | Jan 15, 2021 | Science & Education | 0
The MacArthur Fellows Program offers a $625,000 “genius grant” to individuals who show exceptional creativity in their work and the potential for making future advances.
Read Moreby Sophie Bird | Jan 14, 2021 | Fashion & Shopping | 0
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many businesses to reassess their operations and perhaps alter their practices, and ETC for the Home, Bloomington’s locally owned home furnishing and interior design center, is one of them.
Read Moreby Sophie Bird | Jan 13, 2021 | Citizen Scientist, Columns, Science & Education | 0
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected our day-to-day lives. It may be influencing citizen science, too.
Read Moreby Sophie Bird | Jan 12, 2021 | Local News | 0
Once known as the “television capital of the world,” Bloomington was home to manufacturing operations for the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), employing thousands of Hoosiers.
Read Moreby Sophie Bird | Dec 12, 2020 | Features | 0
Initially finding it easier to paint in a realist style, Jerry Smith says his work has adapted with time.
Read Moreby Sophie Bird | Dec 11, 2020 | Features | 0
Brown County resident Dixie Ferrer considers herself an artist of texture, exploring the combined mediums of oil paint and cold wax.
Read Moreby Sophie Bird | Dec 10, 2020 | Features | 0
A self-taught artist, Joel Washington’s work can be found in Bloomington galleries and restaurants, in departments across Indiana University, and at the Indiana State Museum.
Read Moreby Sophie Bird | Dec 10, 2020 | Features | 0
For four years, Bloomington’s Jennifer Mujezinovic painted the whimsical portrait covers for the All About children’s book series. After 12 total book covers, Mujezinovic has decided to begin taking a new creative direction.
Read Moreby Sophie Bird | Dec 9, 2020 | Features | 0
After Meg Lagodzki had a serious illness that resulted in the removal of her thyroid, she was entirely unable to speak for two months, and then only in a whisper for a year. Depressed, she coped by returning to oil painting, something she had given up for 10 years to focus on her family.
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