Arts

Unpacking the war experience

June 8th, 2016

Project Unpack: Telling Stories, Creating Community, is a one-year program funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to initiate dialogues in the Fargo-Moorhead and North Dakota communities about the legacies of American wars.

According to Dr. Christine D. Weber, Associate Professor of Sociology at NDSU, Project Unpack plans to “create space for veterans, their family members, and the larger community, to unpack, or in other words, talk freely, about complex topics such…

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​Local Students Create Art Studio

May 25th, 2016

By Elle Anderson

Up-and-coming artists always seem to have a tough time finding studio space to create art or even a space to promote their artwork. Some of the studio spaces can be expensive to rent and this at times can be stressful. Here in the Fargo/Moorhead area, a group of young, talented artists have created a studio to share their art and support each other’s art.

Students crafting Ochre Creative Studio

Ochre Creative Studio is a collective of eight talented, young art students.…

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​Wander Into ‘Wandering Ghosts’

May 19th, 2016

A lot of people find art galleries intimidating for a number of reasons. Among the most common are either that they don’t ‘get it’ or that they feel a hostile attitude from the ‘snobs’. To be sure, there are a fair share of art patrons who, instead of treating art as a medium to be enjoyed by everyone, are offended by any of the unwashed masses showing up. That is what the ‘Wandering Ghosts’ pop-up art gallery seeks to avoid. According to their site, “Our goal is to…

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​Quite the Handsome Mug

May 11th, 2016

By Ben Haugmo

Culture and coffee combine at the first ever Cone Pack Mug Market is being held this week at Twenty Below Coffee in Fargo.

Cone Pack is a group of artists from in and around the Fargo-Moorhead area promoting public awareness of ceramic art through lectures, exhibitions, and events such as the mug market.

Each hand-crafted mug will sell for $25.00 and come with a drink token so that customers can immediately take their purchase for a test run.

Guillermo Guardia is one of the…

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​PARALLELS IN ART AND AGRICULTURE

May 9th, 2016

By Jacinta Macheel Zens

Over the last 25 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has been an increasingly popular way for consumers to purchase their food. Before a growing season begins, participating farmers will sell “shares” of that year’s harvest. People that buy these “shares” will receive fresh food directly from the farmer, throughout the year’s growing season, in return for their pre-season payment.

This alternative method for buying food has also been used as a…

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ArtExpo: New York

May 6th, 2016

By: Elle Anderson

Every year during the month of April, New York City hosts an international art exhibit. For 38 years, ArtExpo has been changing the way people buy and sell art. They are also considered to be the world’s largest fine art trade show. Publishing companies, solo artists, photographers and collectors of art from all over the world join for this three-day event.

Solo: rising artists

ArtExpo: New York has two other art shows that are included. The first is Solo, which is a…

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Michael Dunn: Artist and Teacher

May 2nd, 2016

By Elle Anderson

Michael Dunn, art teacher at Moorhead High School, will be retiring this year. After 40 years of teaching and 30 years of coaching, Dunn says, “I really do feel that becoming a teacher was my destiny.” The Underbrush Art Gallery will be hosting a reception for Dunn on May 5.

Dunn’s life growing up

Growing up wasn’t easy for Dunn. His mother passed away when he was younger and he never knew his father. Dunn struggled all throughout middle school and high school.…

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​CHILD-CENTERED ART

April 27th, 2016

Next week, Fargo’s chapter of The Goddard School will hold their 4th Annual Art Fair to raise funds for their early childhood education services. This family-friendly event will be free and open to the public.

Eleven paintings, all created by students, are currently on display in classroom windows, along with bidding sheets. On Wednesday, they will be moved to Barnes and Noble, where the silent auction will continue. Parents are free to meet and greet with faculty and staff while…

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Heavy Metal

April 20th, 2016

Last time The High Plains Reader spoke with artist Dave Sauvageau, it was in conjunction with his BFA show at NDSU. The work shown was reminiscent of vintage signage, yet instead of marking a spot, they were fueled with satire, symbolism and irony. Now, a few years later, he switches from artist to craftsman at West Fargo-based fabrication company P2 Industries.

HPR had the opportunity to chat with Sauvageau about his current work -- personal and commissioned. His work has a very…

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​FROM NO­FRILLS TO ALL­FRILLS

April 13th, 2016

By Ben Haugmo

Form and function are both on display at the ‘A Woman’s Perspective’s: Aprons Galore!’ exhibit currently at the Hjemkomst Center.

The exhibit hosts hundreds of aprons from many different historical periods, demonstrating how the apron has evolved over time from a solely utilitarian garment to a platform for artistic expression.

Vicky Jo Bogart works as organizer and curator for the exhibit, and is familiar with the societal relevance the apron possesses.

“This…

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