art & society - May/June 2012

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Keeping Koi

A Fishy Love

by Stevie Sigan

Koi enthusiasts fall for the colors, scales and fins, but it’s not all fun and fishes. Still, the time and toil required to keep up a koi pond is well worth the effort.

Spring Sprung Early

by Jan Wright, Publisher

We didn’t have much of a winter this year, but the feeling of spring is no less potent—it just came a bit early. Golfing in February? Tulips and lilacs blooming in March?

Reaching New Heights

Morgan Elser’s Path To Sculpture

by Jonathan Wright

She’s a painter, stone carver and sculptor working in fiber, bronze, paper, clay, wood and mixed media—“pretty much anything I can create something out of.” Having followed her art and found her life’s calling, the Delavan artist is one of the region’s leading vessels of creativity.

Reviving The Arts on Sheridan

by Sara Browning

When Steve Rouland and Jon Walker decided to transform the 22,000-square-foot Sunbeam Bakery Building into an art studio, they envisioned more than a simple showcase for creative work.

Low and Slow

The Art of Smoking