How Steve Boster’s Art Helps Those in Need

by | May 26, 2017 | Bob Bahr, News

by Bob Bahr Painter Steve Boster is lucky. He’s had a successful career in medicine and is comfortably retired, so he doesn’t need art sales to pay the bills. In fact, he’s ready to give back to the world. So Boster donates all the proceeds from his...

SKB Instructors, Training the Next Art Stars

by | May 25, 2017 | Bob Bahr, News

By Bob Bahr The public school district where Ken Shanika lives is well-funded, and it is relatively serious about art. But his private students win about 80% of the awards given in that area. What’s up with that? Shanika is not going to toot his own horn, but he...

Kim Diment in the Fishbowl

by | May 22, 2017 | Bob Bahr, Texas, Uncategorized

By Bob Bahr Several of the participants in this week’s TexArt event huddled with Michigan artist and longtime SKBer Kim Diment to experiment with a method of drawing she has taught for decades with great success. They met in Schreiner University’s...

Where Was Suzie When She Won the Rose Award?

by | May 11, 2017 | Bob Bahr, Dubois, Pam Cable

By Bob Bahr This is an important question, because it indicates why she received the Rose Award in the first place. The Rose Award is an award not given every year at the SKB Dubois Workshop—only when there is a clearly deserving recipient. This past year, Suzie...