by admin | Apr 8, 2014 | Bob Bahr
Do you like art challenges? Here’s one: Get a short glimpse of a completely imaginary, computer-generated object that is mostly grey, then try to build a seven-foot model of it out of plastic bricks—a model that rewards careful scrutiny, one that provides...
by admin | Mar 17, 2014 | Bob Bahr
“When you love something, you don’t care. You just keep going.” SKB participants can peek in the kitchen at virtually any time of day and see Connie Spurgeon working feverishly, along with her compatriots Janene Grende, David Carmona, Tammy Watson, Jessica...
by admin | Mar 17, 2014 | Bob Bahr
The Susan K. Black Foundation has funded programs in several states in the U.S., but the organization now has an international reach with its sponsorship of art education in Uganda. Janet Gibson, Susan Kathleen Black’s sister, serves on the board of directors...
by admin | Mar 17, 2014 | Bob Bahr
Martha A. Thompson won First Place in the Other Media category and First Place in the Watercolor category this year at the Susan K. Black Foundation workshop, plus her award-winning watercolor was purchased for the Roger Petersen Collection, earning Thompson a...
by admin | Mar 17, 2014 | Bob Bahr
Many of Valerie Rogers’s paintings seem to follow an arc: Rogers experiences a memorable moment in nature, she sketches or photographs the animal on the spot or later in a similar situation, and then she paints it. Although she sometimes wishes she had her...
