Cincinnati, the Great Auk, Audubon, and a Man Named Ruthven

  By Bob Bahr Let me tell you about the Great Auk. I offer this because on Sept. 12, visitors to the Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) had the chance to see three representations of the Great Auk, a flightless bird that lived in the waters and along the coasts of...

Winning Big for Small Work in Dubois

by Bob Bahr In the last couple of years, the people charged with the task of judging the Small Works show at the SKB Rendezvous & Workshop have publicly noted a serious uptick in the quality of the entries. They seemed flabbergasted by the level of work submitted...

Small Works Winners in Dubois

One element of SKB’s  Rendezvous/Workshop in Dubois, WY that adds to the excitement for participants is the Small Works Show, which awards prizes. At the Susan Kathleen Black Foundation’s 17th Annual Artists Rendezvous in September 2018, the following took...

Learn From SKB’s Frame Expert: Jeanne Mackenzie

  By Bob Bahr Artist Jeanne Mackenzie has seen it all in the domain of picture frames. She’s a key player at High Plains Frames, a frame shop in La Porta, Colorado, and an SKB stalwart, present at nearly every Dubois workshop we can recall. She’s...