by Jill Foote-Hutton | Nov 10, 2015 | Featured, Member Stories
In October, Yellowstone Art Museum Education Director Linda Ewert invited me to participate in an art program at the Montana Women’s Prison in Billings, Montana. This would be the most challenging and rewarding community I had yet engaged in a Guardian Monster...
by Jill Foote-Hutton | Mar 15, 2015 | 2014 Conference, Emerging Artists, Featured, Member Stories
Listening to stories of David Peters I’ve often wondered where the boundary is between ardent investigator and dogmatic zealot. For those standing outside the circle of wood fire (of which I am one) it is easy to tick the box marked “zealot” when stories of...
by Jill Foote-Hutton | Mar 8, 2015 | Emerging Artists, Featured, Milwaukee
Earlier this week while working on a commissioned jar for kombucha… I was mid-coil, bent over the cylinder, with my nose buried in the scent of wet clay. Honestly, the essence of muddy water emanating from the humid core of the vessel was intoxicating. It might sound...
by Jill Foote-Hutton | Mar 1, 2015 | Emerging Artists, Featured
Adam Shiverdecker’s body of work presents a unique opportunity to consider the role of the artist. Any work of art, taken as a singular object, is like contemplating one measure without the context of the entire melody. And, usually that is the slice we are given as...
by Jill Foote-Hutton | Jan 15, 2015 | Emerging Artists, Featured, Member Stories
Confident posture. Direct gaze. An assured knowing her handshake will be firm. The word TRUE comes to mind. TRUE in the sense of direction or plumb. While “earthy” is not an apt description, “grounded” certainly is. Lauren Mabry is a bright, young smile giving us a...
