Featured Artists2023-09-04T17:16:01-04:00

FEATURING TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS

Lights, Camera, Ambition

The Adrenaline Rush.

We’ve all experienced it, for ­­many different reasons, some wonderful and some simply frightening. For skiers, it’s the push off at the top of the mountain and the anticipation of the careening journey to the bottom. For parents, it’s the moment when a daughter or son takes a first attempt at riding a horse, riding a bicycle without training wheels, or stepping on to the stage to recite lines in the third grade play.

For Keith Boynton, the young filmmaker raised in the Northwest […]

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BOOK REVIEW – The Alchemy of Us

The Hardware of Our lives Transformed the Software of Generations. The Alchemy of Us reveals tech’s Transformative Impact

 As she stepped off the Main Stage in Los Angeles, Ainissa Ramirez, blowtorch in hand, must have been aware on some level just how prognostic her metallurgic display, combining science and education during her 2012 TED Talk, would be when it came to her new book The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another. In her latest offering, Ramirez examines eight inventions -clocks, steel rails, copper […]

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ELEGANCE ON CANVAS – ALLEN BLAGDEN

Allen Blagden’s career as an internationally celebrated artist is embodied in a story arc that begins, lifts and soars, then settles into a comfortable sense of accomplishment and enduring promise. His talent has been widely celebrated, recognized with awards and – perhaps most importantly – included in private and public collections of great note. And, all of this has led him to create in a place that is no more than a brisk walk from where it all began.

Born into a family of artists, Allen’s […]

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THE MYSTERIOUS AND THE BEAUTIFUL

It is an imposing journey – Papua New Guinea to the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut. Halfway around the world doesn’t come close to identifying the cultural, language and geographic distances that are inherent in the trip. Yet, as Jane Magon Collection jewelry begins to appear in the collections of local residents, thanks to the efforts of Kara Collins, the enormous distances and differences become an intrinsic part of the uniqueness and charm.

Jane and how it all began

Jane Magon, Australian-born, grew up in Papua New Guinea […]

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