Art Jewelry Forum Appoints Montoya as Executive Director by Rob Bates
Nonprofit educational group Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) has appointed Yvonne Montoya (pictured) as its new executive director. She will begin in the role Dec. 7. Based in San Antonio, Texas, Montoya holds a Master of Fine Arts in metals from the University of Wisconsin at...
Uncomfortable Conversations by Victoria Davis
During her 2003 deployment with the U.S. Army in Iraq, Sgt. Yvette Pino [BFA ’11] was known, as she puts it, as “the soldier running around the desert with a paint bucket.” She was the unofficial “Division Artist,” a title she earned painting blast barriers,...
From poles to polls: Community art project gets out the afghans to get out the vote by Käri Knutson
The Arts + Literature Laboratory is more than a physical space on the city’s east side. It exposes emerging artists to different ideas and helps those artists to share their work with the community. You see a lot of interesting things on Bascom Hill. A badger dressed...