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Small West

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Keith Knight / Comments Off on Small West

History in Wood and Nails By Keith Knight Photos by Lillian Baumgart A neighbor stopped by for a visit at my home shop in Hayden one afternoon and as we sat around shooting the breeze, he mentioned that
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Grassroots Tenderness

Posted on December 1, 2019 by James Walker / Comments Off on Grassroots Tenderness

The Legacy of Louis Peck By James Walker Photos Courtesy of Carol Peck Hill A memory comes rushing into my mind with goose bump-producing clarity. Louis Peck stares at me, his hands scrunched into the pockets of the
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Alone in His World

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Teddy Khteian-Keeton / Comments Off on Alone in His World

An Encounter with James Castle, Master of Found Materials Art By Teddy Khteian-Keeton In January 1963, before the first Idaho exhibition of work by James Castle, I was publicity chairman of the Boise Gallery of Art (now the
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Art Is Life

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Jessica Tookey / Comments Off on Art Is Life

And Lack of It Almost Killed Me Story and Photos by Jessica Tookey A curly-headed little girl barely old enough to hold a pencil began to draw and to write under the tutelage of her older sister, using
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Textiles to Ride

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Georgia Wier / Comments Off on Textiles to Ride

The Saddle Blanket Weaver By Georgia Wier On a drive back to Oregon in 2013, after having spent ten years working as a folklorist in Colorado, I arranged to make a stop in Idaho to meet Linda Morton-Keithley.
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What Few Have Seen

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Sheila Petticord / Comments Off on What Few Have Seen

The Work of Idaho Artist Sara Joyce Uncovered By Sheila Petticord Photos by Mark LaMoreaux In the spring of 1990, I was newly divorced, searching for a fresh direction in life and taking art classes at the University
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Archie Teater Restored

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Teddy Khteian-Keeton / Comments Off on Archie Teater Restored

A Once-Famous Idaho Artist Undergoes a Revival By Teddy Khteian-Keeton Photos from The Life and Art of Archie Teater, by Lester D. Taylor Before the death in 1981 of Patricia Teater, wife of the late Idaho artist Archie
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Bravissima!

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Ana Maria Cuneo / Comments Off on Bravissima!

From the Beet Fields to the World Stage By Ana Maria Cuneo Last February, I caught Cecilia Violetta Lopez’s performance of Violetta, the leading role in Verdi’s La Traviata, presented at the Egyptian Theatre in Boise by Opera
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A Letter from Ernest

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Ron McFarland / Comments Off on A Letter from Ernest

As it happened, I was working as an assistant at the public library in Cocoa, Florida, the summer of 1961 when, on the morning of July 2, Ernest Hemingway took up his prized shotgun in Ketchum and, as a buddy informed me, “blew his head off.” Continue reading →

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The Boys Are Back

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Pat Walch / Comments Off on The Boys Are Back

Growing up in a small town like Meridian in the 1950s was probably the best start anyone could have in life: the perfect atmosphere to create memories and friends that would last a lifetime. But that was what a small town was about. We knew everybody, every kid in school—and everybody’s parents knew ours. Continue reading →

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