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The Stuff of Life
The "stuff" of life is the inspiration for the color, shape, and textures of Nicolette Maguire Bonnstetter’s abstract realism style of...


Gourdgeous By Design
Communicating through art goes back as far as 40,000 years. Many indigenous peoples used visual art to capture the oral tradition and...


The Power to Choose
“Every human has four endowments – self-awareness, conscience, independent will, and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate...


Living the Stories of the American West
The heart of Veryl Goodnight's creative philosophy is, "I cannot separate animals from my art, or them from the land, nor from the...


Chasing Light and Shadows
"I work from nature; seeing the real thing has much more impact than photographic representations. I then push it a little further to...


Generations of Weaving Memories
In the creative life of Navajo-Dine artist, educator, and author Melanie A. Yazzie, the process of dreaming is not confined to the realm...


Stories Are What We Need Most
"After nourishment, shelter, and companionship, stories are what we need most in the world." Philip Pullman. In 1942, in Gainesville,...


The Legend Captures Our Hearts
“We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.” Dakota Sioux The history, legend, and myth of the American West are single strands...
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