April/May 2011

One of Daniel Shaw-Smith's earliest memories is the intense smell of willow rods in a basketmaker's studio, where he was accompanying his parents, David and Sally, as they worked on a television series about traditional Irish crafts.

Anna Katherine Curfman's textured, nuno-felted work is like a floating, wearable sculpture.

A Chosen Path: The Ceramic Art of Karen Karnes

Mark Ginsberg owns and operates M.C. Ginsberg Objects of Art, a three-story destination jewelry store in Iowa City.

Artists seem to know, earlier and better than the rest of us, that meaning lies in originality.

As a child, Tanya Aquiñiga straddled the line between Mexico and the United States. Now her exuberant work crosses boundaries between cultures, materials, even genres.

Tim Tate and Marc Petrovic agree: Their two recent collaborations, Apothecarium Moderne and Seven Deadly Sins, were better because they made them together.

In the Mexican colonial city and its surrounding villages, the arts are a way of life.

Tonya Hedgeman, Dennis Stevens, Lin Nelson-Mayson, Michael Lamar, Stephanie Swindle, Antonia Bostrom, and Anthony Tammaro share the artists' work they're excited about now.