Artist of the Month

His newest works are described as “metals that look like wood, wood that looks like bronze and clay that looks like stone.” Jeff Baldus is a sculptor, a…

Decades ago, Glenda Drennen’s first attempt at watercolors didn’t turn out as she’d hoped. She stuffed all of her supplies in a shoebox and nearly…

When a hip-hop duo decided to rap about clipping coupons, packing school lunches and changing diapers, they found their voice and fans around the world.…

Risty Bryce puts his lips to a microphone in a middle school band room in Pierson, Iowa. It’s not his usual setting for a percussion performance, but…

Being one of those artsy “theatre geeks” didn’t make Lindsay Bauer very popular when she was growing up. But when she went to a conference a few months…

Months ago, Lindsay Bauer got an email with a video link. She wouldn't normally click on such things, but this time she did. To her delight, she…

A talented typography artist left the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation to attend a small Christian college in Sioux Center, Iowa. And more…

Michael Frizzell used to need weeks or months to finish a painting, but now, in just 90 minutes, he has a painting of Biggie Smalls almost done. “It’ll be…

Little Red Riding Hood, the Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs—it’s a mixed-up fairytale world in “Uh-Oh!,” a musical written and composed by Diana…

Over the past two weeks, we’ve heard several poems by Jeanne Emmons, professor emeritus of English and writing at Briar Cliff University. She’s an avid…