By Darla McCammon InkFreeNews Columnist Before we start this week, I want to thank Senior Master Sergeant Lehman for his call about the recent “nose art” column. He correctly identified our nose art aircraft as an A26 (also called a B26 after World War II) instead of a … Read More
Thanks to instructor Don Swartzentruber, I interviewed Advanced Placement art student and Warsaw Community High School senior Chloe Romack. One of the first questions I asked her was “How has the coronavirus pandemic affected you?”
Read MoreBy Darla McCammon I have heard many sources call this Pandemic a “war.” Our country has always responded well when under attack and this virus is no exception. It has become the enemy. It is uplifting to see the different ways we are coping and helping. Similarities exist … Read More
By Darla McCammon Now that gas is finally affordable—you find out from Gov. Holcomb that you can’t go anywhere! Frustrating, right? So let’s check out some places where you can go. Remember, how the old yellow pages ad used to say, “Let your fingers do the walking?” You have, … Read More
By Darla McCammon Are you housebound with a cranky spouse and three bored kids? Or are you the only one home and going stir-crazy? Want to throttle those people who hoarded all the toilet paper? This week you can relax, get a break, imagine you are about to … Read More
By Darla McCammon Are you gaining an unwanted education in Pandemics, viruses, restricted travel, school closings, how to wash your hands and empty supermarket shelves? Have you seen some of the incredibly beautiful illustrations of the deadly Coronavirus? Seeing those drawings began a curiosity to search for the … Read More
By Dee Anna Muraski Guest Author Georgia O’Keeffe held tremendous influence on Modern Art during her 60-year career in art. Today her work is displayed prominently in The Museum of Modern Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, both in New York and the Philadelphia Museum of Art … Read More
By Dee Anna Muraski This week and next, with the help of Dee Anna Muraski, we will explore a new direction in art with you. Here is an excellent two-week series on modern art offered to us by Muraski. If we take a broad-brush stroke to the 1900s, … Read More
By Darla McCammon In my 11 years as executive director of the Animal Welfare League, I encountered many different personalities. Some of them were our clients and staff members, while others were generous donors and volunteers. I enjoy meeting people and many in this group were also quite … Read More
By Darla McCammon The artist we featured last week, Kathy Stutzman, has been creating encaustic artwork. This lovely aqua creation is one of her pieces. Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, uses beeswax that is heated and mixed with various color pigments that are usually in … Read More
By Darla McCammon It was my daughter Dee Anna, involved in helping with literacy, who helped me make the acquaintance of Kathy Stutzman when she worked at Warsaw Community Public Library. Stutzman was always doing creative and inventive things to attract people to her literary world. I remember … Read More
By Darla McCammon Today, we will discuss more intriguing facts about one of America’s favorite table games to enjoy this winter. The first jigsaw puzzles were made in 1760 by Berkshire mapmaker John Spilsbury. He called them “dissected maps” and they were not known as jigsaw puzzles until … Read More
By Darla McCammon In the last two weeks, I have taken you to the island of Kauai to occupy your time and escape this dreary January weather. This week, we’re going to talk about something else that people use to occupy their time in the often gloomy winter … Read More
By DeeAnna Muraski Aloha! Last week I promised you a free trip to Kauai…via this article. So, close your eyes and imagine (albeit it might take a lot of imagination) warm tropical breezes, the smell of the salty ocean, tall, softly swaying palm trees, the sun warming your … Read More
By Darla McCammon Now that our days are growing longer again how about escaping these cold dark days to take a magical trip with me to a warm place? That warm place is a State in our Union, one of the most beautiful islands in the world. We … Read More
By Darla McCammon A farm near Atwood was the foundation for the current exhibition at Warsaw City Hall Art Gallery. Susan Ring is an artist who can capture just about anything with her paints and make it better than the reality. That farm is where Ring grew up and it … Read More
