Art in Action

Art In Action: The Art Of Christmas

Posted Dec 06, 2023 Updated: Dec 5, 2023 @ 3:59 PM

It is Christmas. When we started this column many years ago, it was to help create awareness and education about art.

Art In Action: News About This Weekly Column

Posted Nov 29, 2023 Updated: Nov 28, 2023 @ 2:57 PM

For many years I have been providing the Art in Action column for both our community and a list of online readers about the world events and history of art.

Art In Action: How The Simple Paintbrush Changed Art

Posted Nov 15, 2023 Updated: Nov 15, 2023 @ 9:30 AM

“I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink,” wrote the apostle John in 3 John 1:13.

Art In Action: Artist Who Learned To Express Through Expressionism

Posted Nov 08, 2023 Updated: Nov 6, 2023 @ 11:18 AM

As a young Armenian, Arshile Gorky, remembered excruciating details of how he and his family suffered through the horrors and cruelties during the ethnic cleansing of the Ottoman Empire.

Art In Action: Part Two — Frankly American, Artist Margaret Lefranc

Posted Nov 02, 2023 Updated: Nov 2, 2023 @ 8:10 AM

In Paris, Margaret Lefranc developed an interest in the modernists.

Art In Action: The Unique Gifts Of Margaret Lefranc

Posted Oct 25, 2023 Updated: Oct 25, 2023 @ 9:25 AM

This week we are exploring the art of an American painter who was also an illustrator and an American modernist: Margaret Lefranc.

Art In Action: Pierceton Picker

Posted Oct 18, 2023 Updated: Oct 17, 2023 @ 2:11 PM

The new art exhibitor in the Warsaw City Hall is Dave Taylor of Blue Pearl.

Art In Action: The American Hogarth

Posted Oct 11, 2023 Updated: Oct 10, 2023 @ 12:00 PM

John Lewis Krimmel was America’s first painter of genre scenes.

Art In Action: A Gentleman Among The Rebels

Posted Oct 04, 2023 Updated: Oct 4, 2023 @ 8:57 AM

The year 1908 brought an odd group of artists together.

Art In Action: Female Artist Had Positive Impact During The Depression

Posted Sep 27, 2023 Updated: Sep 26, 2023 @ 11:14 AM

On Feb. 1, 1905, a baby girl was born who would one day have a great impact on the world of art — especially during the bleak times of the Great Depression.

Art In Action: A Popular Photographer Makes Our List

Posted Sep 20, 2023 Updated: Sep 20, 2023 @ 9:10 AM

Ansel Easton Adams was born in 1902 in San Francisco in California.

Art In Action: Out In Left Field

Posted Sep 13, 2023 Updated: Sep 12, 2023 @ 8:46 AM

Continuing with our top American Artist series, we come to an artist famous for his depictions of the natural world, especially his scrutiny and books all about birds.