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A lifelong artist, Olayami Dabls created a one-of-a-kind museum out of a desire to combine his passions. The space constantly evolves to encompass his ideal of art for all.
From her Detroit-based studio Art Problems, printmaker and artist Mo Neuharth does everything from handmade books to branding, all with a very personal touch.
In a post-industrial city attempting to establish its 21st-century context within the United States, artist Tiff Massey searches for the authentic.
After meeting as college students, Ayako Aratani and Evan Fay have explored their designs separately and together as professionals, sharing design ideologies despite the distinctly different upbringings that informed their aesthetics.
The artist, who was born in Ghana and now lives in Detroit, explores the idea of hybrid identity: the person you once were holding space within the body with the person you’ve become; the identity you had in one country merging with the identity you take up as you acclimate to another.
Attracting writers and visual artists from around the world for residencies, the Anderson Center proves cosmopolitan in scope but very anchored in its rural Minnesota environs.
the cheeky, pop-art shape language of Ellen Rutt’s primary medium keeps appearing in her mixed-media work. She’s the kind of maker whose vision is so singular that it verges on a brand—and strong brands, as we know, can shape virtually every element of our reality.
The poet, essayist and music critic has a style of storytelling that is unique across genre and form. He shares his artistic journey from early criticism to a fruitful melding of his music roots and writing, with his hometown as a steady backbeat.
From a childhood of exploration to a hectic career in L.A., the Minneapolis-born artist finally has time and space to daydream, make and simply be, without pressure from outside forces.
The Nashville-based sculptor talks about his unique medium, Crayola crayons, and how they’re helping him color the art world with fun and original pieces. He reflects on how the idea came about—quite literally following a dream—and the inspiration he draws from nature.
By offering a new take on the hearty fare of the French-German Alsace region (bison sauerbraten, anyone?), this creative chef elevates his restaurant above the expected.
Award-winning chef Christina Nguyen and her husband, Birk Grudem, find inspiration for their dishes in travel and family.
A single chair from Loll Designs can keep as many as 400 milk jugs out of landfills. It can also add style to any outdoor setting.
Rebecca Blevins' ceramics—sometimes perfect, sometimes exploding in the kiln after being pushed too fast—are a celebration of the human spirit.
Museums are not just "Hands off," boring, elitist spaces anymore. Chief curator and museum director of 21c Museum Hotels, Alice Gray Stites, discusses how the radical chain is redefining what a contemporary art institution can do for us, while simultaneously revolutionizing the hospitality industry.
The Nashville-born writer crafts stories rooted in the heartland, weaving together real and imagined experiences, and smashing the personal and the political together, in order to care for herself and other black women.
After a lot of 'Nos,' Danielle and Kevin McCoy have quietly built an impressive clientele and are now making waves with their mix of experimental printmaking, letterpress, design, illustration and textile work.
This newly opened women’s clothing, accessories and home goods boutique aims to connect with customers and creatives, support local designers and independent brands, and restore the magic of in-person shopping.
Nina Ganci of St. Louis-based SKIF International has built a brand anchored in extraordinary knitwear. But what’s catapulted SKIF into the closets of Hollywood stars like Lily Tomlin isn’t about Ganci’s keen eye for color, texture and drape.
Restaurateur Allison Poindexter and chef Julia Sullivan marry a sense of daringness with grace, delivering a dining experience that is both confident and simple.
Minnesota photographer Wing Young Huie, whose parents emigrated from China, will soon release a new book, "Chinese-ness," a broad look at identity in both the United States and China.
“I’m the sort of person that people immediately tell their secrets to,” says artist Lisa Luck, whose business Daughters and Sons pops up around the Minneapolis area. “In the grocery store, or wherever. I think I have a rigid way of thinking in some ways, so I try to be purposeful by being empathetic.”
Whether they’re sculpting sinuous vases in ‘90s-cartoon pinks or weed pipes elegant enough to be featured in the pages of Vogue, Cincinnati artists Colin Klimesh and Taylor Carter ride the line between humor and high art.
Zoe Woodyard and Zach Cleary of Nashville innovate with a radically ethical, slow-fashion shoe company that moves just a beat more quickly than its peers.
Cincinnati-based artist and jewelry designer Jenny Rush had been working full time at a photography studio for 14 years when she began making her own ceramic jewelry
As chef of Cincinnati’s acclaimed Please, Ryan Santos creates food that invites you in with a hint of middle-America-nice and the soft-spoken comfort of approachable, deeply familiar ingredients.
On the western edge of North Minneapolis and Golden Valley, husband-wife creative team Tia and Souliyahn Keobounpheng occupy a ’70s-style ranch home in the way that only two architecture-school graduates could.
“Architecture is about society and about our aspirations and about culture,” he says. “Le Corbusier saw it as an instrument of social change. That was such a new thing to me."
Wearing thin circle-rimmed glasses, dark-brown curls pulled back into a ponytail and all smiles, a young Eve Ewing walked into a Chicago auditorium with her mother alongside her.
This labor of love for the unexpected becomes a kind of art in itself—one of patience and resolve that, as Josef Harris puts it, “takes your whole life to practice.”