By Reader Staff The Pend Oreille Arts Council has selected artist Connie Scherr as its 2026 artist of the year, celebrating her decades spent capturing the beauty of North Idaho with paint and canvas....
Craft ideas for fall By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff When most people hear the words “fall” and “crafts,” they think of the hand turkeys kids make for Thanksgiving. Short, cold fall days are the perfect...
By Reader Staff The Pend Oreille Arts Council will host the new exhibition, Nature, My Muse, by local mixed-media artist Teresa Rancourt, beginning Friday, Sept. 6 with an opening reception at the POAC Gallery...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In the world of art, abstract painters seem to have the most fun. Sandpoint artist Bruce Duykers will showcase a dozen of his abstract creations — many of them...
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Maria Larson’s art — and by proxy, her entire life — is a love letter to North Idaho. In an attempt to explain the connection she feels to this...
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Each year, a backpacking trip into a nearby wilderness is undertaken by certain artistic types (ATs), most often plein air painters. ATs follow “guide” Bearly-Seen Svensson (not his real...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff You’ll probably never see any pristine lake scenes or frolicking deer in Jacob Greiff’s artwork. The 21-year-old Sandpoint artist prides himself on creating paintings that live well off the...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The interior house paint of the year in 1987 was called “barely-there pink.” The color of the year for 2019 was known as “blueprint,” advertised as a mid-tone that’s...
