The city of Sandpoint celebrated the installation of the first of three pieces in the 2023-’24 Silver Box art-on-loan program with a ribbon cutting Sept. 13, welcoming the sculpture “At …
By Reader Staff
The Pend Oreille Arts Council has announced the fall adult art class schedule at its new location, which will be ready for students by mid-September.
Classes offered …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
It’s been 50 years since Sandpoint experienced its first Arts and Crafts Fair, and 43 since the Pend Oreille Arts Council adopted the event. Records …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Like many artists, Dan Carpenter’s creative journey has been lifelong.
“I think I started drawing before I could write,” he told the Reader.
Carpenter, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
It’s not everyday that you see a bull moose stick out his tongue at you. However, such is now the case in Sandpoint.
Travelers along …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Local artist Kally Thurman has spent the pandemic reacquainting herself with her love of painting. The longtime art teacher discovered profound inspiration in a household …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Sandpoint artist Alison Barrows-Young is celebrating international recognition after the publication ArtTour International recently chose one of her pieces for its back cover.
Barrows-Young, also …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Growing up on a farm in the Selle Valley as one of nine children, Diana Tillberg said her mother found ways for the family to …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Having a unique community identity is becoming more and more important today, especially as everyplace tends to look like everyplace else — with a McDonald’s …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
It’s the end of June, and you know what that means — another ArtWalk is just around the corner.
The Pend Oreille Arts Council is …
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