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Lost & found
By Robert Blood There was something sparkly in those 55-gallon drums. Leslee Oaks was sure of it. The Washington state transplant didn’t actively think about what was in them. It was fleeting: Oh,...
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Chasing dragons, snickers
“Dragon Daily News,” by Gene Twaronite. Cover illustration by Johanna Hoffman. By Robert Blood [Editor’s note: What follows are excerpts from a conversation between the reporter and Gene Twaronite...
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Shutter to think
Carolyn Dunn. Courtesy photo. By Robert Blood [Editor’s note: What follows are excerpts from a conversation between the reporter and Carolyn Dunn about her "Best of Show" photography in Textiles &...
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Paper trails: Annie Alexander harnesses a cellulosic medium
Annie Alexander eyes up some paper in progress. Courtesy photo. By Robert Blood It’s tempting to paint artistic innovation as an immaculate singularity — a eureka flash in which inspiration pops into...
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A buzz-worthy topic
Local bees work as busily as, well, bees. Photo by Jason and Hilary Heartisan, of Bee Enthusiasts and Educators of Prescott. By Robert Blood Weather was the likely culprit. “We first noticed it about...
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Draft picks: Black Hole Beer Co. taps in
By Robert Blood [Editor’s note: The follows excerpts are from a conversation between the reporter and Eric Marichal, co-owner of Prescott’s Black Hole Beer Company.] Describe Black Hole Beer Co. It’s a...
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Plants aplenty: Prescott Community Gardeners take bed time seriously
Gardeners get their green thumbs dirty in May at Granite Creek Park. Photo by 5enses. By Robert Blood “Mom, look at this!” Sherrina Grajeda lifted her gaze from a raised garden bed in the Prescott...
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Picture perfect: Prescott Film Festival returns for fifth screening
A screening begins at the Yavapai College Performing Arts Center during the 2013 Prescott Film Festival. Courtesy image. By Robert Blood At her friend’s side, Helen Stephenson offered condolences to a...
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With flying colors: McAllister and Drachenburg bring bright blasts to ASAG
New art by Elisa Drachenburg. Courtesy image. New art by Pat McAllister. Courtesy image. By Robert Blood [Editor’s note: The following excerpts are from conversations with artists Elisa Drachenburg and...
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Thought for food: Moore plants a seed at Sam Hill Warehouse
“The Culls,” a piece by Matthew Moore on display through Oct. 18 at Prescott College Art Gallery at Sam Hill Warehouse. Courtesy image. By Robert Blood [Editor’s note: The following excerpts are from...
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Two legs, eight legs: Journo Patrick Whitehurst pens talk radio, tarantula tales
Patrick Whitehurst. Courtesy photo. By Robert Blood [Editor’s note: The following excerpts are from conversations with Prescott Daily Courier and Kudos reporter Patrick Whitehurst, who has a book...
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Picture-esque: A snapshot of state-of-the-fine-art-photography
By Robert Blood It started with a question: When does a photograph become art? Following the lead of high school valedictorians through the ages, I consulted the venerable Merriam-Webster, which...
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True as steel: Matthew McIntosh shapes Avertosh Salvage Steel Art
Matthew McIntosh, of Avertosh Salvage Steel Art, creates “Ravensphere.” Courtesy photo. By Robert Blood [Editor’s note: The following interview was culled from conversations between the reporter and...
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If you build it …: Milagro Arts Center poised to open doors, minds
Ty Fitzmorris, foreground (middle), and Kristen Densmore, background (left), give early bird tours in June of 2014 of the renovated church on North Marina Street scheduled to open as Milagro Arts...
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Writ large: Jacques Laliberté satirizes memoir-ization
By Robert Blood Is it good? Yeah, it’s good. From here, this critique of Jacques Laliberté’s first, self-published novel, “The Fictional Autobiography of the 21st Century’s Greatest Artist, Andienne...
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Moving pictures: Programmers pick their favorite features from the sixth...
By Robert Blood Regardless of what you read about the event itself, the Prescott Film Festival lives and dies by the stories its movies tell. “People always ask me about the theme,” said Helen...
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Bigger than life: Donna Bobadilla follows her muses, whims
By Robert Blood Pull a handful of biographies off the shelves, tear out a dozen pages from each, shuffle them, then rebind the results. Donna Bobadilla’s life story reads something like that. In one...
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Creature comforts: Open doors, arms await patrons of the eighth annual...
By Robert Blood “The only thing I know is that if I get to my studio, that means I’m alive today.” — photographer Robert Farber As hackneyed as it is to begin with a quotation, Farber’s is...
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Making waves: (A new) Tsunami on the Square returns to Prescott
Tsunami on the Square poster for 2015. Courtesy image. By Robert Blood [Editor’s note: The following interview was culled from conversations between the reporter and Tom Von Deck, the executive...
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Family, friends, & allies: Prescott celebrates National Coming Out Day
John Duncan and Rene Broussard. Photo by 5enses. By Robert Blood [Editor’s note: The following interview was culled from conversations between the reporter and Rene Broussard, PFLAG Prescott chapter...
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