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Anderson Park in downtown Jackson is the home of a new functional art installation. The colorful and intricate pieces will serve as a seating area adjacent to the AMP and farmer’s market. A tedious ...

On a sweltering day at the end of June, the gallerist Stephen Markos stood in front of a rather arcane and eldritch patinated copper totem. A barely discernible African mask peered out from inside the ...

Austin Allen James is an artist, designer, poet, entrepreneur, educator and father of two, whose lifelong passion for the love of color, words and phrases led him to experiment with paint and become a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vince Skelly, right, created many of the one-of-a-kind, functional furniture pieces that decorate his home. Walking through the ...

Explore the beauty and utility of American functional art, from furniture to tools and clothing. In a world of fast fashion and fast furniture, functional art invites us to slow down and appreciate ...

Art doesn’t always have to sit still and look pretty. For Rifle resident Dan’O McCue, creativity means movement, utility and a second life for forgotten objects. McCue specializes in functional ...

I know that sounds terribly cliché, but it is a fact. It’s also a quote from American artist/activist/philanthropist Keith Haring (1958-1990). His life is as ...

Shon Walters’ studio, a 10,000-square-foot former arcade game storage facility on Wayne Avenue, is chilly and dimly lit, belying the warmth of the wood at the center of so much of his work. With work ...