Home bookshelves fascinate as the new TV studio backdrops All over the airwaves during the shutdown, talking heads have been appearing against a backdrop of…
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Creatively Coping: Amanda Willoughby, perfecting her green thumb
One of six artists profiled in Creatively Coping, Kristin Jones’ essay on the therapeutic power of working with one’s hands during uncertain times The Arts Board,…
Read More Creatively Coping: Amanda Willoughby, perfecting her green thumbWhy We Love Memphis, Volume II
For the Valentine’s Day, Love Issue of StoryBoard last February – an era ago, 2019 that is – we asked Memphians to share what they love about…
Read More Why We Love Memphis, Volume IICreatively Coping: Stippling, dot by contemplative dot, with Rebecca Phillips
One of six artists profiled in Creatively Coping, Kristin Jones’ essay on the therapeutic power of working with one’s hands during uncertain times The Arts Board,…
Read More Creatively Coping: Stippling, dot by contemplative dot, with Rebecca PhillipsCreatively Coping: For Jess Tinsley, Painting is Relief
One of six artists profiled in Creatively Coping, Kristin Jones’ essay on the therapeutic power of working with one’s hands during uncertain times The Arts…
Read More Creatively Coping: For Jess Tinsley, Painting is ReliefCreatively Coping, By Touch
Seven creatives share how their craft helps them cope, and stay in touch. “I discovered it was my form of therapy. . . to be…
Read More Creatively Coping, By TouchWhy We Love Memphis, Volume I
For the Valentine’s Day, Love Issue of StoryBoard last February – an era ago, 2019 that is – we asked Memphians to share what they…
Read More Why We Love Memphis, Volume IA fleeting pleasure in the garden, before the return to ourselves
The visions, thoughts, and sounds, of a spring garden walk before the pandemic shutdown by Kristin Jones The Japanese have a phrase, mono no aware,…
Read More A fleeting pleasure in the garden, before the return to ourselvesDan Oppenheimer and Jack Robinson: A Lasting Legacy
INSPIRATIONS By Ken Billett The conference room, much like the rest of the first-floor work area, is to put it politely, cluttered. Sample printed photographs…
Read More Dan Oppenheimer and Jack Robinson: A Lasting LegacyChanging of the Guard
MEMPHIS PASTIMES By Ken Billett Ted and I looked around a room that had become an impromptu cooling station. We were easily the oldest guys…
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