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How this self-taught artist captured images of jazz greats, hip hop artists, and community life that are in museum collections
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Nancy Gruskin, painter, collage artist, teacher
Transitioning to an artistic career, her best-selling workshops, why she doesn’t do studies, and a banana painting I really like
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Susan Ellis, pastel painter
The beauty of clam digging, a painting routine that works, and why she has a wall of “failures”
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Abdulla Awad, visual and food artist, Yafa Bakery & Café
How to love what you do and also feed a community: Best of Boston’s best new bakery
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Jose Ramirez, painter, teacher, and gardener
How art helps elementary school students, the beautiful ways his art explores Los Angeles history, when his painting made a television appearance, and…
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A visit to Gloucester’s newest bakery for hand pies and how to support their campaign to serve you an excellent lunch
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Caleb Stone, landscape painter
How he financed his first European painting trip, the many lessons learned from his father, and his “minute sky”
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Nicola Bennett, abstract artist
Exploring synesthesia through her art, why it’s ok for greens to clash, and when she met her chef hero Ottolenghi
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Kat Masella, abstract and figurative painter
Painting fast, her paint recipe, and advice for creating when you don't feel like it
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Don Gorvett, reduction woodcut artist
A look inside this technically challenging process, the teacher who nurtured his talent, and when eight of his pieces joined the Museum of Fine Arts…
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Nishant Jain, The Sneaky Artist and urban sketcher
Becoming an accidental artist, the value of a 30-day challenge, and his stint as an artist in residence on a train
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Susan Abbott, painter
What led to a dramatic shift in her work, a happy accident with a borrowed camera, and her admiration for awkwardness
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Patricia Chidlaw, painter
The allure of old Los Angeles, how Anna got wings, and an encounter with Julia Child
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Kyle Browne, mixed media artist and art educator
The artfulness of oysters, her upcoming solo show, and surprising reactions to her surreal art
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