by Liz Baudler When Tatiana Chaika was a child in Southwestern Sibera, her parents thought she should learn piano. In two years, she had eight teachers, and a ton of frustration. So when she came to American many years later and someone suggested she attend a Native...
Healing With Art and Animals in the Chicago Public Schools
by Karlene Mostek The incredible story of the universe and its evolutionary process through billions of years in galaxies, solar systems and earth is a fundamental interest in my art. We know now that earth itself and all beings on it evolved from the dying supernovas...
Autism, Animals, and Making Sense Out of Senselessness
by Kat Kidwell A photo shows four-year-old me in pink overalls staring out through the bars of a puppy pen, my fingers pawing at the wires with a big grin. Everyone thought it was cute. I’d just known I’d love the feel of getting trapped in a tiny cage with other...
The Sparkling Wine of Conversation: Andrew Harvey and Ruby Sara
by Liz Baudler and Hannah Nelson Having two writers in a room may or may not lead to a brilliant conversation. But when said two writers describe themselves respectively as an “eco-anarcha-feminst” and a “bipolar ecstatic”, you know you’re in for a memorable evening....
Listening to More Than Music: Kat Kidwell and Jason Gremley
by Liz Baudler You have to wonder what two extraordinarily multitalented people like Kat Kidwell and Jason Gremley are doing making music. It’s not that their sound isn’t inspiring—both Kat and Jason have performed at Life Force Arts Center before. It’s just that they...
The Channel and The Painter: Medium and Artist Sheryl Noday
by Liz Baudler Sheryl Noday’s (www.sherylnoday.com) voice always bubbles with enthusiasm, but should you be in the midst of receiving one of her professional services, hers is not the voice you will hear. As a channel for a group of star Beings called Siria Family,...