Working Artists Forum Free Demonstration, Monday, September 8, 2025

Working Artists Forum Free Demonstration, Monday, September 8, 2025

​ The Working Artist Forum is pleased to invite the public for a live talk and demonstration about Botanical Art and Nature Journaling on Monda, September 8 at 10:30 a.m. by Anna Harding and Diane DuBois Mullaly. Made possible with the help of Talbot Art, the location for this demonstration is the Academy Art Museum, […]

Internal Rhythms by Angela Rieck

Internal Rhythms by Angela Rieck

​ Our bodies are tuned to the rhythm of a biological clock that scientists call the circadian rhythm. It impacts every organ, tissue, and cell. Throughout our evolution, the sun set the circadian rhythm, and our bodies evolved to this rhythm. At the center of this circadian rhythm is a tiny cluster of 20,000 neurons […]

Looking at the Masters: Whistler in Venice

Looking at the Masters: Whistler in Venice

​ James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. His parents were Anna McNeill and George Washington Whistler.  At the request of Czar Nicholas of Russia, the family moved to St. Petersburg in 1842. George was a railroad engineer, and he became an engineer for the Saint Petersburg-Moscow Railroad. At the age of […]

Design with Jenn Martella: “Grafton Manour”

3 Aerial of Main House Front Elevation resized

As an Anglophile, I was intrigued at the British spelling of this property’s name and since I am a history buff, I knew there must be an interesting explanation and indeed there was.  The original Grafton Manour was a country estate in the village of Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire and the name Grafton means “settlement […]

Design with Jenn Martella: “Grafton Manour”

3 Aerial of Main House Front Elevation resized

As an Anglophile, I was intrigued at the British spelling of this property’s name and since I am a history buff, I knew there must be an interesting explanation and indeed there was.  The original Grafton Manour was a country estate in the village of Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire and the name Grafton means “settlement […]

Looking at the Masters: Whistler in Venice

#6 Nocturne Blue and Gold, St Mark's, Venice (1879 80)

James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. His parents were Anna McNeill and George Washington Whistler.  At the request of Czar Nicholas of Russia, the family moved to St. Petersburg in 1842. George was a railroad engineer, and he became an engineer for the Saint Petersburg-Moscow Railroad. At the age of eleven, […]

Internal Rhythms by Angela Rieck

circadian rhythm

Our bodies are tuned to the rhythm of a biological clock that scientists call the circadian rhythm. It impacts every organ, tissue, and cell. Throughout our evolution, the sun set the circadian rhythm, and our bodies evolved to this rhythm. At the center of this circadian rhythm is a tiny cluster of 20,000 neurons called […]