Inspiration

By Director, Joe Duncan Several years ago, I sat in an audience at the The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) listening to Wendell Berry speak with a sketchbook open on my lap. I doodled while he talked. I wasn’t really trying to make a portrait of him. Drawing has always been one of the ways I pay attention, so I drew his face and scribbled down the things he said that I wanted to remember. After the talk, I asked him to sign the page. He did, and I’ve

Most of what you see from the Princeton Art Guild is the visible stuff. A class schedule, an exhibition opening, a music lesson, a flyer on a bulletin board. What you don't usually see is the thinking underneath it, the set of convictions that decides which projects we say yes to, which ones we pass on, and what we're actually trying to build in Caldwell County. We think you deserve to see that thinking. If we're going to ask this community for its time, its trust, and someti

Lessons from Michelangelo on the Spirit of the Art Guild In the early days of his career, a young Michelangelo sculpted one of his most celebrated masterpieces even to this day: the Pietà. Carved from Carrara marble, the sculpture was revolutionary in its elegance and emotional clarity. Yet when the public praised the work, many viewers attributed it to another artist. When Michelangelo heard this, fueled by pride, he snuck into St. Peter’s Basilica one night and carved his n

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