The Magic Valley Dilettantes will perform “Crazy for You” Beginning March 15th.
Tag: The Arts
Trying to assign a distinct style to Robert Ransom’s art is not an easy task. He threw out traditional principles — rejecting what he had been taught of the nature, value and place of art. Even his method, informed in part by his choice in media, is a departure from previous instruction. While holding the [...]
Surrounded by drawings of owls, a collage of owl photos and an actual “skin” of an owl suspended from the ceiling of her studio, Lona Hymas-Smith is in the process of creating a wildlife masterpiece. A year has already gone into studying its habitat, lifestyle and behavioral traits as Lona comes to intimately know the [...]
Magic Valley residents enjoy many offerings of local arts, music, and theatrical productions. Anyone who has attended – or participated in – one of Magic Valley’s local musical theater productions, has likely seen a show directed by Lori Henson. Lori has always loved the stage, majoring in vocal performance with a minor in theater in [...]
“Since God didn’t create any junk, we can find beauty everywhere, if we will look for it.” – Danny Edwards Danny Edwards doesn’t create any junk, either. Well, not anymore. There is that one piece – his first attempt at sculpting in bronze – that hides in his basement. It’s only practical use, Danny says, [...]
Magic Valley Dilettantes Celebrate 50 years with production of ‘Titanic’ Those associated with the Dilettante Group of Magic Valley have gumption, talent and perseverance. Always have, always will. Through thick and thin, good times and bad, the theater company has never missed a single show. The group is Idaho’s oldest continuous musical theater, with 50 [...]
While most people look at the world, Joyce DeFord sees it. What may seem like a heap of rusted farm equipment, DeFord begins to dissect, seeing a beautiful tapestry of shapes, patterns and colors. “Everything has a moment of beauty,” she says. “All we have to do is look for the moment of beauty.” DeFord, [...]
There are fish swimming through walls and ducks swimming above your head as if you were walking on the bottom of a pond. An eight-foot flamingo wearing a cowboy hat greets you and all the furniture wear cowboy boots on their feet. And here’s the strange thing: It’s all surrounded by elegant watercolor paintings inside [...]
