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Artist Colleen Anderson finds inspiration in a variety of sources, from current events to authors. BYDANIELLE MCILTROT Staff Reporter Activism is not only impacting the nature of American society as a whole; it has also been a huge platform for senior fine arts major, Colleen Anderson. Anderson got her start in art with photography, doing chores for her mom to raise money to buy herself a camera when she was little. Since then, however, she works predominantly in illustration and turning her illustrations into digital art. “I like to describe myself as a ‘maker’ because I can really t...

Ashley deHoyos and  Bridget Bray. During the project, the two artists have been using the Asia Society galleries as public-facing studio spaces, and each artist will share their findings from the experience. About the Artists Laura Drey is a visual artist, writer, and educator, who lives in Houston, Texas, where she was born and raised. She graduated with her MFA, in Studio, from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018, and she holds an (Honors) BA, in Studio Arts, from the University of St. Thomas, Houston in 2015. She has exhibited and performed her art nationally and internat...

Patricia Faulhaber Suburbanite correspondent JACKSON TWP. A new initiative from Kent State University at Stark and its project partner, the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, includes a Kent State University employee appreciation initiative that gives back to local businesses and families. The Blue, Gold & Grateful! initiative encourages Stark Campus employees to support local small businesses this holiday season which could provide a $7,000 boost to the local economy. Each employee on the Stark campus received a Blue, Gold & Grateful! letter with a $20 voucher to spend at a list of five l...

COVID-19 by the numbers New Mexico health officials yesterday reported 1,816 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total so far to 124,357. Of those, the health department has designated 49,609 as recovered. Bernalillo County had 569 new cases, followed by San Juan County with 151 and McKinley County with 109. Santa Fe County had 94 new cases. The state also announced 43 additional deaths, the second highest single day for fatalities, including two from Santa Fe County, both residents of the Sierra Vista Retirement Community facility: a female in her 80s with underlying conditions, an...

CANTON The New York-style pizza served for many years by the DeChellis family still is available, but the location has changed. Michael DeChellis and Bobbie Alm are making the pizzas and other fare in the former Lucia's restaurant building at 1076 O'Jays Parkway NE. Pick-up and delivery orders currently are available, and eventually DeCehllis and Alm hope to be open and serving dine-in customers at their yet-to-be-named location. The plan is to continue the pizza and Italian restaurant launched by Michael's father, Philip J. DeChellis in the late 1980s in Alliance and then Canton. In 1988,...