![]() ![]() My art is consistently influenced by nature and our connections to it. What are some of the central themes that your art revolves around? Are there many common subjects or threads interwoven in your existing work as a whole? By helping each other thrive, discover and create opportunities, we create a more friendly collaborative landscape that I hope will continue to grow and engulf Duluth with all of our vibrancy and wackiness. But really we are all so unique and have so much potential and originality to offer. From one perspective, we are in competition with each other and that can foster tension and gatekeeping. I’m so excited by the mentorship and knowledge sharing that occurs in our arts community and I would love to see more of that. Several live artists and I have been talking about forming a union for live painters and artists of other mediums to help us be on the same page and support each other in navigating this exciting territory where performance and fine arts collide. I hope to see the arts community come together in more ways to help create standards for compensation for what we do so art can be more livable. What are some of your hopes for the Duluth arts community? It’s like there is an extra air of friendliness and gratefulness all over town. And because of these long winters, the warm days of spring have such a huge effect on everyone. The storms and long nights have the potential to bring us together to help each other get unburied and unstuck from the snow, both literally and emotionally. There are not many places that you can skate on a frozen lake under the northern lights while the ice sings, and lay in the sands blanketed in a warm breeze in the same spot just a few months apart. Something I have been appreciating more and more about the Northland is the duality of our seasons and the intense effects it has on the cycles of the land and people here. I have lived in Duluth since I was 5 years old. How long have you lived in Duluth? What do you appreciate about this region? To me that is so exciting and motivating and keeps me reaching and pushing myself. But even when I am able to work in the small hidden details and stories into my paintings, I can never capture the depths that those images exist in my mind. These mediums allow me to most comfortably flow in and out of my imagination with a fun combination of problem solving and familiarity. I hang onto the idea that anything I imagine can be made or physically represented somehow. What draws you the most to those mediums? I especially love putting a colorful whimsical twist on everyday items like collaging vintage phones and creating living room lamps covered in fabric flowers. There is so much that can be done with crochet, ceramic, and wire. Watercolor and acrylic paint, but I love to play in all mediums. What are your primary artistic mediums? Do you work with any others, too? Below is a recent interview and some snapshots of her artwork. ![]() A collection of Ford’s work called “See the Bloom” is on display at Wussow’s Concert Cafe through the end of October. Ford performs most Tuesdays at the Rathskeller with jazz group the Hot Club of Duluth. The Brewhouse Family / Just Take Actionĭuluthians who love the local music scene may have stumbled across Kathryne Ford dancing with her acrylics while live painting. ![]()
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