• Wed. Aug 13th, 2025

Voices of the Community

Personal posts, stories, and contributions shared by members of our creative community. From reflections and experiences to updates and opinions, this is where our members speak in their own voices—sometimes serious, sometimes light, always real.

The Goodies

First, I must apologize for being late with this blog post. I try to write one every 4-5 weeks, but unfortunately that didn’t work this time around. I have an…

Wealth – Kathy From KeppenArt

I participated in yet another personal art challenge on Fine Art America this past weekend. The theme for this challenge was Wealth as stated in the challenge discussion: Images should…

Hip-hop at 50: The artists mixing it up and moving it forward

Emerging artists tell BBC Newsbeat how they’re shaping the genre for the future. Read More…

Line of Duty’s Vicky McClure announces marriage live on air

Vicky McClure and Jonny Owen revealed their wedding on Jonny’s daughter’s BBC Wales radio show. Source link

Beat The Heat – Kathy From KeppenArt

At the end of June I wrote about the Dog Days of Summer. The last sentence of that post was: Let’s hope that this year’s Dog Days are short lived…

Plymouth vending machine selling badges, plays and poems

Artists are having their work displayed in a vending machine in a shopping centre as part of a public art project in Devon. The Plymouth Art Vending Machine, operating in…

A New Hometown – Kathy From KeppenArt

How do you choose a new hometown? Maybe you are moving out of your parent’s home and want to relocate to a different city or state or even country. Maybe…

SNIPPET – James Chadwick: The Brit chief who worked on the nuclear bomb

Nobel winner James Chadwick discovered the neutron years before joining Robert Oppenheimer’s team. Read More….

SNIPPET – Barbie movie soundtrack breaks UK singles chart record

Dua Lipa, Lizzo, Nicki Minaj and Billie Eilish bring the Kenergy on the film’s star-studded album. CLICK TO READ MORE

Burlap And Beads – Kathy From KeppenArt

The most recent personal art challenge that I am undertaking is all about texture. This challenge covers four days and my image for Day One is the featured image of…

A Sticky Situation – Kathy From KeppenArt

We were visiting St. Mary’s, Georgia (USA), a small coastal town on the St. Mary’s River. The river separates the states of Georgia and Florida in the Southeastern United States.…

Burton Brooks Orchard Visit – Kathy From KeppenArt

Earlier this year during the first week of May, my husband and I were in southern Georgia (USA). Georgia is known as the Peach State and those fruits were coming…

The Chef Statue – Kathy From KeppenArt

In the image featured with this post we see a small statue sitting on top of a refrigerator and in front of the upper cabinets in a kitchen. The statue…

Reaching Upward – Kathy From KeppenArt

This Tawny Daylily, sometimes considered an invasive plant, is waiting to be pollinated. Its stamens are reaching upwards, waiting for the wind or insects to complete the process. Over the…

A New Art Challenge – Kathy From KeppenArt

I participated in a new art challenge this week. The challenge was to write a description, story or poem about the subject, Paintbrush. I chose to write a poem. After…

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