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The Velvet Album

Barbara Krasner explores an album left behind by her deceased grandmother, whom she has never met.
Fine Arts

In this poem Gayane M. Haroutyunyan explores the lives and struggles of some of the most famous artists of the past and present.
The Testimony

This poem by Diane G. Martin memorializes her Great Aunt Lillian’s days as a flapper driving around in her sleek Packard.

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The Indian Army in the First World War

The film documents research being carried out by participants from the local Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim community. Here they develop display panels for a touring museum exhibition. They also access archive material previously unseen, and some not explored for 100 years or more, while reflecting on the involvement of the Indian Army during WW1.
The Alchemist’s Bench

In this fiction piece by Josh Woods, a professor in Missouri buys a glossy black wooden bench adorned with ornate letters of the Persian alphabet at a garage sale for a dollar. The catch? The owner says it’s cursed.
Opening a Closed Book

A small box of family treasures given to Gayla Mills by her father sparks a journey through the generations.
Excerpts from ‘Old Greer County’

These two poems are part of Ryan Clark’s series exploring the history of the part of southwest Oklahoma that was once Greer County, Texas.
The Conjurer

This poem by Susan J. Cronin implores of the reader the same thing painter Hieronymus Bosch, who died in 1516, did of his audience: Look again.
Let Evening Blush to Own a Star

By using form, poetry, and visuals, Joyce Munro’s story moves beyond fact and prompts readers to consider a sculpture and its owner in deeper ways.
Velvet Painting

This cheeky poem by Wichita writer Linda Imbler pays homage to a skeleton as a piece of art.
Has-Beens

Dori Appel reflects on the lives of items, including an old dress, discovered at a rummage sale.
It’s About Time

Terri Elders looks back on her life and reminds us that all we have is this moment right now.