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Ronda Stone: Always exploring & asking

Photographer Ronda Stone’s remarkable sense of curiosity is in evidence everywhere: her conversation, her art, and her life. Even more remarkable is her perseverance in pursuing a life in the arts. She is a lifelong Coloradan, who moved from Estes Park to Loveland in the 1970’s. As a single mom to three kids, it was here that she began to …

Andrew Svedlow – On Contemporary Art in Community

Artmaking, teaching, and becoming an essential part of the local art community have filled artist Andrew Svedlow’s 14 years here in Colorado. Loveland emerged as Andrew’s new home when he moved here to take a job as dean of the College of Performing and Visual Arts at the University of Northern Colorado. He’s been working as an artist since he …

Bruce Gueswel

Bruce Gueswel – Making Matters

The reach of many Loveland artists goes well beyond the borders of Colorado. Bruce Gueswel is one of those artists. If you’ve been to one of America’s 2,000 Chipotle restaurants over the last 25 years, you’ve seen some of Bruce’s Mayan-inspired wood and metal sculptures. What you may not have seen is his studio work. For that, we recommend gazing …

Watercolor Stephanie O'Rourke

Stephanie O’Rourke – Runnin’ Down a Dream

One-of-a-kind describes both Stephanie O’Rourke and her downtown shop, Little Piece of My Heart. Stephanie has gathered together a family of artisans and has artfully arranged their creations in her shop on the corner of 4thand Jefferson in downtown Loveland’s “east end.” As an artist, wife and mom to two little ones, the shop is a dream realized, and she …

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Brooke Hamilton Benjestorf – Boss Babe, Maker, Activist

One of our local multihyphenates, Brooke Hamilton Benjestorf, is a mother-wife-maker-boss babe-activist. Brooke is one of the founders of the Blush Society, a new local organization that is designed to empower and connect women. She is mom to two-and-a-half-year-old Harry, and she and her husband Jason have another little one on the way. Brooke is also the owner of a …