{"id":4126,"date":"2025-04-15T14:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T14:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallery.dkg.org\/?page_id=4126"},"modified":"2025-07-09T18:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:17:22","slug":"artist-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gallery.dkg.org\/index.php\/artist-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4126\" class=\"elementor elementor-4126\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0090f2a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0090f2a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4aa86b\" 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href=\"https:\/\/gallery.dkg.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/dr-minnie-young\/\">\n                        Dr. Minnie Young                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n                                                                                                    <\/div><!-- .elementskit-entry-header END -->\n\n                                                                                    <div class=\"elementskit-post-footer\">\n                                                                                                    <p>In high school, I had an excellent art teacher who brought us to museums and taught us to truly see art. Our textbook was titled &#8220;Learning to Look&#8221;, and the very first lesson was: \u201cThere is order in disorder.\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.dkg.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/dr-minnie-young\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dr. Minnie Young<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n                                                                                                                                            <\/div><!-- .elementskit-post-footer END -->\n                                                                            <\/div><!-- .elementskit-post-body END -->\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div><!-- .elementskit-blog-block-post .radius .gradient-bg END -->\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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Try different angles and change the time of day that you take them. Don&#8217;t<br \/>\nworry about how you look, trying to get the picture. I have sat, leaned and laid in some very interesting positions to get the shot I wanted. Don&#8217;t be afraid to experiment with different lenses and filters. And of course, have fun. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.dkg.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/lindsay-griffin\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lindsay Griffin<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n                                                                                                                                                                        <div class=\"btn-wraper\">\n                                        \n                                                                                    <a class=\"elementskit-btn whitespace--normal\" id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/gallery.dkg.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/lindsay-griffin\/\">\n                                                <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i>                                                Read more                                              <\/a>\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div><!-- .elementskit-post-body END -->\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"post-item ekit-col-4\">\n\n                                            <div class=\"elementskit-post-image-card\">\n                            <div class=\"elementskit-entry-header\">\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.dkg.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/artist-spotlight-rita-fish\/\" class=\"elementskit-entry-thumb\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.dkg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0951-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Rita Fish\">\n                                    <\/a><!-- .elementskit-entry-thumb END -->\n                                                                    \n                                \n                                                            <\/div><!-- .elementskit-entry-header END -->\n\n                            <div class=\"elementskit-post-body \">\n                                \n                                                                                                                \n                                    \n                                                                                            <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.dkg.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/artist-spotlight-rita-fish\/\">\n                        Rita Fish                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                <p>\u201cYou learn to paint by painting. Your first hundred paintings or so are going to be awful, so paint them and get it over with.\u201d I think that freed me to explore free of self-criticism. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.dkg.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/artist-spotlight-rita-fish\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rita Fish<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n                                                                                                                                                                        <div class=\"btn-wraper\">\n                                        \n                                                                                    <a class=\"elementskit-btn whitespace--normal\" id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/gallery.dkg.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/artist-spotlight-rita-fish\/\">\n                                                <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i>                                                Read more                                              <\/a>\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div><!-- .elementskit-post-body END -->\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blogspot Archive Arts &amp; Humanities Artist Spotlights This Month&#8217;s Featured Artist: Dr. Minnie Young In high school, I had an excellent art teacher who brought us to museums and taught us to truly see art. 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