Arts & Culture Archives - High Country News https://www.hcn.org/topic/arts-culture/ A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:22:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Arts & Culture Archives - High Country News https://www.hcn.org/topic/arts-culture/ 32 32 229054741 Reenvisioning the image of immigration https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-2/reenvisioning-the-image-of-immigration/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331309 The Dance to the Top of the Palm Tree, Bright Ntimba, Part I. 2021, oil on linen, 45 x 80 inches.

Artist and refugee Papay Solomon juxtaposes European painting with African ancestry.

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How do we raise our children in a time of wildfire? https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-2/how-do-we-raise-our-children-in-a-time-of-wildfire/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:35:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331281

The poet Rachel Richardson learns, through writing and motherhood, to defy fear.

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Captive https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-2/captive/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:20:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331244

A poem by D.A. Powell.

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The importance of ‘Being Caribou’ https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-importance-of-being-caribou/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:01:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331360

Remembering the activist and author Karsten Heuer.

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Tribal objects returned to the Northern Arapaho Tribe https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-1/tribal-objects-returned-to-the-northern-arapaho-tribe/ Wed, 01 Jan 2025 08:40:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=330398

After years of negotiation with the Episcopal Church, over 200 cultural items finally come back home.

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Interpretation of signs https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-1/interpretation-of-signs/ Wed, 01 Jan 2025 08:25:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=330380

A poem by C. Dale Young.

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Culture that impacted our sense of the West https://www.hcn.org/articles/culture-that-impacted-our-sense-of-the-west/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=330359

Some books, happenings and other cultural endeavors that helped expand our sense of place in 2024.

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How Utah’s Christmas Festival has buoyed a changing coal community https://www.hcn.org/articles/how-utahs-christmas-festival-has-buoyed-a-changing-coal-community/ Wed, 25 Dec 2024 09:01:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=330520

Thirty-five years ago, Helper was nearly a ghost town. Now, art and tourism are providing new paths forward.

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The passion of the Mormon feminist https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-12/the-passion-of-the-mormon-feminist/ Sun, 01 Dec 2024 08:30:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=329893 Covers from Exponent II over the years.

For 50 years, ‘Exponent II‘ has made the LDS Church squirm. It has no plans to stop.

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How blue jeans got their sexy reputation https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-12/how-blue-jeans-got-their-sexy-reputation/ Sun, 01 Dec 2024 08:25:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=329900

The artist George Quaintance painted some of the first erotic depictions of denim.

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