Writer Amanda Christmann Photography by Miguel Edwards, Suzette Hibble and Lonnie McKenzie [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt was faced with some of the most difficult days in American history. The Great Depression, which began four years before his first term in office, had split the country at the seams. Families and communities were economically…
Writer Sue Kern Kern-Fleischer Photography Courtesy of Sonoran Arts League [dropcap]C[/dropcap]eramist Sylvia Fugmann Brongo has a lot of experience delving into unknown territory, which often leads her on an adventurous journey, in both her personal life and her professional life. In her studio, moments of adventure come when she loads her kiln and waits to…
Writer Shoshana Leon Photography by Carl Schultz [dropcap]C[/dropcap]hef Brandon Gauthier knew his calling at an early age. At 14, a friend’s parents got him a job as a dishwasher in a restaurant. He started cooking at 15. “I fell in love with the atmosphere of the kitchen and the excitement of working on the line,”…