Arts

MARBLEMOUNT, Wash. — Until Seattle City Light built a company-town dining hall a century ago, until the building was renovated a decade ago and until they were dug up during that renovation, the 270 stone artifacts likely sat undisturbed for millennia upon millennia. The objects, found on the shores of the Skagit River, represent the remains of an ancient village of the Upper Skagit Indian ...

PITTSBURGH — Todd Minoski has always been good with his hands, with an admitted knack for metalwork. As a kid growing up in South Park, he was forever tinkering with things, he says, which explains why he worked as a car mechanic before taking his current job as an electronics technician. It wasn’t until a few years ago, though, that the 31-year-old broadened his talents from simply modifying ...

PHILADELPHIA — Planners behind the drive to erect a sculpture of Marian Anderson in her hometown are casting about for potential artists and, for the first time, have outlined a detailed timeline for completion of the project. On Sunday — the 125th anniversary of Anderson's birth — the project began soliciting RFQs (requests for qualifications) from artists interested in submitting proposals ...