The Dispatch
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Meet You Where You Are: An Interview with Matthew & Karla James of Okay Coffee
There's a lot of bravado in the coffee world. Single-origin this, micro-lot that. Matthew James knows this world well, having been in it for over a decade, and he named the shop he opened with his wife Karla accordingly. It’s...
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How to Care for Art at Home: A Practical Guide
Most of the conversations we have in the gallery about art care happen after someone's already fallen for a piece. They're holding it, picturing it on a specific wall, and somewhere in the middle of all that excitement they ask...
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You Can Never Have Too Many Mugs: A Conversation with Local Biz Owners Kelsey Brown and Adrian Smith on Art and Objects at Home
When both people in a household are builders, you might expect their home to feel like a project. Kelsey and Adrian's doesn't. It feels settled – warm, assembled over time, without an agenda. Which turns out to say something about...
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How to Display Art in Your Home: A Practical Guide
Posters trapped in cardboard tubes. Paintings sitting on the floor, leaning sheepishly against the wall. Framed prints stacked three deep like vinyl records waiting to be flipped through. No judgment, but…there’s a better way! You bought the artworks with the...
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Crafting Interiors: A Conversation with Textile Artist Hannah Goff
Usually we think of artworks as accents to our living environment — something ‘to brighten the room’ or spark conversation. Stepping into artist Hannah Goff’s home flips this notion on its head; it seems her living space has been carefully...
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Collecting for Everyone: How to Choose a Trusted Source or Guide
They say many a true word is spoken in jest… So when it comes to the longstanding joke that the taller the gallery desk is, the more expensive the art will be? A simplification sure, but one rooted in reality....