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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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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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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Beyond Register: A Conversation with Visual Index’s Jessie Rae Moncla
Walk into Visual Index on any given afternoon and you may find Jessie Rae Moncla with her hands full, in the middle of it all — answering a question about a ceramic vessel, straightening a shelf of prints, or chatting...
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Living with Art: A Conversation with Visual Index Owner Toni Tronu
Toni Tronu's Winston-Salem living room is—chef’s kiss—deliciously, satisfyingly full. It’s stocked with texture, depth, and dimension. Like a magnet, a surrealist landscape painting with metallic water pulls your eye across the room; the framed canvas hangs on a dove-grey wall...