Ariana Cherry is one of the new artists at the Tuscola Vault Art Gallery

Most recently, you might have seen some of Ariana’s works of art at two local art festivals – the First Annual Arthur-Area Spring Art Festival, the Mattoon Artworks Festival or even online via social media or eBay where she regularly sells many of her prints. At the beginning of May, her art began to appear

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

If you didn’t know this already, October is domestic violence awareness month. I myself left an emotional, verbal, psychological and financially abusive relationship back in late 2014. Today, I try to spread awareness in hopes to help others leave such kind of relationships. In light of it being October and to spread awareness, I designed

Original Poetry: Searching for Serenity

I wrote a poem about looking for peace in a chaotic world… Sometimes our world gets a bit noisy, and you try to find a patch of peace- wherever you can get it.

Where do you find inspiration for art?

I have been submerging myself back into my art again and trying to post it online in my Etsy shop and also building a website with my products as well. Building a website and putting your art for sale can be a bit exciting, yet a little scary, because you don’t know if it will

Echoing Emily: (Poetry: May-Flower & October-Vampire)

I have written another poem for my project, “Echoing Emily,” – where I take a poem written by Emily Dickinson and rewrite it in my own words but still trying to mock her style.

My next new poetry project

I was at Barnes and Nobles for my birthday a few days ago and I came across an Emily Dickinson poetry/sketchbook. It had several of her poems and blank areas to sketch in. I decided to pick it up since I am a fan of her work. Although, I wasn’t going to sketch in it.

Inspirational Poetry: The Colors of Culture

Color is not important when describing our skins of the human race. But the shade and insignia of the rainbow is important for our vision ahead so we can see the world in front of our face. The contrast among the people is our individuality and what makes culture special. There’s no reason to be

Original Poetry: Heart-ful Heartache

We try to ignore the urgency of heartache, ignoring its warnings when we move about our lives…

“Meet Me.” Original Poetry & Illustration

I’ve been doing some more drawing with alcohol markers to create illustrations to pair with my poetry. It definitely is a medium that I am beginning to enjoy and I’ve always wanted to add art to go with my poems. This project, “Meet Me,” – the artwork actually came first which inspired my short little

Original Spoken Word Poetry Video | Through Every Storm

As humans, we have so many storms and life lessons that we experience, and it is what makes us stronger.