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Help Us Amplify Underrepresented Military Spouse Artist Voices

By MilspoFAN on Friday, June 26, 2020

MilspoFAN is an inclusive network that will not tolerate racism, hate, or discrimination. As artists and human beings, we know that a broad spectrum of voices makes us better, smarter, and stronger. As an organization, we have a platform to make a change. In response to the Black Lives Matter movement and in light of …

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Catching Up with Katie Genta

By Katie Genta on Wednesday, January 20, 2021

“I don’t know where I am going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring” – David Bowie  Well …I do know, for certain, I will be trading in my palm tree views and poke diet for pasta and gelato as we venture from Oahu to Naples, Italy this Summer.   I don’t know what …

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Catching Up with Christy Tremblay

By Christy Tremblay on Wednesday, January 13, 2021

I left you last January, with talk of hopes and dreams, of new art ventures to come and experiences with travel inspirations, that I looked forward to during our stay in South Korea, at Camp Humphreys. Little did I know that right around the corner, was a storm approaching that would change my plans tremendously! …

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An Interview with Bethany Mayo

By MilspoFAN on Wednesday, December 23, 2020

The downtimes in creativity after a PCS or during a time of creative-lag can be scary for an artist. Actor / Navy Spouse Bethany Mayo views those times as opportunities to pursue other creative adventures.  MilspoFAN: Tell us a little about yourself, your journey as a military spouse, and where you are today. Bethany: I …

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Catching up with Nancy Murphree Davis

By Nancy Murphree Davis on Wednesday, December 16, 2020

I think it is safe to say that none of us will forget 2020. Before the current unpleasantness hit our shores, I was looking to the new year anticipating a break out year! January was the month that our gallery hosts an exhibit of its new artists from the prior year, of which I was …

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Catching up with Patrizia Ingram

By Patrizia Ingram on Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Wow, what a year.   German poet Christian Morgenstern’s poem “The Seagulls” begins “seagulls look as though their name were Emma.”  It makes our world sound so simple, everything in nature is as it is, in place and together. The artist, however, dissects her world, sees patterns, colors, sometimes multiple colors in a single moss-covered rock …

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An Interview with Nerissa Alford

By MilspoFAN on Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Mil-spouse photographer/artist Narissa Alford has turned her frequent PCSes into opportunities. She meets change by embracing new cultures and translating them into visual works of art. Tell us a little about yourself, your journey as a military spouse, and where you are today. I met my husband when we were both managers for a department …

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Catching up with Kellie Brummerstedt

By MilspoFAN on Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Kellie dancing on a tree-lined path

This year has been filled with so many changes, some expected and some unexpected. Since my 2019 interview, my husband and I PCS’ed to Charleston, SC after a 7.5-month deployment that seemed to go on forever. I had to relearn everything once more on how to navigate a new environment which is hard to do …

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An Interview with Ashley Hope James

By MilspoFAN on Thursday, October 22, 2020

Ashley Hope James, painter and Army spouse, talks about living partly in the here-and-now and partly in the what’s-to-come. Knowing that change is always ahead shapes her identity, philosophy and art.  MilspoFAN: Tell us a little about yourself, your journey as a military spouse, and where you are today. Ashley Hope: “Who am I?” is …

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Catching up with Lisa Stice

By Lisa Stice on Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Since checking in a year ago, I did finish a poetry manuscript before the pandemic hit. Some of the individual poems have been published in journals, some of them quite recently. One of those poems, “Pursuit,” won first place in the military family member category for Line of Advance’s Col. Darron L. Wright Award, and …

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An Interview with Sidra Hassan-Brown

By MilspoFAN on Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Doubt in ourselves can sometimes hold us back, but painter and military spouse Sidra Hassan-Brown paints through fears and self-consciousness. Inspired by the strong women in her life, she discovers her own strengths in each piece of art she creates.  MilspoFAN: Tell us a little about yourself, your journey as a military spouse, and where …

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