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Sierah Barnhart

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Sierah Barnhart is a photographer and public servant in Fort Wayne and a member of the Input Street Team. Learn more here.

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Jordan Latham is the Fort Wayne-based artist behind Jola Ariel, a fashion and design brand with a 2022 Spring collection on Shein.
Q&A with Jola Ariel, a Fort Wayne-based fashion design brand with a spring collection on Shein

Input Fort Wayne sits down with Jordan Latham to learn more about her art, her journey as a rising fashion designer, and what’s next.

Fort Wayne Artists Theopolis Smith III and Lyndy Bazlie created the Truth Mural in collaboration with Ron Lewis and Teresa Yarbrough. The mural is at 918 E. Pontiac Street.
How does your racial identity manifest in your art? Fort Wayne creatives weigh in

In honor of Black History Month (and Black History being made every month), three Fort Wayne artists tell us about their creative journeys, who inspires them, and what’s next.  

More than 30 volunteers work in the Landscape & Horticulture Lawton Greenhouse on a regular basis,
Amidst winter, these Fort Wayne greenhouses create an eternal summer for plants—and volunteers

Q&A with Lynda Heavrin, the Manager of Landscape and Horticulture for the City of Fort Wayne’s Parks and Recreation Department.  

Kaylan Buteyn is an artist and Founder of the Artist/Mother community and podcast, which focuses on the intersection of being a caregiver and an artist.
Creatives and caregivers: Meet the Fort Wayne transplant who launched Artist/Mother podcast

"Artists need to be friends with other artists, but when that friendship is also compounded with the shared identity of being a parent, it’s an amazing connection."

Dr. Ying Shang is Dean of the College of Engineering and School of Computer Sciences at Indiana Tech.
Q&A with Dr. Ying Shang at Indiana Tech, one of three female, Asian deans of engineering in the U.S.

"Northeast Indiana, with manufacturing being the top employment sector in the region, will face tremendous challenges ahead of us due to the rapid development of new technology."  

You can find Kekionga Craft's products at many local bars and restaurants in Northeast Indiana and at most major liquor stores.
Q&A with Kekionga Craft Company: Fort Wayne’s first cidery

If you're looking for a fun and unique place to take friends and family this holiday season, try Kekionga Craft Company.

Madison Moore, a Fort Wayne-raised author of "More Than Just a Game: The Black Origins of Basketball," signs copies of her book at the Fort Wayne Boys & Girls Club.
Q&A with Fort Wayne-raised author of ‘More Than Just a Game: The Black Origins of Basketball’

"I asked myself how basketball had evolved from a sport invented by a white person to a sport played by 70 percent People of Color. The answer was more interesting and amazing than I ever could have imagined."

Nicholas Cramer owns Big Tooth Co., a Fort Wayne company that makes quality, heirloom furniture by hand using sustainable business practices.
This sustainable woodworker in Fort Wayne is turning felled trees into furniture for Electric Works

Nicholas Cramer, Owner of Big Tooth Co., shares the story behind his business—which plants a tree for every table it creates—and why he left the corporate world to pursue his craft.  

Suzanne Rhee works on her mural in Foster Park.
From casual painter to muralist: A Fort Wayne artist shares how she broke into the public art scene

"I want to see barriers broken down so that more local artists have the opportunity to showcase their talent."

Hop River's new Head Brewer Iain Wilson, a Scottish transplant, has some exciting things coming down the pipeline for craft brew aficionados in Fort Wayne.
Q&A with Hop River Brewing’s new Head Brewer, Iain Wilson, a Scottish transplant in Fort Wayne

Hop River has some exciting things coming down the pipeline for craft brew aficionados, including a special partnership with Fort Wayne's own Three Rivers Distilling Company.  

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