They tired of flying to other cities for a contemporary-art fix. So, a little like Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, they decided to put on a show themselves.

A silence falls over John Shippert's 7:45 a.m. art class at Freeport High School as they begin a daily warm up exercise. Each student turns away from their desk, studies their hand, and without watching pen or paper, draws the hand. The results are amazin...

By Rainey Coffin, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Oct. 8--The "It Was a Very Good Year" Bistro and Fine Art Auction is today from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Coeur d'Alene Resort.