For better and for worse, timing has played a major role in Susan Anderson’s life. A competitive athlete who played field hockey, tennis and golf as a kid in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, she dreamed of becoming a physical education teacher and a coach. After completing a degree in PE and social studies at the University of Michigan, where she also played field hockey, she moved to Chicago but couldn’t find a teaching job because the public schools had just eliminated athletics al

Most artists struggle with finding titles for their completed pieces. While sometimes the title arrives with the idea for the piece, more often the perfect name for a finished work of art is challenging to discover. The usual advice is to use the title to direct the viewer to the most important element in the artwork or the underlying meaning you wish to convey. This title should also be fairly short, catchy, and original. And it shouldn’t be too obvious—there should be room

The next meeting of the Anderson Artists Guild will be on Monday, Aug. 13, at 6:30 p.m. at the Anderson Arts Center. The speakers will be members Evelyn Beck and Jamie Hansen, who will show you how to create your own artist's website. If you already have your own website, please attend to share your experience. And please bring your laptop or tablet to the meeting if you have one since there will be time to create a free website at the meeting. (If you have pictures of some o