BY MATT SCHOOLEYEach year in early May, Pat Murphy has a few house guests over. Maybe more than a few. The Dunbarton resident is using her house and yard to host the Dunbarton Arts and Garden Festival for the third consecutive year, bringing more than 40 vendors together over the two weekend event, which will take place Saturday and Sunday, May 3 ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Though Patricia Murphy’s sculptures are fictitious characters created in her head, every once in awhile one just happens to look like someone she or someone else knows. That is exactly what happened to Murphy when she created Dusty, one of her favorite pot sculptures. “When I finished him, I called my ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Susan Jenkins will paint or draw on just about any surface she can get her hands on. A self-taught artist since her early elementary school years, Jenkins has been creating colorful depictions on canvases, slates, mailboxes, trays, furniture and many other paintable surfaces. Most recently, Jenkins, a Dunbarton ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR When Donna Edwards discovered the art of stained-glass making, so did her family and friends. “I accidentally stumbled onto it one day when I was watching a craft show on TV and saw this woman doing a mosaic design behind her bathroom sink. I thought to myself, ‘I can do that.’ So I got a book, picked ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR After working in the transportation and warehousing industry for 36 years, Dunbarton resident Diane Terragni decided she was ready for a change. Giving into her creative calling, Terragni retired and began to make jewelry with brightly colored beads. But even that wasn’t enough for her. “I decided I needed a ...