{"id":269889,"date":"2023-03-06T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=269889"},"modified":"2023-03-07T09:03:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T15:03:47","slug":"keith-norman-named-unison-bank-artist-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=269889","title":{"rendered":"Keith Norman Named Unison Bank Artist of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Jamestown, ND, <\/strong><strong>March 2, 2023<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>\u2014 Unison Bank announced that Keith Norman is the organization\u2019s Artist of the Month for March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each month, Unison Bank features local artists, photographers, quilters and creators, and their products or services. Since 2013, they have featured 100 artisans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norman, originally from Monango, N.D., now resides in the Jamestown area capturing one-of-a-kind images through the lens of his camera while also taking his readers to places they haven\u2019t seen or ventured to through the creative writing in his books. Norman has displayed a variety of photographs throughout the lobby of Unison Bank in Jamestown, N.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPhotography, for me, is an opportunity to observe and enjoy the things around me while capturing that moment for myself and potential viewers,\u201d said Norman. \u201cWalking in a field or park is more enjoyable with a camera for me because it gives me a purpose and helps me slow down and enjoy my surroundings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norman started photography while enrolled at Valley City State University in Valley City, N.D. He viewed it as an expansion of his primary creative expression method of writing. Using both photography and writing, he can take the reader or viewer to a place and time they have not seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn every community, there is hidden talent,\u201d said Unison Bank President &amp; CEO, Kelly Rachel. \u201cWe\u2019re honored to be able to provide a platform that helps showcase the creativity that these artists have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the Unison Bank Artist of the Month program, please contact Unison Bank\u2019s Marketing Manager, Ally Knudtson, at (701) 952-5701.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown, ND, March 2, 2023 \u2014 Unison Bank announced that Keith Norman is the organization\u2019s Artist of the Month for March 2023. Each month, Unison Bank features local artists, photographers, quilters and creators, and their products or services. Since 2013, they have featured 100 artisans. Norman, originally from Monango, N.D., [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":269890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csicelebrations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=269889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269891,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269889\/revisions\/269891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/269890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=269889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=269889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=269889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}