One North Dakota stay-at-home mom used art to combat her anxiety and depression. A.J. Bauers has loved art her whole life, whether it be through playing music, writing or painting.

GRAND FORKS — In connection with its “Women at War” exhibition, the North Dakota Museum of Art is hosting a gallery talk Thursday, Feb. 27, and a film screening event Friday, Feb. 28.

When reading this poem aloud during a gallery talk on Thursday, Feb. 27, at the North Dakota Museum of Art, Monika Fabijanska, curator for “Women at War,” paused before the last line.