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Happy 2025! My last post about printing my hopeful Kamala prints has been staring at me every time I come back here. I am going to have to create 7…

Hello printmaking friends! I’m back with another DIY stamping idea for you. I’ve been on a pattern-making kick since I started Collage Club in May. Each month, I am making…

I recently discovered my old-school potholder looms when I was reorganizing all my art supplies and materials in the basement. (Well, my daughter did the organizing since she could “not…

Do you have a collection of discarded paintings and drawings somewhere that you are wondering what to do with? I often cut them up to make collage material, but another…

[[IMG:1]] This week, for art class, I tried something new. Our neighbor cut down some branches and left them on our property. They’d been there a while, actually. We kept…

Recently I was inspired by the last module in our Material Matters course which is all about printmaking! My partner Shannon and I spent this past year over on The…

It’s been a while since I’ve written about my open-studio library events. This mixed-media process art weaving invitation that I set out for a multi-age group was more prep than…

Hello! It’s been a while. I have been working so much on The Creativity Project that it’s been hard to find the time to write over here on Art Bar.…

We experienced another successful community art table! This time, I set out leaves with fabric scraps, tempera paint, glue, and colored construction paper. I had a prompt at the table,…

The idea for these homemade upcycled crayons came from a search I was doing for my newsletter. I was trying to find some fresh sources — blogs that I didn’t…