Welcome to Artful Weekend -our listing of area art exhibits and events- This weekend: November 2022 Exhibit, IMPRESSIONS AND BIOMES by Nada Romanos Abizaid, The Art of Transformation, and the Holiday Ceramics Sale at the League; Small Treasures at American Painting Fine Art; Annual Fine Art & Fine Craft Holiday Market at […]
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Paper Luminaries – ARTBAR
These paper luminaries began as a project for our December “Solstice” guide. I was so inspired by how they turned out that I ordered a star hole punch and just kept making more! The idea started as a simple cutting and hole punching station for children using construction paper. In […]
Foundations : Open Space
When SFMOMA established its archives in 2006, the museum was lucky enough to have its early records, dating back to its founding in 1935, still intact and ready to be accessed by the research public. Among those records were ones documenting the activities of the Women’s Board, formed in 1934 […]
SDCC 2022 Here We Come!!!
Spoke Art has been to many comic-cons around the country over the years including Seattle, Denver, Salt Lake City, Anaheim, Chicago, and New York City. We are beyond thrilled to announce that for the first time ever we will be heading down to San Diego Comic-Con next week! For our debut, we are bringing exclusives from […]
Gurney Journey: Sarah, a Potter
This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You’ll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums. Contact You can write me at:James GurneyPO Box 693Rhinebeck, […]
Know Like & Trust | Dee Hunt | Episode 876
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Dee Hunt | Episode 876 Dee Hunt is a retired lady in her 60’s who found clay some 20 years ago when she worked in the commercial world. Making pots became Dee’s way of keeping sane! Now those working days are over and […]
Artist or Socialite? | FineArtViews
Throughout the ages, artists have been known to be solitary creatures. They spend hours upon hours, year after year, creating works of imagination, whether through painting, drawing, sculpting, or some other medium of expression. For most of us, we love learning when it comes to our medium of expression, […]
Amsterdam and the Rijksmuseum
While my husband and I were staying in The Hague we took a daytrip up to Amsterdam. It was a beautiful day spent at the famous Rijksmuseum bookended by some beautiful spots we found for lunch and dinner. The Rijksmuseum was closed for about 10 years in the early 2000’s […]
Full to the Brim Children’s Lessons for Lent (Year C) — A Sanctified Art
We’ve created these children’s lessons to be used with our Full to the Brim series for Lent–Easter (Year C) in worship, Sunday School, or at home. Each week of these children’s lessons includes a core affirmation for children to hear and repeat, a paraphrase of the bible story with questions […]
How Do We Help Student Artists With Cognitive Learning Barriers?
Note: This article will use People First Language since we do not know the reader’s preference. You spent time planning an amazing art lesson, taught it passionately, and now you are excited for your students to start making. You look over your classroom and see blank stares and students scrolling […]