Idea No. 11: Smoking Kid
What would happen if a kid asked you for a light? The Thai Health Promotion Foundation answered that question. They created an ad where two children approached adults who were …
Idea No. 10: The Cardboard Bicycle
The internet directed me to an incredible new video this morning. An Israeli man named Izhar Gafni decided to make a cardboard bicycle. Because of his interest in bicycles, which …
Idea No. 9: How to hang a knitted canvas
I don’t always think things through when I first start them. Scratch that. When it comes to art, I rarely think things through when I first start them. In life …
Idea No. 8: Applying to Shows
During my first year in Boston, I didn’t spend nearly as much time as I liked doing art. Now, that’s changed. Since the summer I’ve been spending at least a …
Idea No. 7: A Rainbow Turkey
The amount of turkey themed arts activities that happen in November is slightly disgusting. I saw this as an art instructor who does her best to come up with ideas …
Idea No. 6: A Fictional Autobiography
So I had an idea. What if I wrote about my life, but happening to someone else? The character’s name was Naomi Odette Knox and I wrote about 20,000 words …
Idea No. 5: Doodle Drawing
I was never good at doodling. Not in the way that artists were supposed to be anyway. I had friends in college who could sit down and draw the person …
Idea No. 4: Posing for Figure Drawing
Early this Spring, I taught a figure drawing class to a group of eight to ten year olds out in Chelsea. It was a small group, but we had a …
Idea No. 3: Hand Gesso
Today I finished my newest knitted canvas, the one where I decided to leave the needles in. It was soft, large yarn and trying to get gesso on that was …
Idea No. 2: Don’t Cast Off
What if I kept my knitting on the knitting needles for my next canvas? This idea needs a little context. As a painter and a knitter, I had an idea …