Idea No. 154: Stained Glass meets Tissue Paper
the idea: teach stained glass using plastic laminate, tissue paper, and sharpie This is one of my lessons that I’ve picked up during my time at the MFA. When I first …
Idea No. 153: KeKe the Jester Monkey
the idea: cut a monkey out of cardboard and cover it with rainbow tissue paper One of the things that no one tells you about teaching is that there are often …
Idea No. 152: Print Something
the idea: have a printing press running at the launch for Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something A lot of ideas went into the launch party last Sunday, one of them …
Idea No. 151: Throw Some Yellow On It
the idea: throw some yellow on it Sometimes ideas are big and grand, sometimes they’re sweet and child-like, and sometimes they’re just too the point. For example, what should I do …
Idea No. 150: What’s Your Something?
the idea: continue the May Something project by having an on-going project that asks people to send in a picture of their something A lot of ideas have occurred to …
Idea No. 149: The Panda Bird
the idea: have students create their own mythical creatures by combining two or more animals I was taught how to make this kind of puppet by my friend, Amy Beth. You …
Idea No. 148: The Somerville Salon
the idea: create a meet-up group for the Creatively-Inclined Earlier this year I realized that I went to school for community art and worked in a community art department and neither …
The LAST Something! Amy Beth’s Something
The wonderful Amy Beth is closing this countdown with her miniature greenhouse. Tomorrow, you can buy Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something!
May 31, Eagle’s Something
“This is a friend’s “fountain art” – he has a passion for self-expression and this is in his back yard. Love Aunt G” Gotta love it when someone makes something …
May 31, Emma’s Something
This is the LAST DAY of the countdown! Tomorrow the books will be launched and on Sunday we’ll party to celebrate! I’ve got three incredible somethings to close out May …