Category Archives: classes

084: 2018 in Review

art, artist, classes, creative mistakes, creativity, Failure, home life balance, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, online classes, Podcast, quilting, sewing, teaching

  Today’s podcast is the first of several posts, looking back at the year that has been.  Goodbye, 2018.  You were a good year.  Some of the things referenced in the podcast include: Quilt-a-Month Project Sewing Clothes Crow Barn #100DaysofArtTweets 4×4 Abstracts Online Classes On the podcast we discuss “failed” or abandoned projects, choosing priorities, … Continue reading 084: 2018 in Review →

082: Team Teaching with Nathalie Kalbach

art, artist, classes, collage, creativity, experimentation, Germany, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, mixed media, mixed media circus, Nathalie Kalbach, online classes, painting, Podcast, teaching, travel

Today’s podcast is about team teaching and features a conversation with Nathalie Kalbach.  Nathalie is a self-taught mixed media artist. She was born in Germany and lived most of her adult life in Hamburg before moving to the United States in September 2013. She now lives in Jersey City, NJ. “For the last decade I … Continue reading 082: Team Teaching with Nathalie Kalbach →

078: In a Learning Phase

art, classes, creativity, dyeing, fabric arts, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, paper piecing, Podcast, quilting, surface design, teaching, thread painting

  I am taking classes like a crazy person!  Well, like a person who really wants to learn stuff.  A lot of stuff.  As mentioned on the podcast, I’ve learned about Paper Piecing: Thread Painting: And most recently, about printing on fabric with dye in “Glorious Prints” (blog posts about it coming next week): As … Continue reading 078: In a Learning Phase →

065: Tales from the Road & New Adventures Ahead

balzer designs, classes, convention, critique, housewares show, HSN, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, mixed media, modern quilts, online classes, Podcast, quilters connection, quilting, scanncut

  Today’s podcast features a conversation about my recent travels, teaching, and some new adventures. Here are some photos from the surface design class I taught: And here is Carol Anne Grotrian talking to us about how to critique quilts. The two quilts in the photo are both hers — two variations on the same idea, one more … Continue reading 065: Tales from the Road & New Adventures Ahead →

063: Julie Loves Learning

artist, balance, classes, Failure, harvard art museums, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, lecture, MFA Boston, museums, paper marbling, papercrafting, Podcast, quilting, timna tarr, winslow homer

I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features a conversation about learning in general and four particular learning experiences — the marbling class I shared in yesterday’s blog post, a lecture on Winslow Homer’s Summer Night (see a bit in this vlog), the connoisseurship dinner at the Museum of … Continue reading 063: Julie Loves Learning →

062: After Creativation

art, blogiversary, cha, classes, craft, creativation, creativity, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, MFA Boston, MoMA, papercrafting, Podcast, stamp carving, teaching, trade show

  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features chatter about new classes, interrupting, the word interesting, the MFA Boston, the Blogiversary, and our visit to Creativation (formerly CHA).  I thought I’d include some photos from Creativation as a companion to the podcast.  Enjoy! I am planning to … Continue reading 062: After Creativation →

058: Quilt Festival 2016 in Pieces

art quilts, brother, classes, convention, creativity, International Quilt Festival, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, patience, Podcast, quilt, quilt festival, scanncut, sewing, travel, working

We recorded the first two sections of this three-part podcast while I was at Quilt Festival.  If you listen, you’ll get a bit more of an in-depth perspective on being at the show. And now, just a few of the quilt photos (lots more on the blog this week and next): Thanks for stopping by!

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055: William Merritt Chase & the Creative Process

art, classes, creative process, halloween, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, MFA Boston, museum, museum council, Podcast, travel, william merritt chase

I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  I start today’s podcast by saying there’s a lot to say and absolutely nothing.  Both are true. I’m actually very excited by the formalization of the creative process that we discuss on the podcast. And here are some links that might be … Continue reading 055: William Merritt Chase & the Creative Process →

054: Chatting with Suzanne Sicuranza

art snacks, assistant, classes, concerned owl, czt, framing, handwriting, inktober, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, massachusetts, michaels, mixed media, Podcast, suzanne sicuranza, teaching, vlog, YouTube, zentangle

  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  We have a guest on today’s podcast!  Our guest is Suzanne Sicuranza. Suzanne was born and raised in Massachusetts. She has worked in scientific fields for almost 20 years.  She also worked at Michaels for 2 years — as a custom … Continue reading 054: Chatting with Suzanne Sicuranza →