Category Archives: Failure

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 →

081: Listener Mail

art, artist, balance, balzer designs, being a student, creative mistakes, creativity, Failure, home life balance, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, listener mail, Podcast, teaching

  Mom and I are doing our best to get back into the podcast swing of things.  We’ve been podcasting since 2012 (6 YEARS!!!) but we’re not great about frequency.  This will be just our sixth podcast in 2018.  (Note to self: put podcast in calendar as a “to do.”)  All of that said, today’s … Continue reading 081: Listener Mail →

080: Artistic Fear

art, artist, career path, creative mistakes, Failure, failure is okay, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, Podcast, teaching

  Mom and I are discussing artistic fear on today’s podcast.  What is it?  Why is it?  And how can you overcome it? From the podcast: The instagram post that started it all. The quote from Hugh Laurie. The Martha Graham/Agnes de Mille conversation. Some resources for you: 4 Painting Fears and How to Overcome … Continue reading 080: Artistic Fear →

079: Time & Perspective

art, artist, balzer designs, career path, creating every day, creative mistakes, creativity, crow barn, Failure, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, mixed media, nancy crow, paris, Podcast, quilting, teaching, travel

  For the first time in podcast history, Mom and I are in the same room to record this episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  I wonder if there’s any difference in how the podcast feels?  You’ll have to let me know! As mentioned on the podcast, I’ve got a bunch of teaching gigs … Continue reading 079: Time & Perspective →

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 →

040: At the Museum With a Friend

art, Birgit Koopsen, Failure, friends, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, MFA Boston, MoMA, museums, Nathalie Kalbach, Picasso, Podcast, VerMeer

  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s topic is going to the museum with a friend and how that changes the experience.  For this podcast Mom and I invited our friend, Nathalie Kalbach to join us!  Here’s a photo I took of her at MoMA in the Picasso … Continue reading 040: At the Museum With a Friend →