Category Archives: Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

070: Summer Projects

art, Cloth Paper Scissors, curds and co, fancy food show, Jenn Mason, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, mixed media, MoMA, NYC, Podcast, scanncut, YouTube, youtube space

Today’s podcast is all about The 100 Day Project, classes I’m teaching, and visiting NYC (Fancy Food Show, YouTube Space, MoMA and getting my hair cut).  Mom picked out the photos and links to go with this week’s podcast. A preview of my visit to MoMA (more photos on the blog next week): Haircut before and … Continue reading 070: Summer Projects →

067: Still Younger Than Mom ;)

art, art journal, art show, artist, balzer designs, Boston ICA, class, creativity, ica, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, MFA Boston, Podcast, teaching

Today’s podcast features a conversation about the Nari Ward opening at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Art in Bloom at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), my prize winning painting, and more!  I will be sharing some long blog posts with lots of photos of the ICA Opening and the Art in Bloom stuff in … Continue reading 067: Still Younger Than Mom 😉 →

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 →

064: A Visit to NYC

balzer designs, craft, food, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, macbeth, MoMA, new york, NYC, papercraft clubhouse, play, Podcast, road trip, sleep no more, teaching, theatre, YouTube, youtube space

  Today’s podcast features a conversation about my recent visit to NYC — a visit that included two stops at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), a day at YouTube Space… …the play Sleep No More, and a stop to teach three classes at Papercraft Clubhouse in Connecticut on the way home!  I’ll be sharing lots of photos from … Continue reading 064: A Visit to NYC →

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 →

061: Headed to CHA’s Creativation Show

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, MFA Boston, Podcast

I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features chatter about CHA’s upcoming Creativation Show, my recent visits to HSN and the MFA Boston, and more!  I will share lots of photos from all of those things in February.  In the meantime, here’s a recent snap of me and Mom: … Continue reading 061: Headed to CHA’s Creativation Show →

060: Carve December 2016

balzer designs, blogging, carve december, carve stamp play, challenge, creative jumpstart, daily art, instagram, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, Podcast, quilt guild, quilting, stamp carving, tessellations, working artist

  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features chatter about Carve December and the Blogiversary.  Here are the links I promised: My Missing Quilt: LINK The Creative JumpStart Visual Interview (you can still sign up HERE): And all of the #CarveDecember goodness that I promised: Nicole Maki: CarveDecember … Continue reading 060: Carve December 2016 →

059: Lou Ann & the Gelli Plate

art, art business, business, career path, creative world, creativity, gelatin printing, Gelli, Gelli Arts, gelli plate, Germany, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, monoprinting, paper world, Podcast, teaching

  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features Lou Ann Gleason: Lou Ann is CEO and co-founder of a growing company, Gelli Arts LLC.  Gelli manufactures a unique gel printing plate that is used by teachers and artists.  Gelli started with her partner’s great idea.  Clever manufacturing, … Continue reading 059: Lou Ann & the Gelli Plate →

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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