Category Archives: Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

057: Cutting Remarks with Bird

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  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast features Bird: I am from the UK, I was born in Cornwall but now live in Gloucestershire with my Partner of 11 years. My feline crafting companion Lilly loves nothing better than photo and video bombing… …she does love to … Continue reading 057: Cutting Remarks with Bird →

056: From New Orleans

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  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast is a quickie.  You’re getting half-an-hour of chit chat about my trip to California and then some information about why I’m in New Orleans at the moment.  Here’s a hint: You can see more about my California adventures in … Continue reading 056: From New Orleans →

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

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  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 →

053: Our August 2016 Visit to New York City

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  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s episode deals with a host of events from the trip Mom and I recently took to New York City to visit my brother. Links to things we discuss on the podcast: Austin Classes My YouTube Channel YouTube Space Definition of … Continue reading 053: Our August 2016 Visit to New York City →

052: Listener Mail (August 2016)

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I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s episode is all about your questions and thoughts and ideas!  I selected some listener mail for Mom and me to discuss.  Our conversation ranges from copyright to framing to drug terminology. We try to keep things fun and we hope you have … Continue reading 052: Listener Mail (August 2016) →

051: Attitude (Episode #51)

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  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s episode covers a lot of ground.  I titled it “Attitude” because I was trying to think how to capture all the disparate strands of our conversation and in the end I decided that they all boiled down to attitude.  Much … Continue reading 051: Attitude (Episode #51) →

050: Episode #50 (Wow!)

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  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  I can’t believe we made it to episode #50! On the podcast we discuss: HSN airing upcoming classes at Kept Creations in Whitman, MA (Mom is coming along as my assistant!) upcoming classes at A Work of Heart in Sand Jose, … Continue reading 050: Episode #50 (Wow!) →

047: Make It Artsy

art, by bun, crafty chica, dina wakley, janet takahashi, Jenn Mason, joe rotella, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, Kathy Cano-Murillo, laurie mika, make it artsy, mary hettmansperger, mixed media workshop, mou saha, Podcast, polymer clay, rebekah meier, roxanne coble, scanncut, seth apter, spanx, teaching, tv

I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s podcast is mostly about my experiencing filming Make It Artsy last week, and then some philosophical ramblings at the end.  Next week I’ll have a couple of longer blog posts with lots of photos of people and projects.  But in the … Continue reading 047: Make It Artsy →

046: Not Interesting

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  I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  You’ll have to listen to the podcast if you want to know what the title means!   Here are links to some of the things we chat about on the podcast: Jen Hewett on instagram.  Her #printpatternsew adventure.  And the #memademay16 … Continue reading 046: Not Interesting →