Category Archives: learning

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 →

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 →

051: Attitude (Episode #51)

art, art teacher, artist, attitude, balzer designs, collage, comparison, comparison is the thief of joy, drawing, empty cup, instagram, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, mary delany, Picasso, Podcast, social media, teaching, whatjulieate, YouTube

  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) →