Category Archives: museums

077: On The Road Again

art, home life balance, housewares show, HSN, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, learning, met, modern quilt, MoMA, museum, museums, NYC, Podcast, ptouch embellish, quilt guild, scanncut, schiele, serger, sewing, travel

  It has been more than a month since our last podcast.  My excuse: I’ve been busy.  Most of the events we talk about on the podcast I haven’t yet shared here on the blog (I’ve got a major backlog of photos and stories to share!), so you’ll see a quick teaser photo for now … Continue reading 077: On The Road Again →

066: Matisse in the Studio

art, art exhibit, class, expressionism, matisse, MFA Boston, MoMA, museums, Podcast, student

Today’s podcast features a conversation about the new Matisse in the Studio exhibit at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), along with a painting class I’m currently taking there.  On my blog I have tons of photos from the exhibit and you can find them HERE.  And here’s a photo of my art class at the museum … Continue reading 066: Matisse in the Studio →

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 →

053: Our August 2016 Visit to New York City

austin tx, Boston MFA, bouchra khalili, bruce conner, contemporary art, eating, interesting, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, maps, modern art, MoMA, museum of modern art, museums, nan goldin, NYC, Picasso, Podcast, travel, video, YouTube, youtube space

  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)

art, career, Cloth Paper Scissors, copyright, embroidery, framing, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, listener mail, mom, money, museums, outreach, Podcast, rabbit hole, teaching

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) →

050: Episode #50 (Wow!)

andy warhol, art, artist, blog, blogging, frida kahlo, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, MFA Boston, mistakes, mixed media, MoMA, museum council, museums, Podcast, teaching

  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!) →

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 →