Category Archives: online classes

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 →

082: Team Teaching with Nathalie Kalbach

art, artist, classes, collage, creativity, experimentation, Germany, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, mixed media, mixed media circus, Nathalie Kalbach, online classes, painting, Podcast, teaching, travel

Today’s podcast is about team teaching and features a conversation with Nathalie Kalbach.  Nathalie is a self-taught mixed media artist. She was born in Germany and lived most of her adult life in Hamburg before moving to the United States in September 2013. She now lives in Jersey City, NJ. “For the last decade I … Continue reading 082: Team Teaching with Nathalie Kalbach →

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 →

039: Jodi Ohl Paints

art studio, Cloth Paper Scissors, gallery, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, moving, online classes, painting, Podcast, studio, writing a book

I’m delighted to bring you another episode of the Adventures in Arting Podcast!  Today’s guest is Jodi Ohl. Jodi Ohl is a self-taught mixed media artist, originally from Dunkirk, NY, who now resides in Aberdeen, NC. Having recently left her day job to pursue her artistic career full time, she is has built a body … Continue reading 039: Jodi Ohl Paints →