Linked Out
09/20/2022 Whenever the subject comes up, I tell people that I have never used social media. Technically, that assertion is not 100-percent true. Back…
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Group Hug
9/20/2022 Seemingly overnight, a profusion of independent stores that sell secondhand art-and-craft supplies have cropped up across the nation. They report growing success. With…
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Artful Behavior
9/20/2022 Over Labor Day Weekend, 65,000 pop-culture fans attended Dragon Con in Atlanta, billed as “the largest convention focused on science fiction & fantasy,…
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Blowin’ in the Wind
07/11/2022 There’s been a lot going on in the news lately. Europe has been torn apart by its largest land war since 1945. The…
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Artful Behavior
07/11/2022 by Tina Manzer photos by Amy Colburn Mesmerizing Marbling If you’re like me, you never get tired of watching master marblers practice their…
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Collecting Art is A Thing Right Now
07/11/2022 by Tina Manzer Actually, investing in art is more the point according to, well, everyone. “Diversifying your investments isn’t just about wisely weighting…
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Cardboard Robot
07/11/2022 by Miranda Bigham This “store for makers” is the antidote to half-baked ideas, unfinished to-do lists and “someday” hobbies. It challenges shoppers to…
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Both Sides Now
If I call myself an optimist, people who know me will laugh. Friends and family think of me as someone whose outlook is generally…
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In Orlando: The Best of Both Worlds
03/04/2022 by Michael Nocella When the International Art Materials Trade Association (NAMTA) and the Association for Creative Industries (AFCI) merged under NAMTA in November…
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A Light Bulb Moment
03/04/2022 by Tina Manzer German industrial designer and engineer Curt Fischer invented some of the earliest examples of task lighting in 1919. One hundred…
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