Our final Art Bites session of this series is this Saturday.Please join us for Embroidery: Tips and Tricks for Getting Started with Meghan Cochrane Rowswellon April 23 at 2:00 EST/11:00 PST Please register here: https://forms.gle/KX4wSCZDP7HV3aM58We will email you a Zoom link before the session begins Materials for the session:Embroidery Hoop (optional)Plain Woven Fabric (large enough for hoop) …
Every New Year in lieu of resolutions, I choose a word of intention to use as a theme. In 2020 I chose the word vision. I’ve dreamt for a long time of starting my own art business and quitting my “real job,” but the time never seemed right. Frankly, I was also stymied by fear …
I am an ARTIST! I DANCE! I CREATE! No more excuses, no more hiding. Anna Librada Teaching & Performing Artist and Producer is going public. I founded and produce the Hudson Valley Flamenco Festival. I perform. I teach workshops. I organize events where we make paella over an open fire and then feast while watching …
Flamenco for Everyone with Anna Georgesof theHudson Valley Flamenco Festival May 16 @ 2:00 EST/1:00 CST/ 12:00 MST/11:00 PST Register here: https://forms.gle/zJdTVBr4escQKzPV7 What to expect: An introduction to flamenco por fiesta. Materials: Preferably a hard floor and enough space to move around a bit. Hard soled shoes, character shoes, but barefoot and/or sneakers are fine …
In the first of MilspoFAN’s Art Bite series, try out art journaling with EB Hawks from Artful Pursuits. Learn what art journaling is, the benefits of art journaling, warm-up, and complete an art journal page. No experience needed! Still need to register? Sign up here: https://forms.gle/sDNKHiDMaCcLstpe8 We will email you a Zoom link before the …
MilspoFAN has a Very Special Announcement! With studios, galleries, theatres, and other arts venues closed, we are excited to announce: MilspoFAN Art Bites, a series of virtual art sessions (of all disciplines) led by MilspoFAN members for MilspoFAN members. These sessions are presented free of charge thanks to our fantastic volunteers and generous members. To …
Like many of us, Army spouse and painter Melissa Hedges is finding her new normal in a time with closed galleries. She not letting the restricted access to showings stop her from creating, though. Melissa is setting goals and keeping positive. MilspoFAN: Tell us a little about your background and your life so far. Melissa: …
I can’t believe it’s already been a year. it never ceases to amaze me how much can change and what seems like the blink of an eye. Just last month it was no big deal to go to the movies or shopping at the mall or getting to go and teach my kids at school …
“There is something that you are born to do. You can feel it. Maybe you forgot what it was because of where life has taken you, but it’s there…” I wrote those words two years ago. Feeling stuck on where to begin my ‘what-have-I’ve-been-up-to’ post, I found myself going back to when I was last …
Well, a lot has happened since MilspoFAN interviewed me two years ago. I’ve had two new books come out: American Samizdat (Diode, 2019), a collection of poetry about our current political moment, and throughsmoke (New Rivers Press, 2019), a book-length essay about how I came to fall in love with perfume. I also have another …