Midcentury Modern Design Takes Center Stage in ‘Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier’
Learn about ‘Star Trek’: The Original Series became a perfect setting for Midcentury Modern design.
Continue ReadingLearn about ‘Star Trek’: The Original Series became a perfect setting for Midcentury Modern design.
Continue ReadingBeing an artist takes time, patience, and kindness for ourselves. Take some time to Make/Play/Watch/Read and find the artist within.
Continue ReadingIf you’ve ever wanted to learn where artists live and how they organize and decorate their own homes, this book is a delight.
Continue ReadingIn this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie, Scott, and Rebecca review eight books they read during the spookiest month of the year.
Continue ReadingLearn about 25 influential women of the 20th century art and design world in this new book.
Continue ReadingI gathered up some how-to-draw books and had a go at using them. While aimed at kids, they are great for helping adults improve our skills too.
Continue ReadingIn this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie, Robin, Sarah, and Rebecca share the good and the bad of what they’ve been reading recently.
Continue ReadingWhen I attended the MCM Comic Con in Manchester, UK in July, I spent a lot of my day picking up prints, stickers, badges, and other bits and pieces from the many artists exhibiting there. Here are some of my favorite finds.
Continue ReadingTake a step through the many dimensions of Meow Wolf’s permanent immersive installation, and amalgam of creativity, House of Eternal Return.
Continue ReadingStart with mail. Add art education. Geek party to follow.
Continue ReadingThree booths at Emerald City Comicon caught my eye this year, and lucky for everyone, they offer their amazing wares online for customers worldwide.
Continue ReadingRebecca Angel and her teen son attended Arisia, a geeky convention in Boston. Here is her son’s experience in his own words: art, gaming, and an uncomfortable taxi ride.
Continue ReadingDespite being sick and in a walking cast, Rebecca Angel had a great time at Arisia, a fantasy and sci-fi convention in Boston. Here are her top five fun times of the weekend.
Continue ReadingWant to give your young artists something awesome? Let them design their own plush doll with Budsies.
Continue ReadingGeekMom writers recommend a slew of television shows and movies, and one literature/art mashup company!
Continue ReadingWhispering Giants are massive, solemn sculptures. You’ll come upon them unexpectedly—or, if they’re in your neighborhood, you’re probably used to them; they’re part of the local scenery, waiting and watching.
Continue ReadingBob Dylan’s Nobel Prize for Literature matters as a tipping point by granting cultural access to those without privilege.
Continue Reading‘Crafty Cat and the Crafty Camp Crisis’ is the latest graphic novel in a series about a young girl who transforms herself into a crafting genius. Here is a sneak peek at the cover and a few pages too!
Continue ReadingThe Ancient Astronaut Mission Patches are embroidered patches that combine the style of NASA mission patches with the legends of the ancient astronauts.
Continue ReadingRebecca Angel has been attending ConnectiCon, a multi-genre convention, for a decade. As a musical guest, to playing games with her children, it has always been a memorable weekend of fandom and fun.
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