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Be the Artist: Who Are the Movie Matte Painters?

September 8, 2024September 7, 2024Lisa Tate

For this final Be the Artist of the season, we’ll create scene in celebration into the world building of cinema’s matte shot artists.

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Be the Artist: Who Made… Michael and Jason’s Masks?

August 25, 2024August 24, 2024Lisa Tate

Two of the most famous slasher movie villains started out with found object masks. Let’s find something for a new villain to wear.

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Be the Artist: Who Made… The First K-Pop Light Stick?

August 11, 2024August 10, 2024Lisa Tate

If you were to draw a picture of any random K-Pop lover, they would transcend many ages, backgrounds, and lifestyles… but they are likely to be holding a light stick.

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Be the Artist: Who Designed the Small World Clock?

July 26, 2024July 25, 2024Lisa Tate

Rolly Crump had a way of bringing nonliving objects, like clocks, to life. Celebrate his humor with your own weird museum piece.

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Be the Artist: How Old Are Gargoyles?

July 14, 2024July 13, 2024Lisa Tate

Gargoyles and grotesques have been around for centuries, but you can make your own creature to watch over your room in this easy project.

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Be the Artist: Who Made… The Bean?

June 30, 2024June 29, 2024Lisa Tate

Create a work of physical vs. non-physical inspired by the celebrated artist behind Chicago’s ‘Cloud Gate,’ also known as “The Bean.”

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Be the Artist: Who Made… The Rolling Stones’ Lips Logo

June 16, 2024June 15, 2024Lisa Tate

The Rolling Stones’ generation-defining lips logo is one of the most recognizable images in rock history. Let’s create one for a new band.

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Be the Artist: Who Made… The Haunted Mansion Wallpaper?

June 2, 2024July 23, 2024Lisa Tate

That eerie wallpaper in Haunted Mansion attractions is famous, and it came from the minds of imagineers, including one you might not know.

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Be the Artist for 2024 Is Coming and Asks “Who Made That?”

May 26, 2024May 25, 2024Lisa Tate

Summer fun is coming with 2024’s Be the Artist series, where we look at some works of creativity you might know well, even if you don’t know the artists behind them.

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Be the Artist: The Beauty of Tattoo Art

July 23, 2023July 22, 2023Lisa Tate

Tattoo art is as varied as the people who wear and design them. Explore your favorite tattoo art styles in this easy art vase project.

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Be the Artist: Painting Artist Hilights (or Remarques)

July 10, 2023July 9, 2023Lisa Tate

Does adding highlights, doodles and remarques to prints make it original art? Well, it certainly gives a print a more personal touch.

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Be the Artist: Plastic Canvas Goes Abstract

June 25, 2023June 24, 2023Lisa Tate

Plastic canvas became a favorite of ’70s yarn crafters. Here’s a way to give this practical craft an artsy abstract edge.

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Be the Artist: the Swanky Black Velvet Painting

June 12, 2023June 11, 2023Lisa Tate

GeekMom Lisa takes us into the world of the kitchy, yet mesmerizing, velvet art that was popular in the 70s and 80s.

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Be the Artist 2023 Asks the Question, “But Is It Art?”

May 27, 2023May 26, 2023Lisa Tate

This summer’s Be the Artist series is coming soon with some well-known types of art and answers the question, “Yeah, but.. is it art?”

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The Saga Continues: ‘Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars’ by Sam Maggs

April 18, 2023April 17, 2023Sophie Brown

‘Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars’ by Sam Maggs is set in the years between Fallen Order & Survivor & catches us up with the Stinger Mantis crew.

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Between the Bookends: 3 Books We Read in Dec 22 – Jan 23

February 1, 2023January 31, 2023Sophie Brown

The first Between the Bookends of 2023 is a month late but I hope you find something to enjoy in this eclectic mix for the new year.

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Between the Bookends: 6 Books We Read in November 2022

December 1, 2022November 30, 2022Sophie Brown

Can you believe it’s time for the final Between the Bookends of 2022? We wish you a happy holiday season filled with reading time.

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The Saga Continues: ‘Convergence’ by Zoraida Cordova

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022Sophie Brown

‘Convergence’ by Zoraida Cordova kicks off Phase Two of the Star Wars High Republic and is set generations before the events of Phase One.

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Between the Bookends: 4 Books We Read in October 2022

November 1, 2022October 31, 2022Sophie Brown

In this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie and Scott read a wide mix of books from fantasy to contemporary, romance to non-fiction.

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Between the Bookends: 4 Books We Read in Aug/Sept 2022

October 1, 2022September 30, 2022Sophie Brown

This month’s Between the Bookends is a double column and also (unintentionally) entirely filled with middle-grade reads.

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