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Be the Artist: The Macabre Magic of Tim Burton

June 19, 2022June 18, 2022Lisa Tate

Tim Burton has created darkly unique worlds for 40 years. This family project will build worlds and characters on simple paper napkins.

Be the Artist: The Giant “Small World” of Mary Blair

June 5, 2022June 4, 2022Lisa Tate

Mary Blair was a driving force behind the famous Disney attraction “It’s A Small World.” Here’s a project to add her look to your own world.

Be the Artist: the Mind’s Eye of Automatism and Allover Painting

September 13, 2021September 12, 2021Lisa Tate

Let your mind open up to create some surreal and imaginative creations with Allover painting and Automic Drawing

Be the Artist: The Vibrant World of the Fauvists

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021Lisa Tate

A pair of artists first created their “wild beasts” in the early 1900s. Try this fauvism inspired DIY to make familiar heroes even wilder.

Be the Artist: Making Nostalgic Memories with Ephemera

June 21, 2021June 20, 2021Lisa Tate

Ephemera is something created to be temporary. Use some of the these old paper items to create some memories from a another universe.

Be the Artist: Storytelling With Storyboards

September 6, 2020September 5, 2020Lisa Tate2

Storyboards are important for driving the look of a script or story. Try creating one to help bring a book or story to the “big screen.”

Be the Artist: Art of the Album Cover

August 30, 2020August 29, 2020Lisa Tate

Since the early years of vinyl, a good album cover design could define a band, music genre, or era. Now use them to define the soundtrack of a book.

Be the Artist: The Art of the Road Sign

August 16, 2020August 15, 2020Lisa Tate

Road signs may be practical, but there is a design element behind them. Take these to fictional worlds with an easy cardboard project.

Be the Artist: The Movie Poster Designs of Saul Bass

August 2, 2020Lisa Tate

Saul Bass used minimalism and simple designs to help tell a story. Use his style to tell a story from your own everyday life.

Be the Artist: Election Year Political Buttons

July 20, 2020Lisa Tate

Political buttons have been a part of every election year since the mid-1800s and before. Take this design concept to another world.

Be the Artist: War Time Propaganda Posters

July 6, 2020July 5, 2020Lisa Tate

Propaganda art has been part of many battles from all over the world throughout history. Design a couple for a famous fictional war.

Be the Artist: Storytelling with Rorschach Inspired Inkblots

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020Lisa Tate

Hermann Rorschach loved art and people’s perception of it long before he got into medicine. What stories do your own “inkblot” designs reveal?

Be the Artist: Messages and Meanings in Quilts

June 7, 2020June 6, 2020Lisa Tate

Quilts are parts of family, activism, memories, and celebration. This quilt-style collage project lets how to tell these visual stories.

Time for Be the Artist 2020: Art With a Purpose

May 31, 2020May 30, 2020Lisa Tate1

All art has a purpose. This summer’s Be the Artist looks at works of art created for specific reasons.

Be the Artist: Art Today! Sketch Cards and Art Sharing

August 27, 2019August 26, 2019Lisa Tate

As another summer Be the Artist series closes, we finish are time traveling with some favorite art trends of today!

Be the Artist: Patrick Nagel and the Look of the 80s

August 12, 2019August 11, 2019Lisa Tate2

The art deco pop culture style of artist Patrick Nagel was everywhere in the 1980s. Here’s a project taking his look to the 1880s!

Be the Artist: Peter Max and His Cosmic Art

July 29, 2019July 28, 2019Lisa Tate

Time travel back to the end of the 1960s with a project inspired by the comsic art style works of Peter Max.

Be the Artist: Beautiful Tesserae Mosaics of the Ages

June 30, 2019June 29, 2019Lisa Tate

Mosaic art has been found for centuries from many cultures throughout the world. Try a fun, geeky twist using 8-bit images.

Be the Artist: Parietal Art From the Stone Age

June 16, 2019June 14, 2019Lisa Tate

The 2019 time-traveling Be the Artist series begins with some of the earliest form of visual storytelling, cave art.

Be the Artist 2019 Ready to Travel Through Time…and Art

June 6, 2019June 5, 2019Lisa Tate

The summer Be the Artist series begins next week with some looks at some art styles in method through the centuries and beyond.