madcollage

This Sunday, August 1st will be International Friendship Day, and I am not sure how I feel about it. There is a glaring lack of research...

This is the story of how I made it through the worst of the pandemic with the help of a tiny pair of scissors....

Yesterday I walked to the end of my driveway and saw the first new buds on my mauve lilacs. Seeing them come back to life made me happy....

A truly grim anniversary just happened. It’s been a year since I started isolating in my home due to Covid 19. Yes, a whole year. It’s a...

I have to confess that I did not have high hopes for this holiday season of 2020. In a year that resembled a flaming turd, wrapped in a...

As part of my latest workshop I created a gratitude board that I will be using as a reminder of what I learned this year. It will also...

There are so many questions around collecting artwork. What do you picture (no pun intended) when you think of an art collector? Most...

For some of us, this has been the most devastating of years. Families have lost loved ones and, in some cases, their livelihood too....

There have been few films that left such an indelible mark in the American collective psyche like The Wizard of Oz. It inevitably appears...

All creative interests have the same driving force behind them: a vital need to make sense of the world around us. Through writing,...

A few weeks ago, I had just taught my first journaling class. I was excited to start working on journals with a lovely group of students...

Artists are funny creatures. They dwell willingly in the gossamer space between imagination and truth. It is a vague zone where ideas,...

“The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway”— Michael Pollan Inspiration, joy and wonder all live within...

Creating an inspiring working space: follow your heart and edit mercilessly! We have all been there: a cluttered table with not enough...

On Sundays, the city was our oyster. We loved weekends because my Dad would be home, and he oversaw all things fun. We would go to the...

Tell us a bit about yourself, your background and your work I was born in Madrid, Spain. My father was a writer who worked in radio,...

My work has its origins in my formative years in Spain. The very name of my company is a nod to my old stomping grounds. MAD is short for...

A show organized by Inclusive Arts of Vermont, ANEW celebrates achievements of artists who overcome all types of health challenges. Folks...

Growing up in the clean, crisp landscapes of Castilla, Castelo became fascinated with the natural world. In these parts, the air is cold...

The actual technique of stamping from woodblocks was used to print textiles before it was applied to paper. It was known in Japan since...