Geometric Ornamentation by guest bloggers Truc Truong and Abigail Sales
Ever since the 16th century, carving wood has been a way for many people to express their artistic creativity. One of the ways that...
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Karen Zupanic
- Jun 20
- 2 min
The Mesmerizing Aspects of French Bowood by guest bloggers Truc Truong & Abigail Sales
Bois D’Arc trees are a notorious staple of North American agriculture. Named by the French, these trees have a remarkably unique way to...
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Karen Zupanic
- May 24
- 2 min
Visions of Affordable Artwork by Guest Bloggest, Truc Truong
American history has been filled with many surprising turns, and art is no exception. Every piece of artwork created has reflected an...
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Abigail Sales
- Apr 11
- 2 min
Centuries of Stories in Stained Glass as shared by Abigail Sales, Heard-Craig Blogger
675AD marked the beginnings of an era with truly enhanced apertures. Evidence of this goes all the way back to the Roman Empire where...
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Karen Zupanic
- Sep 1, 2021
- 1 min
A Day Trip to McKinney
A few years ago, the City of McKinney was voted the best place to live in America by Money Magazine. Today, it remains a bustling center...
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Karen Zupanic
- Feb 2, 2021
- 1 min
Virtual Vintage Piano Hour
In 2020, Musician Tony Stride graced the rooms of the Heard-Craig Center, playing 1920s music to celebrate a simpler, less complex time. ...
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Karen Zupanic
- Aug 14, 2020
- 2 min
MIXING THE MALT
Six years ago, before everything in the world turned “virtual”, Paige Dashner Long (an international contrabass flute specialist with the...
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Karen Zupanic
- Aug 4, 2020
- 2 min
The Ships in Kiel
My favorite Mother/Daughter Art Duo is comprised of mom, Monika Kröemer and daughter, Astrid Kröemer, of Kiel, Germany...
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Karen Zupanic
- Jul 30, 2020
- 2 min
Never Too Old to Make a Right Angle Turn
A Google search of career changes boasts that Actor Harrison Ford was a carpenter (building sets for Director George Lucas) before he had...
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Karen Zupanic
- Jul 22, 2020
- 3 min
A Prize Inside
If you grew up with Cracker Jack boxes, you’ll remember that, amidst the popcorn and peanuts, there was always a prize at the bottom of...
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Karen Zupanic
- Jul 18, 2020
- 2 min
Crystals on her Glaze
The Sumerians used crystals in magic formulas. The Chinese used them in medicine. The Egyptians used crystals in jewelry. New Mexico...
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Karen Zupanic
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Legendary Jazz
I am a big fan of Alberta Hunter, a 1920’s Jazz and Blues singer/pianist who sang well into her 90’s. In 1971 she taped an interview for...
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Karen Zupanic
- Jul 2, 2020
- 2 min
Nature and the Renaissance Man
Google defines the term “Renaissance Man” as an intelligent, knowledgeable, artistic person……....a person with many, many talents. Enter...
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Karen Zupanic
- Jun 22, 2020
- 2 min
Electric Erasers & Fabric - - See the World; Savor the Differences
An artist is inspired by so many different things - - by people, landscapes, environment, culture....the choices are infinite. But when...
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Karen Zupanic
- Jun 15, 2020
- 2 min
Sent from my Smith-Corona, circa 1978.
1978 was a great year in my life, so I get a big smile on my face when our museum receives a note from Artist Lynne Weinberger because...
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Karen Zupanic
- Jun 8, 2020
- 2 min
Equissage to Fine Art
The Fairgrounds in Dayton, Ohio provided a 365-day drawing smorgasbord for Artist Helen Bailey (www.helenbaileyart.com). “I lived across...
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Karen Zupanic
- Jun 2, 2020
- 2 min
Chlorides, Saggar, Obvara, and Crackle
The Palos Verdes Art Center in California believes “in the power of art to ignite the imagination and be an agent for change.” So it’s no...
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Karen Zupanic
- May 27, 2020
- 2 min
The Thrill of being Pulled Off the Plate
Printmaking. We all remember it from elementary school.....being given half of a potato, shown how to draw a design on it, carving it...
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Karen Zupanic
- May 21, 2020
- 1 min
Signature Member of the Southwestern Watercolor Society
Being able to study under nationally-renowned artists like Gerald Brommer, Steven Quiller, Jane Jones, Bob Burredge, Mark Mehaffey, and...
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Karen Zupanic
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
A Square Round?
The Six Dowell, The Blueprint, and The Square Round, are three of Artist Don Chesser's favorite custom ornament styles. A wood turner...
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