Rita creates her work from the land itself – leaves and – the result of a direct relationship and collaboration Read more...
Category / Africa / Americas / Art Classes / Asia / Ceramics / Dance / Fashion / Society / Textiles / Traditions / Travel / United States
-
placemaker’s news: october 2025 – the frog resistance
October’s News, covering the Frog Resistance in Portland, several new blog posts, welcoming Georgianne Holland of Nestle and Soar, and other news.
October 16, 2025 -
Creative Arts Safaris – Benin and Togo
Fiona Wright of Creative Arts Safaris shares highlights from a tour to Benin and Togo! Ceremonies, workshops and experiencing life on the river.
October 13, 2025 -
Fiona Highlights: Kyrgyzstan – A Felt Experience
Fiona Highlights is a series of posts where Fiona shares some of her favorite experiences in the tours she has enjoyed through her travel business, Creative Safaris. This highlight has a tour coming up in April 2026: Kyrgyzstan—a-felt-experience.
August 23, 2025 -
Immigration: The Home Within. Reflections on England, New Zealand and Australia by Debra Dorgan
Debra Dorgan, owner of AllThingsPretty, is a member of our sister site, Artizan Made. Her main focus has been to create garments, accessories, jewelry and home décor items out of upcycled textiles. …
August 7, 2025 -
Immigration: Sanctuary in Tasmania – Rita Summers Art Quilt
Immigration series: Rita Summers shares the journey of how her family ended up in Tasmania, Australia. There is the Dutch Resistance, isolation in Canada and finally, happiness in Tasmania! Rita created an art quilt celebrating the migratory steps.
August 6, 2025 -
Immigration: Icelandic Settlements in Minnesota
Featured image at the top: Donna Biel (nee Gislason) hiking with her Icelandic sweater. My Aunt Olive has spent decades documenting our family tree. She has researched churches, cemeteries, libraries and…
July 30, 2025 -
the creative arts safaris story – uniting cultures through travel
Fiona Wright shares her story of how she started Creative Arts Safaris, a wonderful travel company that focuses on building relationships and experiences around culture, art, food and architecture. www.creative-arts-safaris.com
July 18, 2025 -
about “those” mexicans…..
Reagan granted amnesty to undocumented Mexicans who were living in the States in 1986. Now we are in crisis again, facing horrific kidnappings, deportations and violence against a people who keep our economy stable. I share my experience of working with Mexicans in Chicago.
June 13, 2025 -
A beginning, a middle and an end in Ghana.
By Ellie Schimelman, also known as Aba Obroni Kakraba Director of Cross Cultural Collective in Ghana A beginning, a middle and an end… and you have a story. I’m not…
January 6, 2025
Loading posts...
subscribe to our blog by email
get our news!
member directory
meet a creative!
<<Art is when you here a knocking from your soul – and you aswer.>> (T. Guillemet) As a 21st Century Read more...
One of my greatest joys in life is working with color. I like bright and bold colors. I blend these Read more...
Finding all the colors of the rainbow from natural sources; flowers, leaves, bark, roots, and bugs has been a fascinating Read more...
Hi! I’m Dani, a chemistry professor and glass artist in Cincinnati, Ohio, dreaming up unique and affordable creations in fused Read more...
I am a modern quilt artist. Art quilts are comparable to paintings in fabric to be displayed on a wall Read more...
Jessica Lee Findleton is an expressionist artist based in the idyllic Rogue Valley in Southern Oregon. Known for her mixed Read more...
I am a believer in shared, community art. My work has been in textiles, blacksmithing, and now, without studio or Read more...