Two Bee Industries

Over forty artists have collaborated together to create a playable deck of cards based on unique visions and voices.  As a part of my residency project at Half Crown Creative displayed a deck of cards on the wall that visitors to the studio could choose from to add to the project. 

By rearranging our objects their specific usefulness takes on a more reverental meaning giving us an opportunity to reflect on their design beyond just utility. I’’l be inviting participants to rearrange things that might otherwise be only common and necessary holding space to reflect on both our daily work and the relationships that we have with the tools that define us.

Throughout the run of the Articulate Residency project I’ll be adding new hoops with a graffiti inspired text for inspiration as well as refreshing needlepoint supplies.  You are encouraged and invited to pick up needle and thread and add to this project.

The focus of this studio space is to create an environment for myself and others to continue developing artistic practices through group projects, workshops displaying in physical and on-line spaces.

Summer’s here and we are having a blast every Tuesday night in June and August from 6-8 making projects in the RiNo Art Park. Each evening has been a sweet and mellow creative exploration, from making our own stuffed animal monsters from thrift store cast offs to teaching kids how to design tattoos.

Combining on-line classes and in person events, this year’s CRUSH Graffiti festival took deep dives into urban and street art mediums including wheat paste, yarn bombing and vinyl toy painting.

In this virtual “correspondence course of correspondence” we’ll look at ways to embellish letters and envelopes with original art and collage pieces, discuss formats for writing personal letters that make them sincere and whimsical. Along the way you’ll have handouts to print, cut and color, links to great letters through history, resources for crafting stationary and art, recommended books to order from local shops still doing mail order and a host of places to send thank you notes and other letter exchanges.

Though we share a plot, our experience of a game will be unique to each of us, we might not win, we might try to kill off another character, as we play, our stories stand alone enriching the larger narrative arc.

The object of Too Many Chefs is to create a full day of delectable meals from ingredient cards including dessert and midnight snack.  You can expand your own recipes or play off your opponents designing signature dishes for more points. Be the 1st player to reach 100 to win or be voted to head chef by fellow foodies and you win.  Too Many Chefs challenges players to get creative with their ingredients and with luck game play translates back into the kitchen inspiring real life menu and recipe design.