You know, there are so many reasons & ways to celebrate strong women on this International Women’s Day… We could talk about women leaders through history, strong women who are doing great things today and ways that we women could continue becoming stronger leaders. However, since I’m still marinating in the buzz over last night’s [...]
Filed under: Art, Design, Events, Inspiration, Pop Culture, TV, Trends on March 8th, 2010 | No Comments »
You may recall the recent “Tea at Two” event hosted by the infamous Eddie Ross & Artaissance’s parent company, Larson-Juhl. What you may not have known was that Larson-Juhl & Artaissance also partnered with Eddie to host a very memorable “blogger dinner” a few evenings before the tea/art and framing workshop. That dinner was such [...]
Filed under: Blogs, Events, Pop Culture, Style, Trends on January 20th, 2010 | Comments Off
Uber popular celebrity blogger, interior designer & lifestyle guru, Eddie Ross will be in Atlanta this weekend & has teamed up with Artaissance & Larson-Juhl to present Tea at Two: An Art & Framing Workshop.
Taking place at Larson-Juhl’s home base, Eddie will wow guests with a fun, informative presentation that takes the guesswork out of [...]
Filed under: Arrangements, Art, Artaissance, Ask An Expert, Blogs, Design, Events, Framing, How To, Inspiration, Installations, Interiors, Interview, Pop Culture, Style, Trends on January 7th, 2010 | No Comments »
I was first introduced to Brian Patrick Flynn, lead on-air designer for TBS’ “Movie & A Makeover” and maverick behind the brand new {and totally awesome!} magazine-style Decor Demon blog, when doing a rare hand-delivery to the TBS’ studios for a project we were working on with popular home decor guru, Elizabeth Mayhew. I was [...]
Filed under: Art, Artaissance, Artists, Blogs, Design, Inspiration, Interiors, Interview, Pop Culture, Style, TV on January 4th, 2010 | No Comments »
If you’re like me, one of the first signals that the holiday season has truly begun is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I remember sitting dangerously close to the TV screen, eyes glued to the floats, balloons and performers all coming together to make something magical.
This year, Macy’s will unveil several new character balloons including [...]
Filed under: Art, Design, Events, Holiday, Pop Culture, TV on November 24th, 2009 | No Comments »
According to a recent MSNBC story, a team of archivists has been hired for $600,000 from the Andy Warhol foundation (plus a number of other smaller grants), to rifle through the pop artist’s “boxes”, which were used as his method of organization. Apparently, Warhol used to horde everyday items in his home until rooms became [...]
Filed under: Pop Culture on August 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
You’ve probably seen beautiful cappuccino/latte foam designs showcased by talented baristas - or maybe you’ve followed the “Ultimate Barista Competition.” But, have you ever seen a portrait artist work in foam?
Barista/portrait artist, Michael Keen, owns Studio 6 Coffee, in Denver, CO where he dishes out these mini-masterpieces, regularly, at no extra charge; gotta love that! The Today Show [...]
Filed under: Art, Artists, Inspiration, Interview, Pop Culture, TV on June 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The first of it’s kind. Ever. London’s National Gallery now has an iPhone app, called Love Art, that allows the user to scroll, instead of stroll, through over 250 of the Gallery’s most famous works. Not only to view, but…and this is the best part…there is a narration of each piece, describing the artist’s intention, technique and/or [...]
Filed under: Art, Artists, Masters, Pop Culture on June 12th, 2009 | No Comments »
Graffitti…storytelling…painting…graphic design…photography…and the art of being a model…all rolled into something incredible.
On the cover of the July issue of Esquire, a small-town girl from Israel, Bar Refaeli, becomes a live canvas. Getting inked by a “short-story-body-application-professional” (what career path does one have to take to earn this title?) is all in a day’s work for her. To promote [...]
Filed under: Art, Photography, Pop Culture, Publications on June 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
My wife introduced me to this incredible website Free Rice. It is a site funded by the sponsors of the United Nations World Food Program. The site has a series of questions that test your knowledge in a specific area. Every time you answer one right you send 10 grains of rice to ease world hunger. [...]
Filed under: Art, Masters, Pop Culture on May 27th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
