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    CraftSanity Episode 223: A conversation with Diana Weymar, creator of the Tiny Pricks Project public art project featuring hundreds of vintage linens embroidered with Trump quotes

    by jennifer July 21, 2019
    by jennifer July 21, 2019

    When Donald Trump called himself “a very stable genius” in January of 2018, many of found his comment a bit stunning in ways…

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    CraftSanity Episode 222: Learn how to graduate from art school with zero debt and other handmade business savvy things from Dayna Walton, owner of Solstice Handmade

    by jennifer April 14, 2019
    by jennifer April 14, 2019

    Making a living as a professional artist can be tricky with the cost of art school on the rise and lucrative art jobs…

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    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 208: Fiber Artist Gloria Kirk-Hanna talks about love, loss and the art we make to get through

    by jennifer October 5, 2017
    by jennifer October 5, 2017

    On this episode of the podcast Gloria Kirk-Hanna takes us behind the scenes of her 2017 ArtPrize entry “Fragments of Old Bones; New…

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    CraftSanity Episode 207: Talking sineaters, freaks, womanhood and making bold political statements with ArtPrize 2017 illustrator, Patricia Constantine

    by jennifer October 3, 2017
    by jennifer October 3, 2017

    By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood Educated women with opinions have always made some folks a little uncomfortable. And when you throw older, educated women with…

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    CraftSanity Episode 204: A conversation with ArtPrize artist and self-taught abstract painter, Mary-Catheryn Baker

    by jennifer September 23, 2017
    by jennifer September 23, 2017

    Mary-Catheryn Baker took her time picking up a paintbrush, but now that bold brush strokes are part of her daily practice there’s little…

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    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 197: The Daily Don artist shares daily take on President Trump

    by jennifer April 29, 2017
    by jennifer April 29, 2017

    Today is Donald Trump’s 100th day in office and this is not a dream. One of my secret weapons to cope with this…

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  • ArtArtPrizeLocal EventsMobile artNatureOn ExhibitPaper craftingPapier-machePublic ArtVideos

    Traverse City artist Andrew Rockwood makes a splash on the Day 1 of ArtPrize 8 with his Trout Bike entry

    by jennifer September 22, 2016
    by jennifer September 22, 2016

    By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood About a half hour after Artprize 2016 kicked off Wednesday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, there were sightings downtown of a…

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    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 189 — The case of the phantom penis: Artist Kathy Nida responds to having quilt removed from AQS show in Grand Rapids

    by jennifer August 21, 2016
    by jennifer August 21, 2016

    Kathy Nida is no stranger to quilt controversy. She unapologetically includes nudity in her quilts and once attracted a local news crew in Hampton,…

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    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 180: Love Stamp 2016 creator Yulia Brodskaya

    by jennifer February 14, 2016
    by jennifer February 14, 2016

    On this episode we meet Yulia Brodskaya, the artist who designed the 2016 Love stamp for the U.S. Postal Service. This Russian born illustrator…

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    CraftSanity Episode 179: Lisa Congdon talks about blooming late as an artist, dealing with haters and thriving after 40

    by jennifer December 31, 2015
    by jennifer December 31, 2015

    I can think of no better way to wrap up another  year of podcasting than to bring you an interview with Lisa Congdon,…

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  • ArtFontsPodcasts_featured

    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 177: Valerie McKeehan discusses her handmade business and new book, ‘The Complete Book of Chalk Lettering: Create & Develop Your Own Style.’

    by jennifer December 22, 2015
    by jennifer December 22, 2015

    On this episode of the podcast, artist and author Valerie McKeehan tells the story behind the 2012 launch of her Lily & Val hand-lettered…

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    CraftSanity Podcast 167: Self-taught artist Erin Paisley discusses homemade mayonnaise, the compulsion to create and motherhood

    by jennifer August 7, 2015
    by jennifer August 7, 2015

    This episode of the podcast was rather spontaneously recorded after I recovered from my second foot surgery and returned from the first-ever 10-day vacation that…

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    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 163: A conversation with Erin Beckloff, co-director of ‘Pressing On: The Letterpress Film’

    by jennifer May 12, 2015
    by jennifer May 12, 2015

    With any art form there is a level of mastery that develops slowly over time after many hours, days, months and years of…

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  • ArtDocumentaryFavorite ThingsGratitudeInspirationLife ListLocal EventsphotographyVideos

    ‘Live Your Best Life’ Project = The Best Semester Ever

    by jennifer April 24, 2015
    by jennifer April 24, 2015

    By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood I’ve been absent from this space for a couple weeks and I need to explain why. At the end of…

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    CraftSanity Podcast 148: A chat with artist and book lover, Lisa Occhipinti

    by jennifer November 24, 2014
    by jennifer November 24, 2014

    Lisa Occhipinti loves books of the printed variety. She reads them, collects them and creates art inspired by them. In her new book,…

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  • CraftSanity Episode 224: A conversation with Dano Wall, creator of the popular stamp used by thousands to get Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill

    June 19, 2020
  • CraftSanity Episode 223: A conversation with Diana Weymar, creator of the Tiny Pricks Project public art project featuring hundreds of vintage linens embroidered with Trump quotes

    July 21, 2019
  • CraftSanity Episode 222: Learn how to graduate from art school with zero debt and other handmade business savvy things from Dayna Walton, owner of Solstice Handmade

    April 14, 2019

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