Art – Fake Flamenco

Pull up a Seat #6

Where are 1-5? See the link below for XingfuMama below. Eagle and I were at the library earlier in the week. I saw this art installation on the main floor, or make that the wall… When is a chair not a chair? ¡Olé! –Rebecca Pull Up a Seat Challenge by XingfuMama.

Art, Immigration, Mexico, Spanish Culture and Language, The Americas

Choose Duct Tape Prom Winners

For 20 years, Duck Tape has awarded scholarships to winners who make the best prom clothes out of duct tape. Ingenious idea, great marketing, and spectacular results. Ten finalists were announced today for the 2021 competition; 5 in the prom dress category and 5 in the tux category. The outfits are fantastic. One student from […]

photography

Chalk Art at a New Level

People-watching is fleeting on deserted Madison streets during our first four weeks of sheltering at home. Two days ago I saw one person per block as I walked, my face covered in a scarf. Near Tenney Park, a man got in his car. On the sidewalk in front of his house I saw high-brow Mondrian-esque […]

bilingual, Spanish Culture and Language

Bilingual Fun with Window Crayons

Four years ago we bought Crayola window crayons to decorate with before our Día de los Muertos party. After the fiesta, I got thinking we could make art with them year round. We began a tradition of seasonal window decorations in our kitchen. Each change of season our child and I combine forces to produce […]

blogging, The Americas

Art on the Street, Madison Style

Madison majors in a funky, artsy atmosphere. We don’t have our hearts on our sleeves, our personalities are revealed in the paint of our exterior walls. I’ve admired the photographs of street art on; Travel with Intent, Equinoxio and My Quest Blog. Look below, a Madison splash of color and surprising sculptures await you. […]