Category Archives: Art as Art

Vancouver, USA Summer Spots (Walk #8)

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Maggie C

At the halfway point of the Visit Vancouver USA challenge (an app designed to encourage participants to get outdoors and explore the area), my eighth walk took me to the banks of the Columbia River and the Waterfront Renaissance Trail. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art as Art, photo challenge, photo essay, Washington | Tagged Columbia River, Ilchee, PPAC, public art, summer, Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Wendy Rose, Women Who Weld | 19 Comments

Words and Paint

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Maggie C

NaPoWriMo, Day 28 The prompt today deals with: “the concept of meta-poems – which are poems about poems! In this video, the poets Al Fireis, Lily Applebaum, Dave Poplar, and Camara Brown discuss Emily Dickinson’s ‘We learned the Whole of Love.’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Art as Art, creativity, daily prompt, poetry | Tagged art, art work, meta-poem, NaPoWriMo 2019, poetry | 12 Comments

Seasons in Glass

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Maggie C

NaPoWriMo, Day 22. The prompt: Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that engages with another art form – it might be about a friend of yours who paints or sculpts, your high school struggles with learning … Continue reading →

Posted in Animalia, Art as Art, creativity, daily prompt, poetry | Tagged birds, creativity, NaPoWriMo 2019, stained glass panel, stained glass selection | 4 Comments

The Green Green Glass of Home

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Maggie C

The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: It IS Easy Being Green!

Posted in Art as Art, Colors of Glass, Photography, weekly photo challenge | Tagged green, Joan Baez song, photography, stained glass, stained glass panel, weekly photo challenge | 5 Comments

Wordless Wednesday 5.18.16

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Maggie C

What’s This? Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. Any guesses?

Posted in Art as Art, creativity | Tagged cee's fun foto challenge, CFFC, creativity, glass, green, photography | 10 Comments

Chiseled Features

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Maggie C

Art comes in many media and creative techniques. These three faces were carved from logs with chain saws, with final touches added by chisel. The first two represent lumberjacks. And the third is none other than Sasquatch (Big Foot) himself. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art as Art, creativity, technique, weekly photo challenge | Tagged Camp 18, lumberjacks, weekly photo challenge, wood carvings | 2 Comments

Trading Places

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Maggie C

Sometimes you’re the artist, and sometimes you’re the canvas. Participatory art? I think so. T is for Tattoo.

Posted in Art as Art, creativity, Design | Tagged artist, atozchallenge, design, tattoo | Leave a comment

A Host of Hostas or a Flock of Ferns?

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Maggie C

You know how it is when you have a thread loose on your shirt sleeve that you can see out of the corner of your eye every time you move your arm? It’s on the sleeve of your dominant hand, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art as Art, humor | Tagged art, atozchallenge, Dale Chihuly, glass art, humor | 4 Comments

Treasure Trove

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Maggie C

We’re up to Day 16 of the Blogging U’s Photo 101 course. The subject today is “treasure.” The instructions given in this lesson tell us that “any object or experience that is deeply meaningful can be a treasure. Items, places, … Continue reading →