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Art and Wine

by netGALAXY Studios | Oct 25, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View

Painting Drunk Cate and I recently went incognito to a bottle and brush event to research how the “pros” get “cons” like us to produce really crappy art while drunk. This was part of our research into our presenting really cool painting parties...

Charleston ARTBEAT Coming Soon

by netGALAXY Studios | Oct 17, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Theatre Related, World View

South Carolina ART BEAT Is Coming to ETV in 2016! ARTBEAT ran for two seasons on WTVS-PBS in Detroit from 2003-2005 and was a forerunner to the fast paced guerrilla style, personality driven TV experiences now common on the Food Channel and others. ARTBEAT is shot...

Arts in the Schools – A Secret Plot to Connect the Arts to Academic Success

by netGALAXY Studios | Oct 4, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View

A Secret Plot, Using the Arts to Bring Test Scores Up. As artist in residence in North Charleston I taught kids and their teachers how to draw. It was a simple mission. People who believed that they were not talented achieved success and there were a lot of...

50 Reasons Why Your Kid (YOU!) Should Learn to Draw and Paint

by netGALAXY Studios | Oct 4, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View

50 Reasons Why YOU Should (and still can) Learn to Draw and Paint My big message in school presentations (and wherever someone is listening) has always been: visual literacy is possible and available to everyone, no talent or golden ticket required. And yet,...

Painting with ADHD

by netGALAXY Studios | Oct 3, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View

“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” — Thomas Edison Embracing Your “Limitations” Some of the best artists I know live in a world of chaos called ADHD. They love to play in the mud of ambiguity. I’m not sure if...

Awakening Marsh Demo

by netGALAXY Studios | Sep 25, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, World View

Awakening Marsh – Demonstration Sometimes a demo is just what the students (and teacher) needs to get the juices flowing. Awakening Marsh was a demo for students from a photo I’ve been eying for a while. I don’t often take on sun rises but...

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