I.I.T.A.P.A.O.T.L.A.A. Ceremony In honor of the Oscars and other awards ceremonies I thought it would be fun to make my own awards ceremony. I thought instead of best picture or best director I would make up my own categories. I am calling it the I.I.T.A.P.A.O.T.L.A.A. – Imagination Insurance The Art Project Awards of the Life […]
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Martin Luther King
Happy Birthday Dr. Martin Luther King! Thank you Martian Luther King Jr. for sharing your dreams and having the courage to imagine a better future. SPEAK YOUR DREAMS
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Write a Story: A Cyclops loses his love, an Urban Logger from Oxnard.
Write a story today here’s a plotline and some character ideas. Living life on the edge, the main character James Dramas, a proud cyclops from Albuquerque, was as confused as a skinned mongoose trimming a Christmas tree. James loses what’s dearest to him when he becomes Head of Creative Architect at Constangy, Birdwalk & Smood. […]
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Happy Halloween
HAPPY HALLOWEEN from all of us at Imagination Insurance the Art Project! RELATED I love coffee by Robert Schmolze on September 12, 2021 Happy Labor Day by Robert Schmolze on September 6, 2021 Happy National… by Robert Schmolze on September 2, 2021 BE KIND UNWIND by Robert Schmolze on September 1, 2021 BACK TO SCHOOL [...] Continue Reading -
Letters from Santa
What would Santa Say? Download Santa’s Stationary and write a naughty or nice note to a friend or loved one.
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Oil Painting Tips and Tricks by Winsor & Newton
Oil Painting Hints and Tips Canvas Stretched cotton canvas has been the most common support for oils since the 17th century. The weave of the cloth combined with the spring of the stretched material are the features which maintain its popularity. Canvas board Canvas boards have traditionally been used for sketching outdoors. Boards take up […]
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How to Form Your Advisory Board
Sharing is Caring When I was much younger I was asked to be apart of a “Counsel of Elders”. It was a great honor and completely unexpected. Being so young myself I felt I did not have much to contribute to this younger man’s wisdom. But it did several things for me. It put me […]
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Ways to Make Networking Work
Make no mistake. Networking is a great way to meet a lot of business professionals at one time. Networking events allow people to put a face and personality to your business. But like everything, there is a right way and a wrong way. If your networking persona is amiss you risk wasting your time and […]
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Paul Bunyan Pancake Club
Logo Design by Robert Schmolze SHOP HOME GOODS AND APPERAL Add to Wishlist Friend Time Logo Black Portrait Water Bottle Add to Wishlist Imagination Insurance the Art Project Paul Bunyan Pancake Club Series | Water Bottle Add to Wishlist Imagination Insurance the Art Project Paul Bunyan Pancake Club Series Baseball ¾ Sleeve T-Shirt Add to [...] Continue Reading -
Happy International Museum Day
Today, May 18, is International Museum Day, an annual occasion first designated by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) in 1977 to honor the important role that museums play in societal development. As ICOM notes, “The museum is an institution that preserves and communicates the past, yet it is grounded in the present. In its very essence, […]
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Karl Hugo Schmölz
After previous photographers apprenticeship with his father Hugo Schmölz in Cologne he led after his death in 1938, continued the photo workshop. In 1956 he married the photographer Walde Huth and founded the studio with this “schmölz + huth”. Through intensive collaboration with his father, the commissioned work could be continued without interruption after 1938. After military service Karl Hugo Schmölz documented the […]
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Before Bauhaus there was Bauhaus
THE BAUHAUS MANIFESTO Walter Gropius, “Bauhaus Manifesto and Program” (1919) The ultimate aim of all visual arts is the complete building! To embellish buildings was once the noblest function of the fine arts; they were the indispensable components of great architecture. Today the arts exist in isolation, from which they can be rescued only […]
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Happy Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead or Día de Muertos is a holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South regions, and by people of Mexican ancestry living in other places, especially the United States. It is acknowledged internationally in many other cultures. The multi-day holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends… The multi-day holiday focuses on […]
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Illustrations
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Happy Mural Day Los Angeles
Councilmembers Huizar, Gil Cedillo, and Mike Bonin, along with LA’s City Council declared October 12th MURAL DAY IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. Thank you to all muralists, art-advocates, city officials, and the community at large that helped lift the 2002 mural moratorium and gave back our muralists their Freedom of Expression. United, all of us, will continue […]
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