Why We &#9829 Art: Reasons 136 & 137

March 26, 2013in ART GALLERYby jasonsittersLeave a comment

136: Art can take an ordinary object and escalate it to inspirational. 137: Art speaks to children and to our inner child. Here are two experiential projects that exemplify both, using a universal favorite – balloons!

Martin Creed invited Chicagoans last fall to immerse themselves in rooms filled with balloons:
http://www2.mcachicago.org/2012/1351/

Christo and Jeanne-Claude built a monumental balloon that can be entered and experience from the inside:
http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/projects/big-air-package

Why We &#9829 Art: Reasons 136 & 137

March 26, 2013in ART GALLERYby jasonsittersLeave a comment

136: Art can take an ordinary object and escalate it to inspirational. 137: Art speaks to children and to our inner child. Here are two experiential projects that exemplify both, using a universal favorite – balloons!

Martin Creed invited Chicagoans last fall to immerse themselves in rooms filled with balloons:
http://www2.mcachicago.org/2012/1351/

Christo and Jeanne-Claude built a monumental balloon that can be entered and experience from the inside:
http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/projects/big-air-package

Art Appreciation: Father-Daughter Portrait Project

March 19, 2013in ART GALLERYby jasonsittersLeave a comment

We adore this father-daughter photography project by a family from Australia. Dad is a self-taught photographer and is sharing his appreciation for art with his daughter. They’ve created an entire collection of portraits like this one, replicating or inspired by great masters like Vermeer and Velasquez.

To see more portraits in this series and learn about what went into this amazing collection, check out his website and blog:

http://www.billgekas.com/p1014938437

Studio Spotlight: Robby, Customer Service/Lyricist

March 5, 2013in STUDIO HQby jasonsittersLeave a comment

You may know Robby as that charming guy that answers our phones, but he’s also a talented lyricist. Here he tells about an exciting collaboration he’s working on with one of our fantastic Artisitter® caregivers and trained actor, Nick:

Tote of Toys!

December 19, 2012in ART OF CHILDCAREby jasonsittersLeave a comment

Our Sitter Studio® totes, filled with art supplies and games, are one of kids’ favorite things about having an artisitter® caregiver come for a sitting appointment. We start the totes off with a few fun supplies, and then each artisitter® customizes them with toys, games and art supplies selected for the season and the child.

One of our artistiter® caregivers recently posted this wonderfully cute picture of the supplies in her tote: String, paper, paint, crayons, a book and the coup de gras: Toilet paper tubes! It looks like she and the kids are going to have a great time.

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