Drawing and de Kooning
(The Phillips, Twentieth-Century, Oil and enamel paint on cardboard, 25 9/16 x 31 7/8 in.; 64.92875 x 80.9625 cm.Acquired 1952; © 2022...
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- Jul 22
- 5 min
One Dinner Party, Five Literary Characters
I recently finished a book called The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle where a woman enters her birthday dinner to find the five people,...
Noelle
- Jul 15
- 4 min
Sometimes You Have to Get a Haircut:Self-care Isn’t Always Fun and That’s Okay
I sat in my car at the red light. Tears welled up in my eyes, and I felt an overwhelming sense of panic and dread. “It’s going to be...
Beccah
- Jul 8
- 3 min
Scorched Earth: A Reckoning for the Aftermath of the Failed Friendship
What do you do when you’ve worked hard to recover a sense of safety in a fragile fragment of your soul, and a friend who worked with you...
Nate Hutchings
- Jul 1
- 3 min
Hiding in Plain Sight: An Introvert on Stage
There are a lot of stereotypes about introverts. Often, when folks hear (or say) the word introvert, they think of someone who is...
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- Jun 24
- 3 min
Reading to Be a Better Writer
You often hear authors say that being a reader is the first step in becoming a good writer and that is one statement I have taken to...
coffeeandcreatives
- Jun 17
- 3 min
The Original Deadly Sin: Guest Blog by Megan Butironi
I confess I was asked to write this post some time ago, and kept making excuses to avoid submitting something. I must have written three...
coffeeandcreatives
- May 26
- 5 min
Inspirations that Echo what these Mountains are All About: Writing the Album Cabin Run
By Matt Borror of the band The Hounded There’s a small creek that runs parallel to route 46 called Cabin Run that connects Keyser, West...
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- Apr 23
- 3 min
Military Vagabond Turned Creator: The Winding Road of my Creative Journey
Every time you meet someone new, one of the first questions they ask is always “Where are you from?” For most, this is a rather easy...
Noelle
- Apr 9
- 3 min
Ready or not….
Ready or not . . . Season 5 of Coffee and Creatives is in production. Can you believe that four seasons of Coffee and Creatives are out...
Noelle
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Celebrating Creativity by African American Artists
As we wrap up African American history month, I've been thinking a lot about different creatives I enjoy. I've been following Jasmine...
coffeeandcreatives
- Feb 18
- 3 min
Experiential Music: Guest Blog by Derek McCauley
My most powerful musical memory is not from a concert, an album, or a song on the radio. It’s sitting next to my grandfather on the piano...
Noelle
- Feb 5
- 3 min
Get inspired by Monet
Claude Monet, born Oscar-Claude Monet, was one of the great French Impressionists. As one of founders of Impressionism, Monet...
coffeeandcreatives
- Jan 28
- 4 min
The Babel Fish in the Machine: Guest Blog by Editor and Russian Translator Courtney Ring
“The Babel fish is small, yellow and leech-like, and probably the oddest thing in the Universe…if you stick a Babel fish in your ear you...
Nate Hutchings
- Jan 14
- 3 min
Three Practices that Have Boosted My Creative Health
We’re a couple of weeks into 2022, which means people everywhere are abandoning New Year’s resolutions left and right. Maybe that’s you...
Beccah
- Dec 31, 2021
- 5 min
Seven Books to Help You Grow in 2022
The celebration of a new year is often fraught with strong opinions on making resolutions, not making resolutions but instead making...
Beccah
- Dec 3, 2021
- 3 min
Hope for the Cynics and the Blind: A study of Dystopian Fiction
Dystopian movies and books are everywhere, and it seems like everybody loves them. If I have a student who doesn’t like to read, my ace...
Nate Hutchings
- Nov 26, 2021
- 3 min
The Only Collaboration Method that Has Ever Worked for Me
Art is often collaborative. Collaboration can be really healthy–it allows us to hold our work loosely, and it’s a great way to avoid...
Noelle
- Nov 19, 2021
- 4 min
5 Tools to Being Successful in Art Shows
Although I am far from being an expert at participating in art shows, I do have some experience in being rejected, getting in, and...
coffeeandcreatives
- Nov 12, 2021
- 5 min
More than Catharsis—Business Moves in Creativity that Won’t Make You Cry
Guest Blog by Jessica Knouse, MBA Creativity in any form has an element of fun, whether you’re a writer, musician, dancer, painter, or...