Love Sucks: A Mixed Media Anti-Valentine Making Class
February 1, 2018
Filed under DO IT YOURSELF, Handmade Philly Events, Local Events
Tags: art class, art workshop, germantown, handmade, handmade philly, mixed media, Philly, texphilly, tulpehocken exchange, Valentine's Day
Are you heartbroken, a heartbreaker, or a cynic? Kirsten Ashley’s next class is for you! Celebrate V-day at Love Sucks: A Mixed Media Anti-Valentine Making Class. February 3rd at Tulpehocken Exchange. #mixedmedia #mixedmediaclass #tulpehockenexchange #valentinesday #lovesucks #Germantown
RSVP: info@texphilly.com
$20/ per person, sliding scale available.
Ages 12+
Saturday, February 3, 12 – 2 pm.
FB Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/517463251960702/
Address: Tulpehocken Exchange is located at 47 East High Street, in the 47Arts building. Entrance is on the Right side of the building, 2nd door. Security box: type 00002 for admittance.
Kelly Kozma: Mixed Media Class at Paradigm Gallery
June 6, 2015
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Tags: Art, art class, Events, free, kelly kozma, Local Events, mixed media, paradigm gallery, philly events
Kelly Kozma’s mixed media show is currently on exhibit at Paradigm Gallery, located at 746 S. 4th Street, right down on Fabric Row. We are excited to check out the show but equally excited about the class Kelly is going to be leading!
FREE SUNDAY ART CLASS
Mixed Media Techniques with Kelly Kozma
Sunday June 7, 2015 • 12pm, 2pm, 4pm*
Make sure to reserve your spot on Ticketleap:
http://paradigm-gallery.ticketleap.com/mixed-media-techniques-with-kelly-kozma/details
All supplies will be provided for you at the gallery. Sessions will start on the hour at 12:00pm, 2:00pm, and 4:00pm. Check out more of Kelly’s work and get some inspiration here: http://www.kellykozma.com/
All works made in this free art class will be exhibited in our annual Community Arts Project Exhibition this winter and will be sold for $20 each. 100% of funds will support future free art class programming.
Philly Etsy Team Gift Swap
December 14, 2008
Filed under Handmade Philly Events
Tags: handmade, jewelry, mixed media, painting, papercraft, Philly Etsy Team, sewing, swap
So I just got back from a Philly Etsy team gift swap. I got tons of great goodies and met some new folks! In attendance: the creators of Gigglepotamus, Gray Overcast, Sqrl & Bee, Nana Chic, Tremundo, Vermillion Frog and Flying Fox (that’s me). Some of our friends were there too. Traci of Tremundo was awesome enough to put this event together, and hosted too. Thanks everyone!
Jen McCleary Interview
April 16, 2008
Filed under Interviews, Member Spotlight
Tags: Design, graphic design, interview, jen mccleary, jewelry, mixed media, photography
[Interview by Kara of Urban Cheek]
I’m 30 years old, and have lived in the Philadelphia area my whole life. I currently live in the Mt. Airy section of town with my boyfriend, two chinchillas and a parakeet. I went to Tyler School of Art for painting and printmaking, then also did a continuing education certificate program in graphic design at University of the Arts. I’m currently in an interdisciplinary Master of Liberal Arts program at UPenn where I’m studying the intersections of art and other aspects of culture. My thesis project will be on the connections between the art of Joseph Cornell and sixteenth-century cabinets of curiosity. I also work fulltime at UPenn as a graphic designer, and do freelance design work as well.
I play violin- not terribly well since I’ve only been playing for three years. It’s very challenging, in a good way. I love music, and it’s been rewarding to see my own progress from starting out making terrible screeching sounds to something that sounds like actual music. I also love cooking- I think it is similar to making art in a lot of ways- combining different elements to form a harmonious whole.
I have always loved making things- drawing, painting, whatever. It’s just a part of who I am and I can’t imagine not doing something creative.


What handmade possession do you most cherish?
A leather purse my grandfather made for me. My sister has one too. He died last year and this purse really reminds me of him. I remember going to the store with him and my sister, and picking out which kit we wanted. The pieces were pre-cut, but he did all this beautiful stampwork on it and sewed the pieces together. Mine has a cat and flowers, and my sister’s has a horse. He gave us little scraps of leather and let us play with the stamping tools which was a lot of fun.
Name your top five books, movies, songs/musical groups, and web sites
(besides Etsy).
I love things that make me go “wow, I wish I could do that!” Books that make me want to write, music I wish I was skilled enough to make. Even though I can’t make exactly those things, I think they inspire my art process somehow.
- Movies– I love the stop-motion animation of the Brothers Quay. Beautiful, bizarre and wonderful. Lots of old and rusty things.
- Music– I seem to be really into dreamy layered instrumental music lately. Stuff that’s good to listen to while making art- interesting but not too distracting. My current favorite band is Destroy All Dreamers, from Montreal. I also like Godspeed You Black Emperor and Mogwai a lot.
- Books– Hmm, all I’ve been reading recently is Japanese history and stuff about Buddhist art, for school. I recently re-read the entire Harry Potter series, just for something easy and fun to counteract all the academic reading. I like a lot of Margaret Atwood’s writing. She has a wonderful way of describing things. I also like Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy.
What do you like most about selling on Etsy?
I love being part of a (virtual) community of people who love to make things, and a (real) community of local sellers too! I think the internet is doing so much to revolutionize the way people make, sell, and view art. I love being able to sell my work directly to people from all over the country. I’ve even made a few sales to people from other countries. I also love buying things from other Etsy sellers- I think it’s important to support my fellow artists.
Word of mouth is always good. I always have business cards available at any shows that I sell at. The big thing I want to work on is increasing my online presence- I have a Trunkt portfolio, I’m on a bunch of social networking sites (Indiepublic, Facebook, StumbleUpon), I recently started a blog…It’s a lot to keep up with.
Still making art. Anything else is extra. A lot of people who go to art school give up after few years because they can’t figure out how to support themselves at it. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to support myself entirely with my art, but I don’t ever want to stop making things because of that.