Signs & Portents

via Joshua Barton: how to make a zine!

How to make a zine Abe and Dad explain how to make an 8-page zine out of a single piece of paper. We made a zine about conservation. We talk about how to fold it, cut it and pl...

Financial Relief Resources for Artists During COVID-19 A compiled list of emergency resources for artists to find financial support during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Women Weavers of the Bauhaus Have Inspired Generations of Textile Artists Anni Albers, Gunta Stölzl, and Marli Ehrman pioneered weaving as a fine art and mentored textile artists from Sheila Hicks to Lenore Tawney.

Artists as Hoarders As an artist, you're bound to collect stuff. After all, how can you create art without lots of paint, paper, canvas, clay, stone, metal, fabric, thread, and yarn? But how much stuff? Has your textile...

Friends, the time has come for Signs & Portents, at least in its current form, to close. Due to some water leakage and other facility issues, we've made the decision to shutter our art studio. Thank you for making it such a good community space! Just because the space is gone doesn't mean the community is: we look forward to seeing all of you and all of your creative endeavors in the future!

(also, if someone has a delivery truck or large van we could use in the evening today or tomorrow, all that's left to move out is some of our larger fixtures. Please comment below if you can help with that, we'll follow up with a PM!)

Oooooooh! Amazing work from sculptor Ivan Iler installed in Lansing.

A fun concept:

US Decides Guantánamo Prisoners Do Not Own the Art They Create Critics say the change in policy further dehumanizes prisoners who have been at the center of international controversy since the Guantánamo facility was opened.

MSU Broad Receives $1 M. Grant for Expansion The museum is planning to open a space across the street from its Zaha Hadid–designed home.

Detroit's Holding House!

Andrea Eckert: Making Art Accessible for Detroit Neighborhoods Creating a new space that works with existing nonprofits and hosts activities and educational opportunities for anyone interested in art making in Detroit.

13 REASONS WHY ORIGINAL ART IN THE HOME IS AS IMPORTANT AS A BED Having original art in the home is vital to your well being. Art is a key piece of furniture for many reasons and yet it is sometimes put on the back burner in comparison to other home objects. This...

Now You Can Download 2,500 Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Library of Congress The Library of Congress’s expansive digitization efforts makes more art available to a larger public.