Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts

4.14.2013

I'm Back! + Festifools















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Hi everyone!!

My blogging fell off the face of the Earth this past month, but I'm back! Do you ever have those moments where you feel like you have all the time in the world and then the next thing you know you barely have time to breathe? That's what the past few weeks have been like for me since my trip to Chicago. Between work, my math class, and house sitting, I just lost track of time! Not to mention the house I watched did not have wifi so I was able to enjoy being "unplugged" for a while.

As stressed as I had been, I really wish I had made time to keep up with Running on Coffee. This blog has become an outlet for me; when things around me feel like they're out of my control, this little webpage of mine brings me peace and something that I can direct and steer to what I want.

With that being said, I'm going to make it a goal of mine to regularly post despite the craziness that may be happening around me! I won't make any guarantees that I won't slip up, I'm only human after all ;)

These pictures above are from the past weekend. I went back to my Alma Mater for the first time since graduation (Eeek, it's almost been a year since then!) and enjoyed the "Festifools" Parade in Ann Arbor on Sunday. The parade was created by a professor from University of Michigan who taught a general education Art class. The students' final project was to create these larger than life marionette type sculptures that would be shown in a parade in Ann Arbor. The parade is only a few years old, but it has really hit the ground running judging by the number of people who were there! These are the sorts of things that make me love where I live :)

Have a great week everyone! It's good to be back :)
- Meagan

9.30.2012

A Day of Art and Family





Sweater | J.Crew, leather jacket | consignment shop, corduroy pants | American Eagle, boots | I.N.C., purse | Dooney & Bourke, scarf | Forever 21, sunglasses | Urban Outfitters, watch | Fossil, jewelry | J.Crew & gift from friend


This morning my parents and I got up early and hit the road and traveled to the west side of the state for Art Prize. Of course, a day wouldn't begin right in our family without bagels! We found an Einstein Bros. Bagels at one of the exits and loaded up on delicious carbs and coffee. When we visit our cousins in the South, we go to Einstein's every morning for breakfast and I always get their Vanilla Hazelnut coffee. So delicious!

 Once we made it to Grand Rapids, we met up with my sisters and immediately went downtown to check out the art on display. Instead of me explaining each piece, I'll let my photos do the talking :)

Stick horses running through Grand River

Crow made from car tires
Delicious "egg sammy" from a street vendor


 Painting covered in the words from letters of fallen soldiers that never made it back to their loved ones, written in Hebrew. Image on right is what the script is written on, creating this image of mountains...words helping the artist make sense of the dark
Incredible pencil drawing that spanned 36 feet