https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/contact daily 0.75 2020-04-28 https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/about daily 1.0 2022-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1586883439599-BJPVFX8WQ01ERUOU5DSH/IMG_1136.jpg Contact - Make it at home. Extra Ordinary is a website geared towards art education. Art making is often healing and is more accessible than one might think. Extra Ordinary is here to help you keep your creative juices flowing by offering a range of DIY art projects that reveal beauty in everyday life and make the ordinary extraordinary. https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/about-1 daily 0.75 2022-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1588100672177-L5D6E7395B9R2U8AL6MH/IMG_E1593.JPG About - “Art has the role in education of helping children become like themselves instead of more like everyone else.” Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1588100631864-B4COB1Q0NWNP0Q1YF7C3/IMG_E1590.JPG About - Olivia Originally from Massachusetts, I moved to Philadelphia shortly after graduating from Skidmore College where I earned a BA in Art History and Media and Film Studies. I am passionate about art, art education, and making art and art spaces safe and accessible to all. In Philly, I work at an k-8 School as an Associate Teacher. I very much enjoy working with kids and learning from their pure, unfiltered creativity! Inspired by the kiddos I work with, as well as my background in art history and teaching experience, this website offers DIY projects that push fellow creators to see the ordinary as extraordinary. Image Description: Olivia co-teaching a pop-up work shop at the beautiful Kith + Kin in Philadelphia. https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work daily 0.75 2022-05-17 https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/specialists-mz4rk monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1586541477070-42HWMXHV5SV2GUXXEAVW/IMG_0993.jpg Create - Hanging Mobile https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/studio-vega-gxrz5 monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1586541147637-Z94T6SIC8XUHY92ZAC4Z/IMG_1014.jpg Create - Decorate a Walking Stick https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/5past-watches-dy8bd monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1586452474277-FO60WHL2WICTHO1REB9K/Screen+Shot+2020-04-09+at+1.10.39+PM.png Create - Photography Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1586452518224-EQ37FF4G34YA07UMFQEU/Screen+Shot+2020-04-09+at+1.10.04+PM.png Create - Photography Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1586452518983-KX7HTRRZFDC9GMZZ52OL/Screen+Shot+2020-04-09+at+1.10.17+PM.png Create - Photography Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1586452517616-GUBI00FYD8ODXOB5LRBY/Screen+Shot+2020-04-09+at+1.10.27+PM.png Create - Photography Series https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/3d-collage monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1586539738383-GIG2GY03IFP66C90OA5W/IMG_1001.jpg Create - 3D Collage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1586539925152-WRCCXDR1T5XGSJ1T9TI1/IMG_1002.jpg Create - 3D Collage https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/sackett-woodworking-p8nbl monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1586540882324-R60R53VMJ5SZI511EDGX/IMG_1007.jpg Create - Sensory Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1586540944505-VAESEVWK0ALCW626TXOW/IMG_1008.jpg Create - Sensory Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1586541007238-1JJSL6CM3ZG2B5BZFFG1/IMG_1011.jpg Create - Sensory Journal https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/crosby-nursery-tfawd monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1586540541522-59I5J51M0JDJXGMEMVB5/IMG_0988%2B2.jpg Create - Cardboard Challenge https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/new-portfolio-item monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1587649267552-R44ZQFI333XOJ96CLOHJ/Screen+Shot+2020-04-23+at+9.39.43+AM.png Create - Hanging Mandala Four Mandalas of Chakrasamvara from the Vajravali Cycle Artist/maker unknown, Tibetan Date: 15th century Medium: Colors on cloth Dimensions: Image: 32 1/2 x 29 inches (82.6 x 73.7 cm) Mount: 37 5/8 x 31 inches (95.6 x 78.7 cm) Credit Line: Stella Kramrisch Collection, 1994 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1587649534903-I1ZKU5OHXJBF4ZH4WZ8M/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-04-23%2Bat%2B9.36.21%2BAM.jpg Create - Hanging Mandala Blossom Polly Apfelbaum Powerpuff, D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY. 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1587650703172-CLV4A7BMV0BN1FTKTWDN/IMG_1432.jpg Create - Hanging Mandala https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/build-a-community monthly 0.5 2020-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1588778140033-2UKAKZOG8DEATBVJSG1F/Screen+Shot+2020-05-06+at+11.15.03+AM.png Create - Build a Community “April Pool” by Tatsuya Tanaka Featured in MINIATURE LIFE EXHIBITION in Fukushima until May 10, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1588778294942-AP1OJSTI8WK8U1U7YHC9/IMG_1896.JPG Create - Build a Community My creation! Tip to have your collage materials to stand up (like my biker): Pinch and fold the bottom section and then tape or glue down that folded area onto your base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1588778369133-KP0QBD3Q4JWKG2GW593Q/IMG_1899.JPG Create - Build a Community Side view of my creation. As you can see I took my marker and added in some final touches! https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/create-a-field-guide monthly 0.5 2020-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1590521254039-EL5WN60OHKWB9XNODPV0/Screen+Shot+2020-05-26+at+3.26.45+PM.png Create - Watercolor Field Guide Spencer Finch Maine Landscape (Atlantic Ocean from Isle au Haut, low tide) afternoon effect, 2017 watercolor and pencil on paper 41 3/8 x 29 3/4 in.; 105 x 75.6 cm This work captures the colors Finch observed in a Maine landscape and Atlantic Ocean beyond. For each part of the landscape, Finch made a color swatch and an annotation as a record of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1590521301754-NAKPSKG975QGHTY6IFFS/Screen+Shot+2020-05-26+at+3.27.01+PM.png Create - Watercolor Field Guide Spencer Finch Yellowstone Hike (Clear Lake Trail), 2018 Pantone swatches and pencil on paper 41 3/8 x 29 5/8 in.; 105 x 75.2 cm A record of the colors seen on the Clear Lake trail in Yellowstone National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1590531105093-MX7CX13520Y363KD002P/IMG_E2664.jpg Create - Watercolor Field Guide My Watercolor Field Guide of my backyard at 6:00pm, May 26th, 2020 https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/create-your-own-bouquet monthly 0.5 2020-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1594311849408-N4NKANK1LGNZ791F4UDY/Screen+Shot+2020-07-09+at+11.31.28+AM.png Create - Collage your own Bouquet Garden Urn with Delphinium, Altamira Oriole and Pitcher Plants (2019), Unique botanical collage using linocut, relief printing, digital printing, colored pencil, Sumi ink, watercolor and gouache, hand cut and assembled on collaged Japanese papers over painted cotton rag, 50" x 55" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1594311886346-VD0HFMM5VD2007COA2HR/Screen+Shot+2020-07-09+at+11.30.10+AM.png Create - Collage your own Bouquet Korean Vase with Hyacinth Beans, Cotton and Chrysanthemum (2016), Unique botanical collage using lithography, linocut, relief printing, digital printing, colored pencil, Sumi ink, watercolor and gouache, silver and bronze leaf, hand cut and assembled on a collage of Japanese papers over painted cotton rag, 50" x 38" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1594319303061-TVKRT6FN5YA4LCRHZV3J/fullsizeoutput_4d68.jpeg Create - Collage your own Bouquet Image description: My piece of cardboard with my drawn on vase and holes for my “flowers”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1594319522001-DWA9RLRH9AMXQB2U2U4E/IMG_3966.jpg Create - Collage your own Bouquet Image description: My found material bouquet! My found materials included, newspaper, tissue paper, pipe cleaners, yellow crimped paper, a marker cap and construction paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1594319704561-7ZMTJ503J3G2RKLLIAOP/IMG_3969.jpg Create - Collage your own Bouquet Image description: My found-flower bouquet! https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/mail-art monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1597093974565-LUC42YF27E20BE9IWO3E/Screen+Shot+2020-08-10+at+4.09.54+PM.png Create - Mail Art Artist: Sol LeWitt (Hartford, CT, Sep 9, 1928 - Apr 8, 2007, New York, NY) Title: Fifteen Postcards Date: 1976 Dimensions: 26 1/2 in. x 13 3/4 in. (67.31 cm x 34.93 cm) Medium: Fifteen postcards with color inks mounted on board Credit Line: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, Gift of Lucy Lippard (AA 1954), Addison Art Drive, 1991.80 Image Credit: © 2014 The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Reproduction, including downloading of Sol LeWitt works is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express written permission of Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1597792679269-1C081B8G5EO4DHFYMMJS/Screen+Shot+2020-08-18+at+7.16.52+PM.png Create - Mail Art Ray Johnson’s Mail Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1597776442174-PMIC7O2XMNW6561HKJBZ/IMG_E5044.jpg Create - Mail Art Here are my cut out collage pieces and my piece of cardboard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1597776549574-OX6TX7ISCB2SLEPL24H4/IMG_5053%2B2.jpg Create - Mail Art My mail art! Below is the marker I used to add my final touches after glueing down all my collage pieces. https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/weaving-on-paper monthly 0.5 2020-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1603213047940-4PNN2VM7UIGSQF2A0IMB/IMG_6696.jpg Create - Weaving on Paper 5x5in piece of paper . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1603212778695-PTMR1SHK7FIJS6H67XUU/IMG_6701.jpg Create - Weaving on Paper My piece of paper after I cut my slits into it (leaving an inch at the bottom so I don’t cut all the way through). . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1603212881098-TH67LEYKSFBFCT1588HO/IMG_6704.jpg Create - Weaving on Paper My first row going over/under . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1603212964625-NOB6S0TAG6H0HAG638Z9/IMG_6707.jpg Create - Weaving on Paper My final product! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1603211673809-UEZ5JRW6Q1T80ZW51VIO/Screen+Shot+2020-10-20+at+12.33.55+PM.png Create - Weaving on Paper Anni Albers Red and Blue Layers, 1954 cotton 241⁄4 × 143⁄4 in. (61.6 × 37.8 cm) 1998.12.1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1603211738524-L2PPFVCRRKD0S6JBC52E/Screen+Shot+2020-10-20+at+12.35.18+PM.png Create - Weaving on Paper Anni Albers Under Way, 1963 cotton, linen, wool 291⁄8 × 241⁄8 in. (73.8 × 61.3 cm) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/origami-tulips monthly 0.5 2021-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1613155068159-2DDAA3P4ET69V483FJO9/Screen+Shot+2021-02-12+at+1.36.22+PM.png Create - Origami Tulips My final product! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1613150226960-03PCOSB2M55JYGN1XX49/Screen+Shot+2021-02-12+at+12.11.13+PM.png Create - Origami Tulips Sipho Mabona sitting with a life-size elephant (3 meters high) he crated out of one piece of paper. Click here for more on this piece. https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/mothers-day-craft monthly 0.5 2021-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1620571933913-LRO6SQIMCLQ8ZFDI9Y1P/Screen+Shot+2021-05-09+at+10.37.24+AM.png Create - Mothers Day Craft Materials: Old calendar, glue stick, scissors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1620571996553-3K5F8Y1R08THJ1PICDQO/Screen+Shot+2021-05-09+at+10.37.08+AM.png Create - Mothers Day Craft My final creation! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1620572252020-P4386U88FLRMRPMI303T/Screen+Shot+2021-05-09+at+10.51.39+AM.png Create - Mothers Day Craft Jim Hodges in Collaboration with the Fabric Workshop in Philadelphia, Every Touch, 1995. Silk flowers and thread. 192 x 192 inches. Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photo credit: Will Brown. https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/eric-carle-imagery monthly 0.5 2021-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1624991161484-BCYV700KKZZR03VDHUTP/Screen+Shot+2021-06-29+at+2.22.15+PM.png Create - Eric Carle Imagery Image Description: Cover of Eric Carle’s book “The Very Lonely Firefly”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1624991094822-DZQLQU4VWIQVMKCF94C7/Screen+Shot+2021-06-29+at+2.20.33+PM.png Create - Eric Carle Imagery Image Description: Cover of Eric Carle’s book “Mister Seahorse”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1624991008575-060K6Z0C8Y0VT32TOQAT/Screen+Shot+2021-06-29+at+2.19.16+PM.png Create - Eric Carle Imagery Image Description: Cover of Eric Carle’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1624997446867-4B7B1513QHNNWIB3QJAC/Screen+Shot+2021-06-29+at+4.08.17+PM.png Create - Eric Carle Imagery Image description: Picture of my final product! https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/shadow-art monthly 0.5 2021-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1629919342744-VN7PW3Q2T1WSU9QS4LZ8/Screen+Shot+2021-08-25+at+3.20.27+PM.png Create - Shadow Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1629919464241-1GEHVIRXN18W8HNXETCF/Screen+Shot+2021-08-25+at+3.20.41+PM.png Create - Shadow Art My final product! Shadow art of my pencil cactus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1629919107232-Z5F1K6H4OQGISBW3RENG/Screen+Shot+2021-08-25+at+3.17.33+PM.png Create - Shadow Art City View, 2003, Kumi Yamashita. https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/james-prosek-silhouette monthly 0.5 2021-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/1671d784-cb6b-449e-b4fa-d014af9a030b/Screen+Shot+2021-11-07+at+12.11.53+PM.png Create - James Prosek-Inspired Silhouette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/0f0ba373-29ff-421a-bf5d-81a35bbbaf39/Screen+Shot+2021-11-07+at+1.05.13+PM.jpg Create - James Prosek-Inspired Silhouette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/f9928fa8-6290-4b89-acdc-bdc0708ed903/Screen+Shot+2021-11-07+at+1.14.02+PM.png Create - James Prosek-Inspired Silhouette https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/paper-image monthly 0.5 2022-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/3222f136-a0ee-4ca6-8c2b-ba5f0c349539/Screen+Shot+2022-01-23+at+2.41.35+PM.jpg Create - Collage Winter Scene https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/16e843b8-96ff-4002-b597-43d531295e0c/Screen+Shot+2022-01-15+at+2.02.46+PM.png Create - Collage Winter Scene Star atop the Christmas tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/0f39de04-8e14-4ec5-91f1-34d9a17b127f/Screen+Shot+2022-01-15+at+2.03.00+PM.png Create - Collage Winter Scene Collage image of star atop the Christmas tree by Norman Sunshine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/a759b2fa-0d71-4503-a81a-ec45db6be437/Screen+Shot+2022-01-15+at+2.00.54+PM.png Create - Collage Winter Scene Collage of house on snowy lawn by Norman Sunshine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/6ddf727c-998a-4a76-9eaa-b41a92577397/Screen+Shot+2022-01-15+at+2.01.57+PM.png Create - Collage Winter Scene House on snowy lawn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/9b1fea07-2acc-479e-ba4b-d2632328a0ec/Screen+Shot+2022-01-15+at+2.25.50+PM.png Create - Collage Winter Scene My winter scene: family home on snowy yard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/c223f7aa-3464-4461-b145-a039975a5cb2/Screen+Shot+2022-01-23+at+2.42.05+PM.jpg Create - Collage Winter Scene My collage of family home on a snowy yard https://www.xtraordinaryart.net/work/alma-thomas-painting monthly 0.5 2022-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/2f3b45d1-1a94-4e99-8648-f4a2ccb0c7e2/Screen+Shot+2022-05-27+at+4.16.56+PM.png Create - Alma Thomas Painting Spring Flowers in Washington D.C., 1969 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/82337d9b-8ef6-482e-9f59-aac4d81b6530/Screen+Shot+2022-05-27+at+3.38.30+PM.png Create - Alma Thomas Painting Summer at its Best, 1968 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/2115b887-be9e-41e6-81bf-5f64bb74bbcf/Screen+Shot+2022-05-27+at+5.18.19+PM.jpg Create - Alma Thomas Painting Materials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8e3e07449de358134ee54a/bf962d44-54b4-4a65-966d-119966ded60f/Screen+Shot+2022-05-27+at+5.18.33+PM.jpg Create - Alma Thomas Painting My final product!