Tag: Art

I’m wondering who of the regular spudart.org readers can speak a little bit of German? No reason. Just curious. Danke. If you ever took any classes in German or learned it at some point, just please drop a comment on…

You can post super cool buttons to your profile on Facebook using the Pieces of Flair application. It’s fun, because the buttons are really glossy looking, and they get posted to this cork-looking bulletin board. Here’s what my bulletin board…

Transform a co-worker’s desk into a themed paradise! Find an image online. Print out 200 copies. Tape them all over your co-worker’s desk. Here’s a couple pranks I’ve done while in the Tribune Tower. To read the entire story for…

There’s gotta be some better ideas for checks out there. You can make your own custom checks by uploading a photo to Uniquechecks.com (one box is $19.95). (check out the image below for some brainstorm thoughts on cool check ideas.…

Every week Lauri Apple features an artist on Gapers Block. She interviewed me and I’m the feature for this week. Check it out at: http://gapersblock.com/ac/2008/07/07/an-interview-with-matt-maldre.

New feature on spudart.org Today starts a new feature on spudart.org called “New Art Monday.” Once a week I will feature what I’ve been working on. Every monday you’ll see a new piece of art or how a particular series…

About Parking Meter Talk Parking meters around the city have little word bubbles attached to show what they would say if they could talk. Their message is about the future. Parking meters are all about time and letting you know…

About Call to God I write a prayer on a sticky note and place it on a public pay phone. By placing the sticky note on a phone, I hope to make the connection to the viewer that saying a…

I’ve started a new art series where I write a prayer on a sticky note and place it on a public pay phone. Read more about it in the art section of spudart.org at: https://www.spudart.org/blog/call-god-prayers-sticky-notes-left-public-pay-phones/

For those who type with both of your hands set in the “proper” position on the keyboard, do you use your right thumb or your left thumb to hit the space bar? I always use my right thumb. My poor…

I have added over one thousand photos of other flickr users to my favorites on flickr. You can see all 1,038 in one big image file. Or if you would like to see the individual images, download this zip file…

It would be great if there was some way to easily export the information for your flickr photos. I want to back up all my captions and tags. I’m alright with doing it manually since I only have about 100…

I’m about to reach 1,000 cheers given on 43things.com. (43 things is a website where you post goals, and help others achieve their goals). Recently I also got 4,000 webpages bookmarked on delicious, so that got me thinking about all…

Whenever it comes time to do karaoke, I never know what songs to pick. I need to find some good dependable songs to do. Anybody have any favorite songs they like to karaoke?

Here’s a fun question to think about. If you had a fight tournament in your office, who would win? Think of the arena as your workspace. I’m not saying who would win in my office, I’m just saying it’s fun…

What type of tea do you like? My recent fav is Yogi Tea‚Äôs Clarify Ginkgo IQ. Does it clarify my mind? I dunno. But it‚Äôs quite nummy. And an odd combination I stumbled across a couple months ago is how…

The always great Tom of Xanga posted about how eggs are so expensive at two bucks for a dozen. But really, aren’t eggs cheap? I always thought eggs were incredibly, incredibly cheap. But then again, i don’t bake cakes or…

Print out cute photos from the internet and include them with your mail. Paying your credit card? Stick a hedgehog in with it. Submitting your student load payment? Slide a squirrel in the envelope. Sending in a rebate? That certainly…

(painting by NAY) People love quotations. People love paintings. I want to make paintings of quotations. And not your typical inspirational-lala-poster type. But something real. Like that artist named NAY that Erik Maldre featured on etsyart.com.

Heya art students, do you have any additional resources or links to share? Background: On Tuesday, March 4, Illinois Wesleyan University held an art panel discussion with six creatives, including myself. I’ll be adding notes and comments to this post…

One of my pink flamingoes photos has been selected to be published in a photo book: “Pink Attitude!” It was about a year ago that 10,000 Pink Flamingoes invaded Chicago. And now they’ll be part of this pink book. That’s…

Vote and help make city history for Decatur, Illinois as they pick the sculpture for the 2009 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial. The winning model will be announced following Black History Month. My brother and I voted for option #1, so our…

During the winter, it would be fun to leave snowballs at famous places and take photos. What would someone think when encountering a snowball on the Tribune Tower? Is someone gearing up for a snowball fight? Did someone just have…

Who says you have to be a kid to enjoy playing in the snow? Channel your inner child and have some fun by aiming snowballs at famous public art pieces in Chicago!

My top six favorite blog posts of 2007 (in no order): A wallet full of only two-dollar bills Spending only two-dollar bills has been lots of fun. How to have fun on IM with the Spongebob theme song This is…

A friend of mine writes a bi-weekly humor column where one of the columns was about how corn is taking over everything with the new ethanol fuel, and how many items are made from corn products. I thought it would…

I hereby declare the day after Christmas to be called “Christmas Adam.” Christmas Eve is the day before Christmas, so it only makes sense to declare Christmas Adam for December 26. It’s really cool how Christmas is such an important…

Christmas shopping. ta la la. ta la la. Christmas shoooooping. That should be a song. Why is there no song about Christmas shopping? All the stores could play it! Are there any songs about Christmas shopping?

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In the 29 years since 1978, USA has won Air Hockey World Championships 27 times. Talk about dominance. Air Hockey is America’s sport! Tim Weissman won eight times in a row. He should be in the top 100 American athletes…

It’s a lot of fun to make a little drawing of Godzilla and tape it onto your TV set. Godzilla is about attack whatever is on the screen. Godzilla is attacking a school bus! Godzilla is attacking the U.S. Capitol!