Today’s guest post comes from arts educator and painter Kenny Yee. He has years of experience teaching art to youth from toddlers to teenagers. Here are a few of his ideas for recycled arts projects using food packaging from egg cartons and cereal boxes to candy bar wrappers. Thunderstorms and gas prices are increasing, the NBA playoffs are [...]
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Guest Post: Recycled Art Projects for Kids Using Food Packaging
Posted in Art and Food, Fun Food Bites, tagged art projects, kids art projects, projects for kids, recycled art projects on May 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The Seam Exhibit at MICA; Toast as Canvas
Posted in Art and Food, Baltimore, tagged food as art canvas, maryland institute college of art, the seam exhibit, toast on February 4, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I can’t resist plugging Kenny’s latest show: He’s part of the Maryland Institute College of Art’s “The Seam” exhibit, which will be in the Fox 3 Gallery at MICA – Fox Building, 3rd Floor, 1301 West Mount Royal Avenue in Baltimore, until February 15th. I know I’m biased, but I’m going to offer my opinion anyway: [...]
Baltimore Counts! Book (And Local Food Facts)
Posted in Art and Food, Books, tagged Baltimore Counts! book, holiday gift ideas, holland brown books, ice cream on December 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I have mad Baltimore pride, so I love the new Baltimore Counts! book from Holland Brown Books. It’s a counting book for kids, but it’s also filled with fun Baltimore facts and artwork from local artists – and Kenny’s one of the artists. His painting is with fact #20. (Kenny and I even made it onto the website [...]
Recycled Crafts: How to Make Notebooks with Food Packaging and Old Paper
Posted in Art and Food, tagged arts and crafts, DIY, kids art projects, notebooks, recycled crafts, recycled paper on June 16, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Are you longing for a notebook that, each time you reach for it, exudes a lovely whiff of chocolate in your direction? OK, maybe a notebook like this isn’t up as high on your “wants” list as, say, an iPad. But it sounds pretty cool, right? And it can be yours rather quickly: you can [...]
Guest Post: Would You Like Some Art with Your Food?
Posted in Art and Food, tagged food and art, kenneth yee paintings, maryland institute college of art, portland art walk, sarah thorton, seven days in the art world on May 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This is the fourth installment Kenny’s Food and Art series, following Introduction to Food and Art, Use Your Coffee to Make Some Art, and Food and Art Trivia. I was recently doing some research to find out when and how wine first got associated with art openings, but with my poor online investigating skills, I [...]
Guest Post: Use Your Coffee to Make Some Art
Posted in Art and Food, tagged art, coffee, project runway on May 9, 2010 | 6 Comments »
This is Kenny’s 2nd guest post as part of his Food & Art series. If you like what you read here, please stop by Kenny’s website to view his art, or take a look at his blog. Also, as an aside, Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom, Kenny’s Mom, and all of you who are [...]
Guest Post: Introduction to Food and Art
Posted in Art and Food, tagged andy warhol campbell soup cans, baltimore museum of art, cezanne, food and art, fruit skins, judy chicago the dinner party, zoe leonard on May 2, 2010 | 6 Comments »
There’s been a slight change to NBA Sundays. Because My Morning Chocolate’s guest blogger and NBA fanatic Kenny Yee (my husband) is also an enthusiastic artist, Sundays in May will now be devoted to the intersection of Food and Art. I’ll use the playoffs in another post. If you enjoy art, Kenny is also a talented painter; you can view his [...]
Food in Art: Gum at the Whitney Biennial
Posted in Art and Food, tagged 2010 whitney biennial, juicy fruit, theaster gates, wrigley gum on March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Walking past 75th and Madison in New York, there’s a sweet smell lingering in the air. On a recent visit, Kenny thought we must be passing a hookah bar, and I looked around for a prodigious gum smacker chewing an entire pack of Juicy Fruit. But then we went to the Whitney Museum on the [...]
Food in Visual Art
Posted in Art and Food, Baltimore, tagged art and food on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When Kenny and I go to museums and galleries, I get excited if artists use food as one or more of their materials (Kenny is an artist too; visit his website to view his beautiful work). I love the idea of using food in visual art. Kenny often pours coffee over new canvases because he [...]
