Author: Studio 2 Designs

  • October Newsletter: Join Our October Events and Collaborations

    October Newsletter: Join Our October Events and Collaborations

    It’s officially Spooky Season! Meg with Studio 2 here, and we have a jam packed month incoming! We hit the full spectrum of all of the things we love this month: Community, Arts, Sustainable Practices.

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  • MMM: Spooky Linoprint Stamp Carving Workshop October 17th

    MMM: Spooky Linoprint Stamp Carving Workshop October 17th

    We are so excited to be offering a Lino print stamp carving workshop: spooky style! Join us for our next installment of Mixed Media with Meg, this time meeting at The Artery in Rock Island. About the Class: Join artist Meg Hollister in learning the traditional art of linoleum block carving with a spooky twist.…

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  • Fall is Coming: A Newsletter

    Fall is Coming: A Newsletter

    We’ve had a fun filled summer meeting new friends and old, sharing creative space, and learning new mixed media arts practices and techniques at locations all around the Quad Cities and Chicagoland area! Enjoy a few arts workshop highlights from Not Your Average Collage Class and Experimental Printmaking.

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  • Learn Mixed Media Art: 5 Experimental Printmaking Techniques to try in your Mixed Media Practice w/ Free Digital Download

    Learn Mixed Media Art: 5 Experimental Printmaking Techniques to try in your Mixed Media Practice w/ Free Digital Download

    New or experienced artists alike, we all benefit from experimentation and creative play in our artwork! Welcome to the digital resource hub for MMM: Experimental Printmaking! Here you can find the 5 mixed media techniques we learned in-workshop for your future reference. If you find yourself here outside of class, help yourself to the following…

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  • MMM: Experimental Printmaking August 20

    MMM: Experimental Printmaking August 20

    Join eco-artist Meg Hollister in learning to experimental printmaking techniques in an interactive, collaborative environment!

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  • Summer Newsletter: August Events, Workshops, and We in Arkansas bb

    Summer Newsletter: August Events, Workshops, and We in Arkansas bb

    Greetings fellow creatives! July just flew right by didn’t it? Meg checking in from Studio 2 with an August Newsletter! Mobile Educational Experience Mode Activated We’ve spent the last month doing local museum educational outreach, launched our first mixed media class series, and had another busy and beautiful Rock Island Artist’s Market at Skeleton Key.…

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  • Learn Mixed Media Art: 5 Collage Techniques with Free Digital Downloads

    Learn Mixed Media Art: 5 Collage Techniques with Free Digital Downloads

    New or experienced artists alike, we all benefit from experimentation and creative play in our artwork. Welcome to the digital resource hub for MMM: Not Your Average Collage Class! Here you can find the 5 mixed media techniques we learned in-workshop for your future reference.

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  • Mixed Media w/ Meg: Not Your Average Collage Class

    Mixed Media w/ Meg: Not Your Average Collage Class

    Mixed Media w/ Meg Classes have launched! I’m so excited to bring you a series of unique mixed media workshops in the Quad Cities Area! Here are the essentials: When: Wednesday, July 23, 6-7:30pmWhere: Radicle Effect Brewerks: 1340 31st St, College Hill West District, Rock Island, ILCost: $25 Class limit: 20 What makes this special:…

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  • Summer Check In: Events, Workshops, and Celebrations

    Summer Check In: Events, Workshops, and Celebrations

    Summer has kicked off hard in the studio! This is Meg, brain-woman behind Studio 2, and I wanted to come in with a check in that spreads a little bit of sunshine, celebrates some small successes, and perhaps a fun fact or two.

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  • What is Eco Art?

    What is Eco Art?

    We were recently invited to the Wild Ones Quad Cities Symposium at The Hauberg Estates to share all about Eco Art! Eco Art is such a wide genre of art making. What follows is a more in depth exploration on Eco Art that may not have been able to fit in the confines of a…

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