Creative community through sustainable art

We had the pleasure of facilitating our first environmental arts workshop centered in data visualization using mixed media art last weekend at the beautiful Riverside Gardens in Moline, IL. This has been a creative vision I’ve been wanting to bring to life for some time, and to see such a wonderfully engaged and diverse participant…

Greetings fellow creatives! It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? Meg checking in from Studio 2 Makings in the thick of the dog days of summer. As the arts workshops in the Quad Cities ease from July heat toward that first hint of fall, I wanted to catch you up on where things have been and…

Greetings fellow creatives! The weather is warming and boy am I excited. I don’t know about you, but my mind is buzzing with future spring project dreamin’s: garden planting, art making, and finding time with pals. SO it’s for that reason that we’re going to keep it short today: Studio 2 Makings has a few…

Greetings fellow creatives! Meg with studio 2 here dropping in with a quick line to let Studio 2 Making’s Newsletter subscribers know first: 2 new mixed media arts workshop tickets have opened for registration, AND ONE OF THEM IS FREE. Ope. Here are the details: FREE Workshop: Linocut Carving and Printing @ Bettendorf Public Library…

Greetings, Fellow Creatives! Meg with Studio 2 Makings here to welcome you to a freshly cozy December. Our “out of office” sign is officially put away from travels abroad, but I have some fun events and digital treats just for newsletter subscribers to share with you this month! If you’re new here, don’t forget to…

Greetings creatives! It’s Meg with Studio 2 Makings with the gift of a (hopefully) short November newsletter. We’ll see how it turns out. Gauntlet October has Concluded Seriously. We had a jam-packed month of creative events, workshops, and pop-ups partnering with The Artery, Steam on Wheels, The Bettendorf Public Library, and more!. Thank you from…

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.…

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:…

In this studio vlog, I take you through my process of working on 2 monochrome collage pieces from start to finish. These pieces are in response to a call for entry for Special Agent Collage Collective out of Carnation, Washington. What is The Special Agent Collage Collective? “SACC was created in August 2021 to interact…

Nostalgia is the cottonwood tree fluff that brushes against your cheek in the breeze of an early summer’s day. It reminds you that people and places are like time capsules: remembered, but shifting with each glance. You stumble upon these gifts of sonder and discover remnants preserved in the strangeness of UnChange. Bittersweet time travel…