Creative Entrepreneurs: Own Your Vision

I’ve spent the last eleven years of my life being a writer. It’s what pays the bills, it’s what keeps this site happening on the innanets. Some days, though, I feel like I’ve written all the words I have inside me. I’m empty. This has everything to do with my season of life at the […]

Frida Kahlo | Be your own muse

Unlike the male artists of the day, Frida Kahlo didn't need any fancy landscapes or ballerinas as her muse -- she had herself. And it was enough.

I love it when Frida —  la Friducha — was chingona. The beautiful, delicate woman husband Diego Rivera used to call his paloma, his dove. She wasn’t always beautiful and delicate. Struggling with her ailing body from a young age, she didn’t have any extra effs left to give. She was herself — unique, raw, […]

Frida Kahlo: Make your own body cast printable

Download this free Frida Kahlo body cast printable and get creative with your kids. With July comes the celebration of the birth and death of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Frida was born on July 6, 1907 and she died on July 15, 1954. I tend to go overboard with Frida-inspired art every July but I […]

Coming to So Cal: Frida Kahlo, Her Photos at MOLAA

I’m excited to announce an upcoming exhibit at the Museum of Latin American Art titled, Frida Kahlo, Her Photos. It presents over two hundred images–both traditional images and more candid shots–from Frida Kahlo’s personal Casa Azul archive in Mexico City and I am so excited that I get to attend the preview tomorrow! Frida Kahlo […]