Around the world, artists have had to make changes to their art practice and studio use, due to the global pandemic of Covid19. For many, this season has meant NOT being able to go to studios outside the home to make work. In Tetouan, Morocco, art residency directors and artists Jeff McRobbie and Rachel Pearsey …
Maintaining an art practice in these times means ‘pivoting’ Around the world, artists have had to make changes to their art practice and studio use, due to the global pandemic of Covid19. For many, this season has meant NOT being able to go to studios outside the home to make work. In Tetouan, Morocco, art …
Celebrating Five Years of Partnership with Tetouan In 2018, Green Olive Arts celebrated five years as an art residency in Tetouan, Morocco. We are amazed as we look back and see how this story has unfolded … and we want to share it with you! When Rachel Pearsey and I (Jeff McRobbie) began to brainstorm …
Check out the latest studio improvements at GOA With the successful conclusion of our first crowd funding campaign in the Spring, we were able to make some big studio improvements this Summer in how we serve artists in our Tetouan studios. We’re eager to share these studio improvements with YOU … and the rest of the …
Here’s a little peek into the first steps in making our new Green Olive Arts embossed leather bookmarks, which we are designing and then having local Moroccan artisans create for us. Be sure to check back in for future posts about the rest of the process. And if you would like one of these custom bookmarks …
There’s something elegant & inviting about a wooden box with hinges & a clasp … more so if it invites you to create! If you’re looking for a low cost but mechanically sweet pochade box for those spontaneous paint outs, this design is gonna flip your lid. I know … corny pun. But really! I have been …
If you are setting up an exhibition space on a budget, you are going to like the solution we came up with for our gallery hanging system. This post will help you literally get behind the artworks to a see a simple but sturdy hanging system, DIY style. There are high quality hanging systems out …