Blog | Heard-Craig Center

Unleash Your Creativity: Calling All Local Artists for a Toulouse Lautrec-Inspired Poster Challenge in McKinney, Texas!

Sep 303 min read

Unleash Your Creativity: Calling All Local Artists for a Toulouse Lautrec-Inspired Poster Challenge in McKinney, Texas!

Are you a local artist looking for a new and exciting challenge to showcase your creativity? Look no further! We are thrilled to announce...

69 views18 comments

Of Sacred Sounds, by guest blogger L'Oncia Willams

Karen Zupanic

Feb 132 min read

Of Sacred Sounds, by guest blogger L'Oncia Willams

The following post is an interpretive view of the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit "Sounds of Religion" by L'Oncia Williams, Heard-Craig...

119 views17 comments

An Interpretive Van Gogh experience shines in McKinney

Karen Zupanic

Jan 11, 20233 min read

An Interpretive Van Gogh experience shines in McKinney

Many of you know of the Immersive Van Gogh experience currently being held in Dallas. The experience envelops one with sight, sound and...

660 views19 comments

Karen Zupanic

Sep 28, 20223 min read

Legendary Jazz

I am a big fan of Alberta Hunter, a 1920’s Jazz and Blues singer/pianist who sang well into her 90’s. In 1971 she taped an interview for...

147 views16 comments

Geometric Ornamentation by guest bloggers Truc Truong and Abigail Sales

Karen Zupanic

Jul 11, 20222 min read

Geometric Ornamentation by guest bloggers Truc Truong and Abigail Sales

Ever since the 16th century, carving wood has been a way for many people to express their artistic creativity. One of the ways that...

129 views19 comments

The Mesmerizing Aspects of French Bowood by guest bloggers Truc Truong & Abigail Sales

Karen Zupanic

Jun 20, 20222 min read

The Mesmerizing Aspects of French Bowood by guest bloggers Truc Truong & Abigail Sales

Bois D’Arc trees are a notorious staple of North American agriculture. Named by the French, these trees have a remarkably unique way to...

122 views6 comments

Visions of Affordable Artwork by Guest Bloggest, Truc Truong

Karen Zupanic

May 24, 20222 min read

Visions of Affordable Artwork by Guest Bloggest, Truc Truong

American history has been filled with many surprising turns, and art is no exception. Every piece of artwork created has reflected an...

95 views10 comments

Abigail Sales

Apr 11, 20222 min read

Centuries of Stories in Stained Glass as shared by Abigail Sales, Heard-Craig Blogger

675AD marked the beginnings of an era with truly enhanced apertures. Evidence of this goes all the way back to the Roman Empire where...

105 views20 comments

Karen Zupanic

Sep 1, 20211 min read

A Day Trip to McKinney

A few years ago, the City of McKinney was voted the best place to live in America by Money Magazine. Today, it remains a bustling center...

163 views4 comments

Karen Zupanic

Feb 2, 20211 min read

Virtual Vintage Piano Hour

In 2020, Musician Tony Stride graced the rooms of the Heard-Craig Center, playing 1920s music to celebrate a simpler, less complex time. ...

156 views20 comments

Karen Zupanic

Aug 14, 20202 min read

MIXING THE MALT

Six years ago, before everything in the world turned “virtual”, Paige Dashner Long (an international contrabass flute specialist with the...

236 views4 comments

Karen Zupanic

Aug 4, 20202 min read

The Ships in Kiel

My favorite Mother/Daughter Art Duo is comprised of mom, Monika Kröemer and daughter, Astrid Kröemer, of Kiel, Germany...

133 views5 comments

Never Too Old to Make a Right Angle Turn

Karen Zupanic

Jul 30, 20202 min read

Never Too Old to Make a Right Angle Turn

A Google search of career changes boasts that Actor Harrison Ford was a carpenter (building sets for Director George Lucas) before he had...

175 views3 comments

Karen Zupanic

Jul 22, 20203 min read

A Prize Inside

If you grew up with Cracker Jack boxes, you’ll remember that, amidst the popcorn and peanuts, there was always a prize at the bottom of...

210 views1 comment

Karen Zupanic

Jul 18, 20202 min read

Crystals on her Glaze

The Sumerians used crystals in magic formulas. The Chinese used them in medicine. The Egyptians used crystals in jewelry. New Mexico...

111 views1 comment

Karen Zupanic

Jul 9, 20203 min read

Legendary Jazz

I am a big fan of Alberta Hunter, a 1920’s Jazz and Blues singer/pianist who sang well into her 90’s. In 1971 she taped an interview for...

191 views3 comments

Karen Zupanic

Jul 2, 20202 min read

Nature and the Renaissance Man

Google defines the term “Renaissance Man” as an intelligent, knowledgeable, artistic person……....a person with many, many talents. Enter...

129 views4 comments

Electric Erasers & Fabric - - See the World; Savor the Differences

Karen Zupanic

Jun 22, 20202 min read

Electric Erasers & Fabric - - See the World; Savor the Differences

An artist is inspired by so many different things - - by people, landscapes, environment, culture....the choices are infinite. But when...

228 views3 comments

Karen Zupanic

Jun 15, 20202 min read

Sent from my Smith-Corona, circa 1978.

1978 was a great year in my life, so I get a big smile on my face when our museum receives a note from Artist Lynne Weinberger because...

307 views13 comments

Karen Zupanic

Jun 8, 20202 min read

Equissage to Fine Art

The Fairgrounds in Dayton, Ohio provided a 365-day drawing smorgasbord for Artist Helen Bailey (www.helenbaileyart.com). “I lived across...

159 views8 comments

Heard-Craig
Art Center and Historic Museum

NOTE: Museum will be closed Nov. 12-14 and Nov 22-28