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DIY paper starbooks! Watch e bond walk you thru it.

Mini art project alert! Today, we’ve got artist and bookbinder e bond to thank for keeping our hands busy and our minds calm. The happy-making at-home activity in question? Building something bond calls starbooks—shape-shifting paper creations halfway between books, sculptural objects, and orname...

20 fave Insta follows: Fill your feed with arty awesomeness!

Hot take here: the mindless scroll can occasionally feed the soul. Sure, getting lost in that Insta hole might end with a few missing hours or a sorry attempt at sourdough (fine ... three attempts), but there's also the opportunity for meaningful discovery. For today's fresh installment of our gu...

All eyes on interiors with design duo Dufner Heighes

Our new favorite form of procrastination can definitely be blamed on the recent influx of inside time. In a predictably topical turn of events, we’ve found ourselves filling our personal feeds with shelter mag porn, salivating over sophisticated living spaces and enviable interiors. On the one ha...

Reading rainbow! Kid’s lit + colorful art to keep your crew content

Know some kiddos who could use a little screen-free indoor entertainment? We love legos, pillow forts, and messy art projects as much as the next person (probably more, tbh) but we’re particularly fond of activities that require zero cleanup. Enter: children’s books! Ok sure, maybe keeping the ki...

Color us calmed! Free coloring pages to clear your mind

It’s been more than a month since Cuomo put us on PAUSE over here in NYC, and while we do our part to flatten the curve by sticking with staying at home, we’re also keeping up with our evolving guide to Armchair Art Appreciation. Turns out, you don’t have to leave your living room to get all up i...

Art on call: 17 (free!) backgrounds for all those video chats

Suddenly find yourself a frequent flyer on one video chat app or another? We’ve got the good kind of background noise to beautify your next broadcast: 17 different free, downloadable, virtual backgrounds from 11 absurdly talented 20x200 artists. If you’ve already purchased a ring light or mastere...

Feed the Frontlines! We're buying meals for medical workers.

Food Cart on Gansevoort Street by Julia Rothman As the COVID-19 crisis continues, it can be hard to know how or where to help while staying safely inside (if you’re able). There are a lot of ways you can give back right now, but one organization that’s been especially on our Big Apple-based minds...

Potter Helen Levi shows us around her ceramics studio

For all the anxiety this situation continues to cause, spending quality quarantined time in our homes has had one small, unexpected upswing: making us feel much more grateful for the objects that inject a little joy into our everyday. A carefully chosen art piece, some sassy candlesticks, a strik...