maggie heinze

Things that inspire me

2012-01-12T16:56:00.000-08:00

A blue doorway in Morocco... B-E-A-utiful.

2012-01-08T18:52:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year

2011-12-31T07:04:00.000-08:00

Embrace simplicity.
Put others first.
Desire little.

–Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, 19

new home out of the city

2011-12-27T18:05:00.000-08:00

artist love: audrey kawasaki

2011-12-27T17:59:00.000-08:00

audrey kawasaki:

love love her work. very soft and subtle. makes me want to work on wood again. maybe a visit to the lumber yard tomorrow?

http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/index.php

Chicken Licken

2011-12-09T19:45:00.001-08:00

2011-09-24T10:55:00.001-07:00

For Zombiefest 2011!

update! update! update!

2011-08-19T14:09:00.001-07:00

SLOWLY updating my website...

http://www.maggieheinze.com/

2011-08-19T12:12:00.001-07:00

Moon Beaming.

2011-08-09T14:10:00.000-07:00

A doodle, if you please.

A regular day at the dentist...

2011-08-09T13:18:00.001-07:00

2011-07-19T18:07:00.000-07:00

New story! Here's a sketch.

BARNABUS!

Work In Progress

2011-07-05T13:32:00.000-07:00

Sketch!

2011-06-17T09:21:00.000-07:00

Patience O'Connor

2011-06-13T15:09:00.000-07:00

Beautiful ceramic Piano by the wonderful PATIENCE O'CONNOR. She should make more ceramic musical instruments...

Book Recommendation #1

2011-06-13T08:26:00.000-07:00

One of the wonderful things about being employed at Books of Wonder, a book store dedicated solely to literature for children and young adults, is the LENDING LIBRARY for employees. So, I am making a pact with my blog, who suffers from an extreme lack of updated information. My pact is to update on a regular basis, and if it is not with art, than I will at least have a book recommendation at hand. So, here I am at the start of a new era with my first recommendation:

Feathers, by Jacqueline Woodson

I heard Jacqueline Woodson read from her picture book "Show Way" at the 2010 SCBWI Winter Conference and it brought most of the audience to tears. She has beautiful command of her words and I was very, very excited to see this on our shelf at Books of Wonder.

"The story ends with hope and thoughtfulness while speaking to those adolescents who struggle with race, faith, and prejudice. They will appreciate its wisdom and positive connections."—D. Maria LaRocco, Cuyahoga Public Library, Strongsville, OH
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

2011-06-10T13:57:00.000-07:00

2011-06-09T07:17:00.001-07:00

Work in progress...

2011-05-16T13:04:00.000-07:00

2011-04-18T06:52:00.000-07:00

Late worker. Look familiar? Yeah, me too.

The Scary Thing in the Closet?

2011-03-02T07:59:00.000-08:00

New York Times Video Short

2011-02-24T12:15:00.001-08:00

I LOVE the NY Times video shorts. This one is about the 7 train in Queens and Queens is, of course, close to my heart.

http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/ny-region/lens-photojournalism/1194811622243/index.html

On a good day...

2011-02-24T11:59:00.001-08:00

A work in progress...

2011-02-22T15:37:00.000-08:00

2011-02-13T06:27:00.000-08:00

I think it is just about time for an Irish limerick...

2011-01-25T14:00:00.000-08:00

There was an Old Man of Kilkenny,
Who never had more than a penny;
He spent all that money,
In onions and honey,
That wayward Old Man of Kilkenny.

-Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense

2011-01-25T07:41:00.000-08:00

2011-01-21T10:58:00.000-08:00

There is going to be a wonderful show at the Children's Museum of the Arts in SoHo! I used to intern there and I will most definitely be attending the opening night!

Here is the link for anyone else who might be interested:

http://cmany.org/wpa/

"...the Children’s Museum of the Arts has aimed to highlight this truly unique time in American history—in world history—in which the federal government was able to address the public’s need for sustenance, both material and cultural, because there was an understanding of the value of the arts to community, as well as a public consensus that the arts deserved government support."

-Prescott Trudeau
Curator
Children's Museum of the Arts

2011-01-15T07:20:00.000-08:00

SO disappointing! The Newbery and Caldecott Award winner's interview was bumped off of the Today Show for Snooki.

The article on Publisher's Weekly.

2011-01-12T09:03:00.001-08:00

2010-12-22T12:37:00.000-08:00

Still working on it but it's coming along!

www.maggieheinze.com

2010-11-15T11:00:00.000-08:00

Introducing...

Rita Philomena and her Green Painted Gloves!

Goodmorning

2010-10-30T06:04:00.001-07:00

Exciting News!

2010-10-06T04:34:00.000-07:00

I signed on with Joanna Volpe at Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation!

I am very excited to work with her and her team and I look forward to my future projects there!

www.nancycoffeyliterary.com

2010-09-16T08:45:00.000-07:00

shhhhh....

sneak preview...

The Giant Opera Singer!

2010-09-09T18:49:00.000-07:00

2010-03-22T06:57:00.000-07:00

2010-02-16T12:46:00.001-08:00

My illustration is being used by Denise Day as her blog banner at thewhole9.com....

http://thewhole9.com/blogs/citybytheday/

"Denise Day is a San Francisco transplant from the South who is obsessed with vintage earrings, loves the smell of yearbooks and will practically sell her soul for a well-made margarita. She spends her days and nights with her husband, Micah, their recently born offspring, Maximus, and an English bulldog who goes by the name of Pablo – and drools far more than the baby."

2010-01-21T15:06:00.001-08:00

2010-01-17T16:54:00.000-08:00

Pig

2009-12-14T16:54:00.001-08:00

King Pig Sketch!

2009-12-14T16:34:00.001-08:00

Some more from Jerry...

2009-12-01T21:04:00.000-08:00

An invitation I made for Jillian's birthday last September...

2009-12-01T20:57:00.000-08:00

Some pictures of the Gypsy Caravan. There is still much work to be done on the caravan, but Clea and myself had much fun working on it last summer!

2009-07-06T07:08:00.000-07:00

Gypsy Caravan sneak peak...

*Photo credit to Kelsey Heinze, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kelseyheinze/

2009-07-03T18:53:00.000-07:00

Interviewed and posted on Bust Magazine's blog:

"Maggie Heinze is a fairy-princess from Queens, NYC. She documents her excursions into sherbet-colored dimensions with sweeping line-work, obsessive stippling and liberal use of bubbles. She is currently lending her talents to help build and decorate a gypsy caravan made of found, industrial parts. A project headed located in the wilderness of Long Island and headed up by internationally recognized master printer, Dan Welden . Like any proper Irish fairy-princess, Maggie enjoys guzzling beer and recounting obscene stories. In life and in her work, she straddles the line between whimsy and maturity."

-Emma Onstott, Bust Magazine

Link to Bust Magazine's blog-->

http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/07/03/our-friday-night-date-with-an-artist-is-back-welcoming-maggie-heinze.html

2009-06-22T22:29:00.000-07:00

2009-06-22T22:04:00.000-07:00

From the Barn presents...

Gypsy Caravan Extravaganza!

Myself and fellow artist, Clea Davis (www.cleadavis.com), have formed a summer studio called From the Barn. We have been hired by internationally known printmaker Dan Welden to help build, create, and decorate a gypsy caravan with found industrial parts. (We will also be learning about his really amazing Solar Lithography technique along the way.) We are still early in the project, so please stay tuned for more details. In the meantime, here are some photos of our studio.

*photo credit to Kelsey Heinze, http://www.flickr.com/photos/15369200@N08/

2009-02-23T20:57:00.000-08:00

Countertransference, directed by Madeleine Olnek.

A film I worked on during the summer of 2007 was accepted into the 2009 Sundance film festival. (Countertransference) I created props and did some design work for the film, and had a lot of fun working on it!

I know this post is past the festival, but you can learn more about the film and other awards it has won at www.madeleineolnek.com.

Cafe Mundo

2008-11-23T14:24:00.000-08:00

My work is being featured at the wonderful Cafe Mundo in Astoria, New York. It will be hanging for a month, so if you're in the area and would like to see my work and try a new tasty restaurant, head over to Cafe Mundo.

http://www.mundoastoria.com/

Directions:

Take the N/W train to the Broadway stop in Queen. Walk one block up Broadway to 32nd street and make a right. It's about two shops down on 32nd street.

2008-11-07T16:22:00.001-08:00

MK Wong, shop manager of Cursive at ABC Carpet & Home, took a liking to my fish earrings. So a photograph of my earrings (and ear) is now on their blog.

http://www.cursivenewyork.blogspot.com/

(Oct. 31st post)

2008-11-07T16:00:00.000-08:00

Please meet Jerry.

A little preview of my new story.
I've been working on it these past few months and
hope to have the dummy book finished by Christmas.
Enjoy-

2008-08-11T20:17:00.001-07:00

2008-05-31T07:32:00.000-07:00

Here is a link to an online newsletter I did an illustration for back in March.

Enjoy-

http://www.thewhole9.com/newsletters/mar_08.htm

2008-04-11T07:50:00.000-07:00

Really beautiful:

2008-03-28T19:06:00.000-07:00

This is an illustration I did for an old African tale called 'The Bad Snake."

2008-03-27T10:22:00.000-07:00

This is an illustration I did for TheWhole9.com's monthly newsletter.

The theme: I Left my Heart in San Francisco.

2008-03-06T17:43:00.001-08:00

2008-03-06T17:30:00.000-08:00

2008-02-25T15:44:00.000-08:00

American Style

The Lady of Firl

2008-02-06T11:52:00.000-08:00

There once was The Lady of Firl
Whose hair was addicted to curl
It was went up a tree
And all over the sea
That expansive Lady of Firl

Thesis Project

2008-01-30T11:41:00.001-08:00

The Golden Pond

Young Joni Mitchell

2008-01-23T10:47:00.000-08:00