Art and Science Punks

Episode 58: Hand Made Gifts

November 19th, 2018  |  46 mins 23 secs

art, creativity, family, science, steam, stem

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob talk about making gifts by hand, why we got into that, some of the projects that went well and others that didn't. Some projects we pick are a bit ambitious given our current skills or time available.

How do we find the right project and how do we help our kids with that same process?

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is a test you don't study for the other is a book of tips.

Episode 54: Encouragement

September 28th, 2018  |  Season 3  |  58 mins 39 secs

art, creativity, family, science, steam, stem

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob talk about what encouragement looks like to us, parts of encouragement, how it might be just the right thing to share with someone or feel like unwelcome pressure.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is racing marbles; the other about growing crystals in a way they've not encountered before.

Episode 50: Keeping the Creative Spark Alive

December 11th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  45 mins 41 secs

art, creativity, learning, process, psychology, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss ways we each keep our creative sparks going. We start with exploring what happens when that spark goes dim and explore further ways each of us use to bring it back. Along the way, Kate puts forth a few theories about which Dragon Ball Z character Rob relates to most.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is about some mind boggling photography; the other is a way to play with doodling.

** Last but not least, an important announcement about the show: **
To make space for other projects Art and Science Punks is going on hiatus. It's been an amazing year and we appreciate you going on this adventure with us!

Episode 49: Storytelling for All

December 4th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  37 mins 6 secs

art, creativity, science, storytelling

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss how we use storytelling as a useful and fun way to connect as a family.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is about something human made flying through space; the other is a crafty kind of bead.

Episode 48: Art and Science Gift Giving Ideas

November 29th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  33 mins 46 secs

art, creativity, gifts, guide, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob share and discuss art and science picks we're excited about. Lots of reasonably priced family creative all-ages activities and products with one fairly expensive exception.

Episode 47: Everyone Can Draw

November 21st, 2017  |  Season 2  |  40 mins 53 secs

art, creativity, design, drawing, programming, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate interviews Rob about his belief that the ability to draw is something available to most anyone. Beyond that, drawing is incredibly useful especially when representing concepts with simple shapes.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is a little programmable robot; the other is a font.

Episode 45: Creative Discipline and Keeping Going

November 7th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  44 mins 39 secs

art, creativity, learning, process, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss process and tools that help with creative process. And delve into useful stages of effort, mindsets, messing it up and getting back to it.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is an artist's memoir; the other is about some really tough snails.

Episode 44: Winter Art Supply Preparedness

October 30th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  28 mins 59 secs

art, art supplies, crafts, creativity, research

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss what kinds of supplies we'd like to have on hand as the weather changes.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one is watercoloring related, the other is a handy guide to research.

Episode 43: Learning and Games

October 24th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  34 mins 28 secs

creativity, games, learning, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss day-to-day encounters we turn into games and what we try to learn along the way.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one about a ground breaking researcher, the other about a kind and joyful painter.

Episode 42: Family Computing Literacy

October 17th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  38 mins 1 sec

art, coding, creativity, science

In this episode of Art and Science Punks Kate and Rob discuss what we think of as useful and fun computer literacy for our family.

Kate and Rob also share an art pick and a science pick this week: one (set of picks) is about detailed coloring books, the other is a couple picks about fun visual ways to get comfortable with coding.