Shoulder Health

     This is the first edition in a series about taking care of our bodies while spinning. For both professional and casual spinners, the movements we do while spinning can have a long term effect on our bodies. The first step in injury prevention is being aware of what is going on with our bodies when we spin. Although …

FAI Instructor of the Month: June 2016

Congratulations to Wolf Bukiet, and Frank RopeDart Hatsis for being chosen as FAI’s Instructors of the month! Wolf: Tell Us A Little About Yourself. I grew up in New York City. After I graduated college, I spent two years in South America making jewelry and learning to spin fire. I spent the next eight years traveling. Today, I live in Brooklyn where …

HUMANS of Flow Arts | Gonzo

We are happy to introduce our new series to you from ColorFLOW, called Humans of Flow Arts. We will be featuring a new flow artist weekly and diving into what drives them as artists. Gonzo Gonzo is known by many throughout the flow arts community as the dragon staffer whose flow is a fluid and bubbly reflection of the vibes …

Tesla Tutting Tutorial Tutsday

Hello again, fine people of the Flow Arts. We are back with another exciting tutorial from the archive at the Flow Arts Institute! This week we have another FLAME festival feature shot and edited by the amazing Justin Kennedy of Three Eyes Illuminated, this time from Tesla! This 19 year old Confluence Liquid Battle top 16 competitor and winner of …

FAI Instructor of the Month: May 2016

  Congratulations to Krisstina Hawks, and Matthew Sosticky for being chosen as FAI’s Instructors of the month! Krisstina Hawks: Tell Us A Little About Yourself. I put one foot in front of the other, working full-time doing menial work since I was 14. I put myself through community college by applying for and receiving grants. I have an associate’s degree in audio …

Tutsday – Jacquie Tar-Foot – Hoop – Ghost Isolation

Hey there folks! We are back, yet again, with another exciting edition of Tutsday, brought to you by the Flow Arts Institute. In the coming weeks, we will be featuring a few tutorials that were shot at this year’s FLAME Festival by the amazing Justin Kennedy and Three Eyes Unlimited. First up on the lineup is Evol Kid Media‘s own, …

Intellectual Property and the Flow Arts, Part 1

There are five basic types of Intellectual Property (IP). This article will examine the three most widely used: Patent, Copyright, and Trademark (the other two are Trade Secrets and Rights of Publicity). A big thanks to Doodle, who has graciously given me permission to use him as an example to make these concepts more accessible to understand in terms of …

FAI Instructor of the Month: April 2016

Congratulations to Becca Becker, and Jonah DiGirolamo for becoming FAI’s Instructors of the month. Jonah: Tell Us A Little About Yourself. Born in Lexington, Ky, I grew up playing in the woods and the creek. I spent much of my time alone, creating worlds and stories in my head. I started teaching my mom’s preschool classrooms when I was in 3rd grade. …