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The Future and the Past in the Art of Sims-Burchard

Aug 15, 2019

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Up next for our weekly instructor Slide Nights is

Up next for our weekly instructor Slide Nights is Liz Castaldo @ecastaldo_artandbooks, Candy Gonzalez @candy_alexandra1, Tara Sabharwal @tarasabharwal, and Symone Salib @symonesalibstudio ! Join us Monday, July 21st to hear from these Summer Art Institute instructors. During SAI, we host instructor Slide Nights every Monday at 6PM, see you there!

We are so pleased to share that our very own Rober

We are so pleased to share that our very own Robert “Woody” Woodruff has been recognized for his contributions to papermaking history! He has a chapter dedicated to his life, commitment to helping artists, and many accomplishments in supporting WSW’s studios in Aimee Lee’s recent publication, “As Good As Our Tools: Equipment and Tool Makers for Hand Papermaking,” (Legacy Press). Woody has built essential equipment for WSW’s facilities like a hydraulic press, moulds and deckles, a vacuum table, a beater, and more.

Aimee Lee is an artist who makes paper, writes, and advocates for Korean papermaking practices. She first met Woody when she was an instructor at WSW in 2013, and later interviewed him for this publication in 2021 when she returned to teach Hanji, a Korean Papermaking technique during our Summer Art Institute.

“In a way, I’m sort of a good tool… I hate to say it, but the apocalypse would suit me fine because I’m best at making things work when they’re not supposed to.” - Robert Woodruff, interview with author, 2021

It’s not too late for you to spend a week in bea

It’s not too late for you to spend a week in beautiful upstate New York investing in your craft alongside like-minded artists during our Summer Art Institute! Get inspired by the serene outdoors, strengthen your craft, or challenge yourself to learn a new medium!

There are currently limited spaces available in the below workshops:
Building Edges in Monoprint with Tara Sabharwal @tarasabharwal
Street Art as Protest: How To Make Wheat Paste Posters with Symone Salib @symonesalibstudio
Non-Toxic Printmaking: Kitchen Lithography, Watercolor Monotype and More! with Rie Hasegawa @hariehanga
Drypoint with Chine Collé: Multi-Color and Layer with Rie Hasegawa
Stencil to Screen: Unlocking the Power of Print with Tyanna Buie @tyanna_buie

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Summer Art Institute is in full swing! Check out t

Summer Art Institute is in full swing! Check out this glimpse into the past week of “Remixing the Archive: Manipulating Digitized Images for Risograph” with Corinne Teed @corinneteed, and “Material Memory: Texture Techniques in Papermaking” with SR Lejeune…

It’s always fun seeing our campus full of new and returning faces. We look forward to seeing you all this summer <3

Want to join in on the SAI fun? Link in bio to snag the last spots in:
Building Edges in Monoprint with Tara Sabharwal @tarasabharwal
Street Art as Protest: How To Make Wheat Paste Posters with Symone Salib @symonesalibstudio
Non-Toxic Printmaking: Kitchen Lithography, Watercolor Monotype and More! with Rie Hasegawa @hariehanga
Drypoint with Chine Collé: Multi-Color and Layer with Rie Hasegawa
Stencil to Screen: Unlocking the Power of Print with Tyanna Buie @tyanna_buie

And just like that the first week of Summer Art In

And just like that the first week of Summer Art Institute workshops has come to an end! We kicked off SAI with “Remixing the Archive: Manipulating Digitized Images for Risograph” with @corinneteed, and “Material Memory: Texture Techniques in Papermaking” with SR Lejeune. Corinne’s students explored our archive with WSW archivist @faythelevine to find inspiration for their projects, and both groups wrapped up with final critiques. Thanks everyone for a great first week!

Summer Art Institute is here, and with it comes th

Summer Art Institute is here, and with it comes the return of our weekly instructor Slide Nights! Join us every Monday night at 6 PM for presentations from Women’s Studio Workshop’s instructors. On Monday July 14th, hear from Caroline Kern @carolinezkernz, Corinne Teed @corinneteed, and SR Lejeune!

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Up next for our weekly instructor Slide Nights is

Up next for our weekly instructor Slide Nights is Liz Castaldo @ecastaldo_artandbooks, Candy Gonzalez @candy_alexandra1, Tara Sabharwal @tarasabharwal, and Symone Salib @symonesalibstudio ! Join us Monday, July 21st to hear from these Summer Art Institute instructors. During SAI, we host instructor Slide Nights every Monday at 6PM, see you there!

We are so pleased to share that our very own Rober

We are so pleased to share that our very own Robert “Woody” Woodruff has been recognized for his contributions to papermaking history! He has a chapter dedicated to his life, commitment to helping artists, and many accomplishments in supporting WSW’s studios in Aimee Lee’s recent publication, “As Good As Our Tools: Equipment and Tool Makers for Hand Papermaking,” (Legacy Press). Woody has built essential equipment for WSW’s facilities like a hydraulic press, moulds and deckles, a vacuum table, a beater, and more.

Aimee Lee is an artist who makes paper, writes, and advocates for Korean papermaking practices. She first met Woody when she was an instructor at WSW in 2013, and later interviewed him for this publication in 2021 when she returned to teach Hanji, a Korean Papermaking technique during our Summer Art Institute.

“In a way, I’m sort of a good tool… I hate to say it, but the apocalypse would suit me fine because I’m best at making things work when they’re not supposed to.” - Robert Woodruff, interview with author, 2021

It’s not too late for you to spend a week in bea

It’s not too late for you to spend a week in beautiful upstate New York investing in your craft alongside like-minded artists during our Summer Art Institute! Get inspired by the serene outdoors, strengthen your craft, or challenge yourself to learn a new medium!

There are currently limited spaces available in the below workshops:
Building Edges in Monoprint with Tara Sabharwal @tarasabharwal
Street Art as Protest: How To Make Wheat Paste Posters with Symone Salib @symonesalibstudio
Non-Toxic Printmaking: Kitchen Lithography, Watercolor Monotype and More! with Rie Hasegawa @hariehanga
Drypoint with Chine Collé: Multi-Color and Layer with Rie Hasegawa
Stencil to Screen: Unlocking the Power of Print with Tyanna Buie @tyanna_buie

🔗 in bio to register.

Summer Art Institute is in full swing! Check out t

Summer Art Institute is in full swing! Check out this glimpse into the past week of “Remixing the Archive: Manipulating Digitized Images for Risograph” with Corinne Teed @corinneteed, and “Material Memory: Texture Techniques in Papermaking” with SR Lejeune…

It’s always fun seeing our campus full of new and returning faces. We look forward to seeing you all this summer <3

Want to join in on the SAI fun? Link in bio to snag the last spots in:
Building Edges in Monoprint with Tara Sabharwal @tarasabharwal
Street Art as Protest: How To Make Wheat Paste Posters with Symone Salib @symonesalibstudio
Non-Toxic Printmaking: Kitchen Lithography, Watercolor Monotype and More! with Rie Hasegawa @hariehanga
Drypoint with Chine Collé: Multi-Color and Layer with Rie Hasegawa
Stencil to Screen: Unlocking the Power of Print with Tyanna Buie @tyanna_buie

And just like that the first week of Summer Art In

And just like that the first week of Summer Art Institute workshops has come to an end! We kicked off SAI with “Remixing the Archive: Manipulating Digitized Images for Risograph” with @corinneteed, and “Material Memory: Texture Techniques in Papermaking” with SR Lejeune. Corinne’s students explored our archive with WSW archivist @faythelevine to find inspiration for their projects, and both groups wrapped up with final critiques. Thanks everyone for a great first week!

Summer Art Institute is here, and with it comes th

Summer Art Institute is here, and with it comes the return of our weekly instructor Slide Nights! Join us every Monday night at 6 PM for presentations from Women’s Studio Workshop’s instructors. On Monday July 14th, hear from Caroline Kern @carolinezkernz, Corinne Teed @corinneteed, and SR Lejeune!

Our new archive capsule exhibition “We Have Move

Our new archive capsule exhibition “We Have Moved Neutrality: Looking back at WSW’s Big Brother is Watching” is now on view upstairs through fall 2025. The concept for 1984: Big Brother Is Watching, 5 Women’s Art Organizations Make Artcrime, an Orwellian-inspired photocopy exhibition, was born out of creative motivation to secure a new Xerox machine for the office, paired with“the desire for communication with other women’s art organizations.” WSW invited four like-minded feminist art spaces; Women’s Art Registry, Minneapolis, MN, Women’s Graphic Center, Los Angeles, CA, Local 1734 Art Collective, Washington, DC, and Feminist Art Institute, New York, NY, to create artwork that could be reproduced as multiples on a photocopier, with the intention of the exhibition traveling nationwide over the year. Visit us and learn more about the innovative and radical exhibition. You can even purchase original, limited copies of recently unearthed deadstock exhibition catalogs. Hot tip: these will also be available at the upcoming book fair @cpw_Kingston in August for $48.00

☆ New merch alert! ☆ Do you love Women’s Stu

☆ New merch alert! ☆ Do you love Women’s Studio Workshop?! You can now drive around in style sporting our new WSW bumper stickers! 🚙❤️
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Only available onsite. Each design comes in multiple colors; black, brown, white + red

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