Posts in Artists In the Studio
To Have and to Hold: Sarah Newberry in the Studio
Nov 17, 2015
While some people spend the better part of their mornings wondering what they’re going to wear that day, Sarah Newberry spends her mornings looking for the perfect mug. “I open… View Article
Still Beating: Wei Jane Chir’s “Buddha’s Tears”
Nov 10, 2015
Award-winning investigative journalist Ethan Gutmann estimates that in China, 64,000 prisoners practicing Falun Gong may have been killed for their organs between 2000 and 2008. Falun Gong practitioners have been… View Article
My Dear Sister: Leslie Nichols in the Studio
Oct 30, 2015
NEA Studio Residency Grant recipient Leslie Nichols hunches over a table strewn with metal letters. She holds a ruler against her block, squinting as dim light from the Letterpress Studio… View Article
The Clay Menagerie: Undine Brod in the Studio
Oct 21, 2015
Down in the Ceramics Studio, resident Undine Brod blends rose-colored underglaze into her clay as she slowly builds her form. With the underglaze, every movement Undine makes is visible as… View Article
Pulp Fiction: Susan Shaw in the Studio
Oct 07, 2015
Bright, red pulp splashes onto the beginnings of a sheet of paper, fresh and still wet. A nose begins to take shape, then a chin, then a neck. A silhouette… View Article
Flood of Consciousness: Eileen Bushnell in the Studio
Sep 25, 2015
Light pours in from the windows of the Etching Studio, glinting off of the copper plates. Sketches of plans and ideas hang pinned to the wall. Test runs of etchings… View Article
Redacted: Shanti Grumbine in the Studio
Sep 21, 2015
“I want a transformation to happen,” Shanti Grumbine says. “I want someone to know what they’re looking at but also not know what they’re looking at.” Shanti, WSW’s Ora Schneider… View Article
Lost and Found at Sea: Carly Butler in the Studio
Sep 09, 2015
Sheets of paper hang on a dimly lit wall, each with succinct pressed type against an otherwise bare page. “You are somewhere on this line,” it reads. Red waxed bookbinding… View Article
Dual Postures: Mari Ogihara in the Studio
Aug 14, 2015
A heavy clay body sits perched on a foam cushion, its head and chest tilted back in serene expression. Legs pulled into her chest, the feminine form extends one hand… View Article
Casting a Concrete Past: Barbara Westermann’s “Regional Planning Lab”
Jul 31, 2015
Public art resident Barbara Westermann points to a dimly-lit photograph on her computer screen. An array of cement bricks lies on a table, illuminated by the harsh light of on-camera… View Article