Posts in Artists In the Studio
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
Tending Hearts: Laimah Osman in the Studio
Jul 25, 2015
“The poems are almost like secrets,” says Workspace Resident Laimah Osman, opening the screen-printed covers of her 2013 project Ishqnama (The Book of Love), full of poetry written by Persian… View Article
Building Narrative: Emily Speed’s Meta-Rosendale
Jun 13, 2015
Three miniature, makeshift buildings, each with a pair of pale legs sticking out of their foundations, huddle together in the dark chasm of Widow Jane Mine. Wordlessly, they become characters,… View Article
A Geometric Universe: Natalia Zapella’s “Nights, the Cosmos, and I”
May 28, 2015
Brazilian graphic designer and Artist’s Book resident Natalia Zapella often stays up all night. Mornings, she says, are for sleeping. Nights are for working under the still canopy of stars…. View Article
Divining Direction: Ellen Wiener in the Studio
May 18, 2015
“How do you get lost in something that is so obviously pen and ink?” Ellen Wiener asks, unrolling a long, landscape drawing, densely populated with hatch-lined flora. Gesturing at trees… View Article
Converging Practices: Sarah Blackwell in the Studio
Apr 28, 2015
Amidst a landscape slowly emerging from the weight of winter, Chili Bowl Workspace resident Sarah Blackwell finds every excuse to work outside. Hands glowing with porcelain dust, she sands several… View Article
Conditions of Longing: Golnar Adili in the Studio
Apr 17, 2015
“I grew up between two places and parents—always missing someone.” Multimedia artist and Legacy resident Golnar Adili grew up in Tehran after the Iranian Revolution, a tumultuous political climate… View Article
Radha Pandey’s “Taxonomy of Shapes”
Apr 10, 2015
In the first part of this series, we met AIE Artist’s Book Resident Radha Pandey, an Indian-born book artist and papermaker whose love of materials, technical precision, and fascination with… View Article
Chili Bowl Intern Profile: Katie Bosley
Mar 26, 2015
Last month, WSW hosted another incredible Chili Bowl Fiesta. From start to finish, the Rosendale Community Center was brimming with guests enjoying chili in their new bowls, which were made by volunteers,… View Article