Posts in Artists In the Studio
A Playful Takeover with Cheryl Paswater
Sep 16, 2014
Brightly colored, angular newsprint shapes wait in piles on the large, wall-length table in the silkscreen studio. Workspace resident Cheryl Paswater introduces me to her various characters—“the reflectors,” “the airplane… View Article
A Lamentation and a Goodbye: Kathy Hettinga’s “4 3 2 CRY”
Sep 08, 2014
After a 34 year absence, Artists’ Book Resident Kathy T. Hettinga paid a visit to Johnstown Farm, a modest, thoughtfully made farmhouse in Weld County, Colorado. It was there she once… View Article
Coded Memory: Breanne Trammell’s Twitter Diary
Aug 15, 2014
For the past seven years, Ora Schneider resident Breanne Trammell has used Twitter as a digital diary. Her feed is a playful archive of puns, conversation snippets, and coded records… View Article
CHRCH Clothes: Kate Hamilton’s “Studio Lab”
Jul 22, 2014
For the month of July, Cottekill’s CHRCH Project Space has been filling up with yards of sailcloth sculpted and sewn into huge pieces of clothing hanging floor-to-ceiling and attached to… View Article
Required Reading: Spring In the Studio Wrap Up
Jun 26, 2014
Between the last traces of the Polar Vortex and our first dip in the lake, our kenaf has sprouted, another successful season of Hands-On-Art has ended, and seven artists-in-residence have been busy as springtime bees… View Article
Paper, Skin, & Hair: Maria Vonn in the Studio
Jun 20, 2014
In the papermaking studio, Maria Vonn pulls and couches a thin sheet of flax. From a small pile, she tugs loose a handful of strands from what used to be… View Article
Printerly & Drawerly: Emily Wilson in the Studio
Jun 11, 2014
“Etching is my love,” gushes Emily Wilson. But spend ten minutes with her and it’s clear her practice is rooted in an even deeper love for the immediacy of drawing…. View Article
Navigating Sarah McDermott’s “Channel & Flow”
Jun 04, 2014
This is the second of two posts about our Art-in-Education Artist’s Book Resident Sarah McDermott’s project Channel & Flow. If you missed our first post, catch up here. Until the folding, collating, and… View Article
Dora Lisa Rosenbaum Gets Her Clean On
May 21, 2014
When Guatemala-born, Albany-raised artist Dora Lisa Rosenbaum moved to the northern coast of California a few years ago, one thing in particular really struck her. “I smelled this really strong… View Article
Karen J. Revis in the Land of Happy Accidents
May 09, 2014
Even as a student, workspace resident Karen J. Revis was doing things her way: adding wax to her paint and eschewing brushes and canvas for palette knives and plexi. She wanted… View Article