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Kate Hamilton's installation at CHRCH Project Space

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 a crisscrossing system of pulleys. The pulleys creak as Kate Hamilton tugs at some clotheslines, and the hem of a huge, floor-to-ceiling dress lifts off… View Article

Across Time & Space: Sarah Peters in the Studio

Oct 23, 2013

This is the second of two posts on Sarah Peters’s project The Moon Has No Weather. If you missed it, read the first post here. “Sometimes I think this is really doable and sometimes I think this book is never going to get done,” Artist’s Book resident Sarah Peters said on October 3 amidst her final… 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 flash, in what looks like a basement. “These are what they call ‘test briquettes,’” Barbara says, explaining how engineers would pour cement into these sponge-shaped… View Article

Holding Patterns: Fafnir Adamites

Jul 20, 2018

Growing up in Western Massachusetts, Fafnir Adamites would never have thought to call herself an artist. “I didn’t grow up in a place where being an artist was really valued or realistic, so it took me a long time to claim that term.” A wayfinder by nature, she followed a non-traditional educational path into the… View Article

The Shape of Yes and Other Musings: Malin Abrahamsson in the Studio

Dec 13, 2018

The week prior to Malin Abrahamsson’s arrival I listened to a TED Radio hour podcast  featuring designer Ingrid Fetell Lee, author of the Aesthetics of Joy.  In the episode, Lee poses the question “what does joy look like?” Malin’s work is a suitable response to this question: it is an embodiment of joy, and it… View Article

#FirstFriday: October Exhibitions We Love!

Oct 02, 2019

Highlighting exhibitions that feature the work of WSW artists, we share the shows near and far that make up our monthly must-see list. New York Veronica Graham (AIE Residency Grant ’17) will be debuting her new Virtual Reality project, Diatribes, at Women’s Studio Workshop on October 12th from 11 am to 5 pm. Sign up to a be… View Article

Crystal Hammerschmidt

Jun 01, 2015

Crystal Hammerschmidt joined WSW as a studio intern after earning her BFA from Fort Hays State University in Kansas.

About Artists’ Books

Dec 29, 2011

An early proponent of the medium, WSW has produced over 230 limited edition artists’ books since our publishing imprint began in 1979. WSW’s publishing schedule includes 4-6 artist’s publications annually across three genres of focus, including handmade artists’ books, zines & print multiples, and our latest addition research publications. Women’s Studio Workshop is known for… View Article

Alumnae Spotlight: Heidi Neilson

Mar 14, 2017

After poking through WSW’s archives to read alumna Heidi Neilson‘s artists’ books, it was a bit jarring to find a photograph of a satellite dish on her website’s home page. In hindsight, it shouldn’t have been a shock—Heidi’s second WSW-published book, Orbital Debris Simulator, walks readers through layers of atmospheric litter using space-themed toys and 3-D glasses. Space and… View Article

Alumnae Spotlight: Dani Leventhal

Feb 26, 2014

Dani Leventhal first came to WSW in 1997 as a studio intern and ended up sticking around to start WSW’s now-thriving ceramics program. Ten years later she returned as a resident to produce Skim Milk and Soft Wax, a book that includes a 44-minute video and explores the collision between the narratives of Dani’s Jewish identity… View Article

#FirstFriday: December Exhibitions We Love

Nov 30, 2017

Highlighting exhibitions that feature the work of WSW artists, we share the shows, near and far, that make up our monthly must-see list. Karinna Gomez‘s  print, made during her 2017 WSW Studio Grant Residency, Summer: MAKE GOOD will be in the IPCNY’s exhibition New Prints 2018/Winter! New York Zarina Hashmi (Artist’s Book Grant resident ’91) has a solo exhibition Zarina: Dark Roads… View Article

On Robert “Woody” Woodruff, Zen, and the Art of Problem Solving

Apr 21, 2017

I’ll do anything for anybody’s art. Anything. Anything… within reason. -Woody, WSW Maintenance Mogul mo·gul ˈmōɡəl/ noun 1. an important or powerful person, especially in the motion picture or media industry. yms:            1. magnate, tycoon, VIP, notable, personage, baron, captain, king, lord, grandee, nabob, etc. 2. a steam locomotive with… View Article

Who Does WSW Serve?

Feb 11, 2020

Since our founding in 1974, Women’s Studio Workshop has been a professional artist studio dedicated to the creation of community, opportunity, empowerment, and development for women artists in all stages of their careers.  As we continue to serve this mission, we believe that we can honor our core values and address gender equity more fully by… View Article

Historical Timeline

Dec 02, 2021

In preparation for WSW’s 50th anniversary, Artistic Director Erin Zona partnered with author, artist, and curator Faythe Levine to examine Women’s Studio Workshop’s Archive and Special Collections. This careful exploration of programming and ephemera has led to a deepened understanding of WSW’s history and cultural contributions, documented here in this detailed historical timeline of the… View Article

Chili Bowl 2021

Feb 01, 2021

On February 27th our beloved Chili Bowl Fest Fundraiser returned as a fully online bowl sale! For over two decades, this event has been a celebration of ceramics and community and has become a staple of Rosendale’s public festival schedule. To continue in this tradition while adhering to New York State’s health guidelines around the… View Article

New Faces at WSW: Fall 2018

Oct 19, 2018

We are excited to welcome the new interns Hannah Berman, Julia Schrecengost, and Darcy Palys to WSW! Hannah and Julia are our new Studio Interns and will be busy assisting the artists-in-residence and keeping things running smoothly. Darcy is our new Nonprofit Management Intern, working along side our office staff answering emails and phone calls,… View Article

2021 Auction and Benefit

May 18, 2021

Please join us for our annual Online Auction + Benefit! The auction features artwork from nearly forty WSW alumnx (see a small sneak preview here), and bidding will commence on June 11th. There will be a closing celebration on June 15th from 7 – 8PM EST. This virtual event will feature studio tours from Symone… View Article

New Faces at WSW: Spring 2019

Apr 12, 2019

This spring we welcome four new interns to the WSW studios: Carlie Waganer, Courtney Parbs, Perri Murray and Savannah Bustillo (who joins us later in April). Carlie will be working directly with WSW staff as the non-profit management intern while Courtney, Perri and Savannah will be studio interns working on projects with resident artists,while supporting… View Article