Author: makestudiobaltimore

  • by Yam Chew Oh, intern When I walked into Make Studio on my first day as an intern, studio members had curious looks on their faces. They later told me that they were wondering who I was and what I was doing there. Well, at 43-years-old and having worked as a public relations professional for the…

  • Goodbye and Hello

    Summer is a time of transition as school years end and vacation season begins. This summer, Make Studio bids farewell to Emily, our year-long intern from George Washington University’s Art Therapy Graduate Program, and noted lover of pizza and bingo enthusiast. Before heading off to immerse herself in summer studies, Emily left these parting words: Looking…

  • I’m Julian “Jules” Hinmon.  I am an artist.  I take great pride in my favorite art pieces, especially Chris and Hummerback.  Cartoons are an awesome art form.  Chris and Hummerback is my magnum opus.  It’s a series I created about an anti-social, African American 8-year-old kid named Black Chris, and his stuffed weasel, brought to…

  • My farewell blog post by Nadine Handschuh I’ve spent a wonderful and inspiring 15 weeks in Baltimore, “the greatest City in America”.* Make Studio gave me the great opportunity to be the first over-the-pond-intern from Europe. I’m so thankful and it has been a life-changing experience. But unfortunately, it’s time to say good-bye and I’m…

  • 2015 was truly a phenomenal year for Make Studio! Between moving, settling in and customizing the Schwing space, and events almost every month, happenings for artists and staff felt nonstop. (If you haven’t had a chance to see it, this summary highlights what we were up to events-wise: 2015 In Review) With further plans for our…

  • by Jerry “Partyman” Williams Last Sunday I dressed as my Cosplay Ringmaster Eric Michael Gillett from the Ringling Bros. 125th Anniversary Edition. The people loved my Cosplay outfit and took pictures of me with their cellphones, their cameras and tablets. I saw a lot of famous people from TV news of WJZ 13 News, WBFF…

  • Over-the-pond-intern

    Guten Tag! My name is Nadine and I’m the new intern at the make.studio. I’m 23 years old and I was born and raised in Austria. I have a brother and he’s three years older than me. We grew up in Piberbach, a small village in a district called Linz-Land. After primary school in Kematen…

  • by Dontavius Woody (Make Studio artist Woody looks back at his busy October, in which he and his work were featured in a series of events, made possible by Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts’ Free Fall Baltimore.) It was a pleasure.  I had an art show in the gallery at the beginning of the month.  I…

  • Heaven is on the rise

    The piece is a calm and peaceful place. It is like heaven, the sky is like day and night. I worked on this piece for two weeks to get it finished. It is going to be a card. It is from my imagination, this place I created is like heaven. I painted the sky gray…

  • A Day in Little Italy with Kareem Samuels

    Two weeks ago, I was there in Little Italy at Downtown Baltimore City for the event called, The 2015 Madonnari Arts Festival. I was there at Little Italy with Carolyn (a staff member at Make Studio). I was doing chalk art & I made a chalk work of a man with red hat & some…