Category: community
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by Jill Make Studio’s staff members don’t often contribute to this blog because it’s primarily a place for our artists to share their faves and reflections, but I’m making an exception (a small series of them). It seemed like the best way to share highlights of my recent visit to China, on behalf of Make…
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As part of the festivities for Make Studio’s 5th Anniversary, artist Dan Keplinger (possibly better known as “King Gimp” from the 1999 award-winning documentary of the same name) did a live drawing demo. Make Studio artist Tyrone Weedon was particularly excited about meeting Dan and wanted to share his experience of meeting the King. “On…
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Recently, Make Studio artist Garrett Seidman traveled to Chicago from Baltimore on his very first business trip. When he’s not making art at the studio, Garrett finds glitches in video games for a company called Wargaming. When explaining his job, Garrett said, “I smoke out the bugs in the software.” The software company invited its employees…
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We’ve been thinking a lot about heroes lately because of our participation in an exhibition currently on view at Towson Arts Collective’s EBC Art Center. Many of our artists are represented in HEROES: Everyday Heroes to Super Heroes, Beyond the Call of Duty,on view from October 1st through 25th, with a reception this Saturday, October…
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Make Studio is very lucky to have some wonderfully talented and enthusiastic interns this summer. As part of their experience at the studio, we asked our interns Maeve and Acacia to each design, organize, and teach a workshop to the resident artists. Take a look at their reflections about the process of creating a workshop…
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Bradley Jacobs is an artist with us here at Make Studio during the summer. He’s a student otherwise, and likes to travel with his family. Bradley comes here to work and as well as attends school in Illinois. He says of this lifestyle: “I think its like a relaxation technique I use. it’s like I…
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Several of Make Studio’s 20 artists identify as persons with autism, autistic, and/or living “on the spectrum”. Every day, their actions, words, and images help “neurotypical” individuals to better understand and celebrate their points-of-view. (And these artists are often commendably patient while doing so!) Make Studio capped off its celebration of National Autism Awareness and…
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Jerry Williams makes paintings, drawings, sculpture, and often uses found materials. The Ringling Brothers’ Barnum & Bailey Circus is a major theme in his artwork. Jerry’s been going to the circus with his family since he was a little kid. He loves watching the animal trainers interact with the animals and the ringmaster leading the…
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For Make Studio’s 4th Anniversary Show Tony Labate decided to try several new techniques for his special project. For starters he increased the scale of his latest characters, so they stand three feet tall instead of three inches. He also decided to do three dimensional wood cut-outs instead of traditional illustration. Tony chose to return…
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by Gary Schmedes Make Studio has a new show coming up to celebrate our fourth anniversary. I decided to do something I’ve never done before. I started a series of drawings using the same group of original characters and events that could be part of the same story line. It was pretty challenging. The characters…
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