Category: events

  • Mutual Admiration Society 2025

    Mutual Admiration Society, now in its 5th year, is above all else an opportunity for artists to talk about art. During the live, virtual program, artists took turns presenting their selected works. Artists from Make Studio, Art Enables (Washington, DC) and Creative Clay (St. Petersburg, FL) chose pieces they admired from two exhibitions, Cordially Invited…

  • Louis’ Vacation Destination Celebration!

    Make Studio artist Louis Middleton is a big fan of beautiful scenery. He often makes artwork about faraway places, idyllic landscapes and seascapes, as well as capturing the essence of iconic locales that make a destination stand out from the rest! His landscapes cover a variety of scenes from tropical beaches to Baltimore City to…

  • The holidays are coming. Have you ever looked for artwork to give as presents? Check out our artwork! You can find artwork on my page and other make studio art pages. After you find something you like, go to make studio’s main webpage and find out how to buy your favorite artwork! We are having…

  • 8 Ways To Sunday: An interview with Woody

    Make Studio celebrates our 8th anniversary starting on Saturday, February 24th with a special exhibition, “Go Figure”, in our Showroom Gallery featuring new works by our 30+ program artists, who explore materials and subject matter “eight ways to Sunday”. Recently, artist Dontavious Woody has similarly been a explorer in his own right, doing multiple, varied versions of images that…

  • Meeting Dan

    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…

  • Our Heroes

    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…

  • Summer: A Great Time to Try Something New

    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…

  • An Inspiring Month for Autism Awareness & Acceptance

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…