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As you may have noticed, Iragi is Make Studio’s #1 fan of seasonal holiday festivities. Before the pandemic, that was evident on this day, also this one, and this one, among many others! Since then, Iragi has not given up the holiday hype man role, and perhaps because he knows that our return to the…
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The following are “sketches”, captured in words, of some happenings during recent virtual studio sessions, which we began offering for artists in response to COVID-19. (Find out more about Make Studio’s response to the coronavirus here.) Wednesday, May 20 Everyone on the call had EGGS for breakfast! While we drew our self-portraits together, the question arose:…
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In conjunction with Make Studio’s Autism Acceptance Month online gallery, we’re highlighting some partnering entities who, if 2020 gave us a *typical* April, would have joined us for an in-person gallery event. Our last post featured the Hussman Center for Adults with Autism. Today, we’re featuring Taking the Lead, an organization that also shares our goals of centering…
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by Rosie Eck Among us, we have the King of Video Games, the Empress of Baby Goats, the Ruler of Meadows, the King of Drums, and two Rulers of Nature. This host of royalty comprises the Art Class at the Hussman Center for Adults with Autism. Each week, participants meet to explore creativity and communication by…
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(prepared by Beth Grasso, Make Studio intern) April is an important month at Make Studio because many of our artists identify as persons with autism/autistic persons/as being “on the spectrum”. Along with many others who celebrate autism awareness and/or acceptance, we take the month of April to focus on spreading acceptance and amplifying the voices…
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by Zach Manuel This story is called The Shish-Kebab Kingdom, a story of my own creation based off of the “Arabian Nights” tales of yore (I had some inspiration from Disney’s adaption of “Aladdin”) and some of my own thoughts of gender equality and fair treatment of women. This story takes place in India from…
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In addition to having an opening reception and party for TEN, this year’s anniversary exhibition, our artists are acknowledging the milestone of an entire decade of Make Studio in a BIG way! They are putting on their first fashion show, fittingly titled “Make it Work”. Thirty-two individual looks, designed by the artists and modeled by…
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by Tyrone Weedon On my left is East North Avenue and that is where I live. This is my home, me and my family have lived in this household for the past decades until my four sisters moved out and have a place of their own to start a family years later. It has…
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We’ve reminded our friends before and we’re excited to remind you again that October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The theme of this year’s national campaign to raise awareness about disability employment issues (and celebrate the many contributions of America’s workers with disabilities!) is The Right Talent, Right Now. We well know the artistic talents of…
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Make Studio is excited to bring back Cordially Invited, our annual invitational exhibition and a showcase of artists working at progressive art centers (aka art centers for people with disabilities) worldwide! This year’s celebration is bigger and better, as it’s part of our extended 10th anniversary celebration. A couple of the Make Studio program artists…
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