Bess’ recent bliss comes from returning to an old favorite activity– creating anime-inspired art. Specifically… magical girls! She’s been busy creating self-portraits as a “magical girl” with all kinds of “strange components,” like halos and wings. She’s “grateful” no one is saying she will “never get anime art published because ‘it’s not art – you’ll never make…

Wondering what puts Jimmy “on cloud nine”? He made us four lists of four, which can mostly be found under the sea.  Four favorite TV shows: Shamu TV SeaRescue Phineas and Ferb Toy Story Four favorite movies: Jaws I Jaws II Jaws III Jaws IV: The Revenge Four notable sharks: Mako shark White shark Hammerhead…

  I have a special Christmas Eve Mass. I think I saw Santa Claus at Seattle. We hope get some snow.   I watch the Hallmark Channel, Disney. My Mother and sister in law gave me the idea. I think that I watch Netflix movies. Our Pope and Priest at Church. My favorite part is…

For Free Fall 2018, Make Studio is pleased to present Cordially Invited, a first-of-its-kind in Baltimore invitational exhibition and set of programming featuring artworks created in innovative U.S. and international studios that serve artists with disabilities. Cordially Invited celebrates the exciting and thought-provoking art produced in progressive art studios as a way to better appreciate our neuro-diverse world. Opening Friday,…

Artist Gary Schemes just returned from summer vacation with his family, and wanted to share highlights of his big adventure in “the most magical place on Earth”: This was Gary’s seventh time visiting Disney World.  (He’s been to Disney Land twice.)  He got to meet many old and new Disney characters, gathering their autographs and…

by Aimee & Dasha, with help from Carolyn They call themselves “Double Trouble”. . . Artists Aimee and Dasha together led two workshops in one day last month, and they made sure their outfits matched for the occasion. Here they share their experiences from that day, when they first demonstrated their techniques for painting on…

by Jill Gǎnxiè shàngdì jīntiān shì xīngqí wǔ! (TGIF!) (This is the third and final post in a 3-part series, sharing highlights of my recent visit to China, on behalf of Make Studio and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (NCUSCR). You can read the first post here. Thank you to Julia for several of the photos that appear…

by Rosalie Eck & Sheba Sheikhai In partnership with Baltimore City’s Recreation and Parks Division, Make Studio leads weekly art classes for adults at Farring-Baybrook Therapeutic Recreation Center. Offering four classes weekly to 7 to 25 participants, instructors invite these artists to try new materials and methods, be self-expressive, and connect with each other and…

Aimee Eliason started working at Make Studio in 2015.  Right now Aimee is focusing on sculpture with found objects, including wearable art such as this “Christmas hairpiece”. Aimee enjoys having unstructured time to explore her creative ideas in the studio, where many media are readily available. She also likes having opportunities to work with visiting…