Category: random

  • compiled by Cathy Goucher It’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month, a time to reflect on and take meaningful steps toward creating workplaces that welcome the talents of all people. Employment is a significant way to empower individuals with disabilities — helping them work toward independence, full community participation, and economic self-sufficiency. At Make Studio, we cultivate…

  • by Jules Hinmon This blog is a review of the Season 1 episode of Futurama entitled A Fishful of Dollars. In the episode, Fry becomes rich and gains 4.3 billion dollars after discovering that over the course of the thousand years he has been frozen that his account had grown a large amount of interest…

  • The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: Out Of The World

    by Kareem Samuels (Staff note: Jerry “Partyman” Williams is not the only circus fan at Make Studio! Kareem shares his photos of and thoughts about RBB&B circus’ final visit to Baltimore.) I went to see the circus for the final time at this amazing arena & the last event for the circus called, “Out Of…

  • coffee (A tribute)

    by Dasha Kalumuck i’m a big coffee fan. i’m probably addicted! LOL! who isn’t, right? anyway  i love the taste of coffee and i especially love caramel. i’m a huge fan of caramel! and caramel coffee is the BEST! i like  a whole range of different coffee. hot, cold, iced, frappe’. and it’s not complete…

  • Party On Make Studio: A Farewell Post

    by Shaindel Edelman Nine months at Make Studio has given me the privilege to work with some of the most outrageous and creative artists I’ve known. I came to Make in September 2016 to give to the studio as an Art Therapy intern from George Washington University and had no idea how much the studio…

  • Trying Something New

    A post by Tyrone on trying new art materials…. “It can be a frustrating process for me since I have a lot of self-doubt when working with new processes and materials. To get rid of negative thoughts, I take a deep breath and try to let things go. I try to think of something positive to…

  • Between Two Collages

    Last week Chuck and Woody discussed their in-progress collage pieces. Chuck: How long did it take you to make your collage so far? Woody: One day. How long are you going to do your piece of artwork? Chuck: I need to paint it first, so, about two days. Do you like collage? Woody: Yes, because it…

  • by Tracy Weitkamp Hello Make Studio enthusiasts! I am the new-ish art therapy intern at Make Studio. I say new-ish because really I have been here since January and yet I’ve only been here regularly on Saturdays, so it still feels pretty new. Toward the start of my internship, though, I got to experience some…

  • For the last couple weeks at Make Studio, artists have been working on PowerPoint presentations to get ready for (Power)Pointy: An Evening of Artful Powerpoint Presentations on Friday, April 7th from 6:30-8:30pm at Make Studio’s Showroom Gallery as part of Hampden’s First Fridays. Dasha discusses hers here! “I mostly made PowerPoints for school before. They were more informational.…

  • I wanted to share something that’s been on my mind for quite a while. When I was in my twenties I saw a lot of people in their thirties dissing people my age, telling them ‘you’ll grow out of it, too, and be in khakis and business suits and never want to wear black again,…