Category: random

  • Over-the-pond-intern

    Guten Tag! My name is Nadine and I’m the new intern at the make.studio. I’m 23 years old and I was born and raised in Austria. I have a brother and he’s three years older than me. We grew up in Piberbach, a small village in a district called Linz-Land. After primary school in Kematen…

  • by Dontavius Woody (Make Studio artist Woody looks back at his busy October, in which he and his work were featured in a series of events, made possible by Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts’ Free Fall Baltimore.) It was a pleasure.  I had an art show in the gallery at the beginning of the month.  I…

  • Heaven is on the rise

    The piece is a calm and peaceful place. It is like heaven, the sky is like day and night. I worked on this piece for two weeks to get it finished. It is going to be a card. It is from my imagination, this place I created is like heaven. I painted the sky gray…

  • A Day in Little Italy with Kareem Samuels

    Two weeks ago, I was there in Little Italy at Downtown Baltimore City for the event called, The 2015 Madonnari Arts Festival. I was there at Little Italy with Carolyn (a staff member at Make Studio). I was doing chalk art & I made a chalk work of a man with red hat & some…

  • By Jordan Merlino Last week at Make Studio, I hosted a workshop for the artists on how to apply ink and how to use techniques and different materials for textures and abstract shapes and forms. What prompted me to host the workshop is my observation in the studio of seeing a lack of India ink.…

  • by Jordan Merlino, Summer Intern What does love got to do with it? Well, love has a lot to do with Chuck Fischer’s inspirations as an artist. Chuck has been dating his girlfriend Jessica for two years, and he has hopes that they will keep growing their relationship. My girlfriend and I met at the greenhouse…

  • by Kareem Samuels I have been going to any place that I can eat, restaurants or markets and that kind of thing. Anywhere around the city to find food. I order food that I like and take pictures of myself with the food and then post them on Facebook. I do this and it is…

  •   She has more art from me than any other person anywhere, certainly more than anyone at St. Elizabeth School!  She is my former guidance counselor, Ms. Lori Revitz.  She loves me like a third born son and thinks my art is amazing. Sue Ellen, as I call her, has at least 8 framed pieces…

  • 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…

  • The Food Chronicles by Kareem Samuels

    According to Kareem Samuels, everybody has to eat, so it’s something that we all have in common. As part of his daily routine Kareem photographs his meals, snacks, and desserts, and then shares them with his friends through social media. It’s a way for him to connect to others. The photographs document where he goes…