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Artist Louis Middleton, who participates in the “teaching” track within our professional tracks program, has had a very busy year! You may have heard about his sold out Paint-A-Long workshop at the American Visionary Art Museum, but haven’t yet heard that he will be giving an artist presentation at an upcoming meeting of the Baltimore…
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Artist Jules Hinton had a successful experience in a stop-motion animation course this semester, and is looking forward to drawing greater attention to his beloved cartoon culture next spring in a animation mini-festival he’s organizing to coincide with a show in our gallery (stay tuned!). Relatedly, here he shares a key influence on his artwork.…
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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…
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Young artist Dontae spent some time with us in the studio this summer as part of our Work of Art program. Currently specializing in drawing sandworts and sharks, he wanted to spend time in the studio to get to know the space and further explore exactly what and how he can create. We were lucky…
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For over a month this summer, Jennifer was way from our studio traveling in Northern California with her sister, Maureen. The primary purpose of her trip was to visit Jennifer’s artwork on display in the juried exhibition “A Progressive Ensemble” at fellow progressive art studio Art Explorers (Fort Bragg, CA). At Mendicino Art Center, local…
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Travel and adventures of all kinds are favorite topics for reflection and sharing amongst Make Studio artists. Tony LaBate and Louis Middleton hope you enjoy learning about their recent spring trips! Tony shared: “I traveled to Yosemite for my brother’s wedding this spring and stayed at a place that was cozy if you were the…
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by Kemonte Hale Although Kemonte, one of our newest artists, isn’t featured in our upcoming Storytellers show, much of his artwork is narrative in nature. He enjoys the process of character and world building, often based on the inspiration of a special interest in the extended Sonic the Hedgehog universe, bringing characters to life in…
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by Alex Albert Here’s what needed cleaning at Make Studio: the windows and the doors! I sprayed the windows with Windex. I even wiped the windows with a rag. Cathy, Roni, and I did the spraying part together. Windows were sprayed 6 or 10 times and then I wiped the spray off. After I wiped,…
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After *the first* COVID Christmas physically separated our artists last year, our resident holiday hype man Iragi wanted to bring the holiday spirit back into the studio with a vengeance. Each Wednesday this December, he counted down the weeks til Christmas with photo shoots and performances.
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All of the artists agree that a physical space to make art and a gallery where their art gets sold is essential to making a great art studio. Dasha also mentioned, “good lighting, good working conditions, and a welcoming space.” Louis is a big fan of the small details. He remarked we need to have…
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