Contributed by Sharon Butler / In Jessica Weiss‘s ruggedly handsome paintings, strange, puppet-like figures emerge and recede from floral wallpaper patterns that are vigorously screen-printed […]
Studio Visit
MFA Open Studios @ Brooklyn College and Parsons
Check out Brooklyn College MFA Open Studios this weekend. Twenty-nine MFA candidates, working in diverse media, will be available to field questions about their work […]
Elizabeth Hazan: A drawing’s path
A few weeks ago, I stopped by Elizabeth Hazan’s breezy, waterfront studio in DUMBO to see what she’s been working on since her two-person show […]
Studio update: Bushwick paintings
Contributed by Sharon Butler / I haven’t done a Studio Update post since I moved to the new studio in Bushwick, so if readers are […]
Cathy Nan Quinlan’s collection
From 2005 through 2008, painter Cathy Nan Quinlan directed the ‘temporary Museum out of her Williamsburg loft. Her mission in starting the project was to […]
Social practice: Austin Thomas and Julie Torres
I stopped by Austin Thomas’s studio yesterday where she and Julie Torres were deep into a twelve-hour artmaking session.
Exchanging studio visits with Joan Waltemath
The south wall of Joan Waltemath’s studio. After I posted a few images of my work on Facebook, I received a thoughtful note from Joan […]
Studio Visit: Jonathan Waters and the West Cove Gallery
Last week on a visit to New Haven, I stopped by West Cove Studios for a visit with Jonathan Waters. The unheated old industrial […]
Studio Visit: Matthew Miller and the Drama of Subtlety
A corner in Matthew Miller’s Bushwick studio. Miller’s collection of well-worn brushes. Reading material: Frank Stella’s Working Space, Wyndham Lewis Portraits, and a book about […]
Studio visit: Austin Thomas
Here are some images from a recent visit to Austin Thomas’s studio, where three-dimensional collages, text-based drawings, and handmade prints line the walls. Small-scale and […]







































