Inspired by her own occasional drawings made of her studio with works in progress, artist Michelle Weinberg has embarked on an ongoing project to collect drawings by other artists of their studios. The aim of this project is to publish the drawings in a book, and to exhibit selected works along the way in various venues.
The first exhibition of Artists Draw Their Studios will take place in Hollywood, FL at the Art and Culture Center in Fall of 2019
The drawings demonstrate the diverse ways that artists perceive their own work places and lives.
What is a workplace like when the conventional definitions of work and play don’t apply? At a moment when art districts are tourist destinations and artworks operate like financial instruments in a booming art market, Artists Draw Their Studios is an opportunity for the public to appreciate the intimate and eccentric relationships artists have with their own workplaces. No guidelines have been given other than that the works be predominantly drawing. Artists at different stages of their careers have been invited to participate. Some drawings are observational, others conceptual representations of a studio. Some studios may be traditional, with easels and paint-spattered rags, others may be virtual, exisiting only in electronic format. Some artists are always on the move, others in long-term situations tethered to their home lives. Nomadic, co-working, and tele-commuting work styles have up-ended our pictures of work and workspaces across society. A pressurized directive for everyone to be more entrepreneurial has ratcheted up stress and erased boundaries of work and home, public and private. Artists Draw Their Studios will reveal how the ultimate self-directed “workers” inhabit their spaces.
The majority of the artists participating are located in New York and South Florida, but several hail from other US regions and other countries. The roster is expected to expand.
Participating artists include:
Harumi Abe
Ruth Avra
Maria Theresa Barbist
Elysa Batista
Carol K. Brown
Amalia Caputo
Dimitry Chamy
Rosemarie Chiarlone
Clifton Childree
Jen Clay
Yanira Collado
Elisabeth Condon
Julie Davidow
Madeline Denaro
Christian Duran
Ann Egan
Franklin Einspruch
Virginia Fifield
Joana Fischer
Chris Friday
Nereida Garcia Ferraz
Brian Gefen
AdrienneRose Gionta
Francie Bishop Good
Felice Grodin
Gabriele Gutwirth
Theresa Hackett
Henning Haupt
Jeanne Jaffe
Regina Jestrow
Karla Kantorovich
Kandy Lopez
Nancy Lorenz
Judy Mannarino
Laura Marsh
Molly McGreevy
Michelle A.M. Miller
Beatriz Monteavaro
Khaulah Naima Nuruddin
Kerry Phillips
Judith Robertson
Lisa Rockford
Donna Ruff
Bonnie Rychlak
Shuli Sade
Carolina Salazar
Yolanda Sanchez
Patricia Schnall Gutierrez
Onajide Shabaka
Karen Snouffer
Sara Stites
Nina Surel
Carolyn Swiszcz
Marisabela Telleria
Kristen Thiele
Sarah Trigg
Amber Tutwiler
Michon Weeks
Michelle Weinberg
Jill Weisberg