If you were to walk by MICA’s Stu­dio Cen­ter on North Avenue (close to what I am told is the slow­est McDonald’s in the world) dur­ing the month of Jan­u­ary, then you most likely saw the work of Jowita Wys­zomirska through the win­dow of MICA’s Cura­to­r­ial Stud­ies gallery, The Tem­po­rary. Three site-specific instal­la­tions were fea­tured ...

Last week, I vis­ited the lovely stu­dio (and home) of illus­tra­tor Yelena Bryk­senkova. Yelena’s illus­tra­tions have gained trac­tion since she has grad­u­ated from MICA, and she’s quickly becom­ing known for her ele­gant draw­ings of women and images adorned with pat­terns ref­er­enc­ing East­ern Euro­pean folk art. Images via Yelena’s web­site. Image via Yelena’s blog. Yelena uses a ...

Beth Hoeckel’s stu­dio lies in beau­ti­ful, tree-lined neigh­bor­hood in Bal­ti­more. Light and airy, the space is home to Beth’s col­lage and mixed media work. As some­one who works in col­lage, I was impressed by Beth’s way of work­ing and orga­ni­za­tion. See­ing this space and hear­ing her speak really informed the work for me, which is ...

Last week, I made a visit to the stu­dio of Her­monie Only. Housed in the base­ment of the house in which she lives, it is dark and a bit haunt­ing, but also serene and authen­tic feel­ing to the work she makes. Her­monie, a b-grant award win­ner, uses both sculp­ture and paint­ing to explore ideas preva­lent ...

Last week I ven­tured to John Bohl’s home/studio, nes­tled on a tree-lined street in Bal­ti­more. I’ve seen his work again and again around town, most note­ably at Bal­ti­more Liste ear­lier this sum­mer, put on by the Con­tem­po­rary Museum. It was there that I was able to view an instal­la­tion of John’s objects, a com­bi­na­tion of ...

Last week I had the immense plea­sure of meet­ing with Chris­tine Buck­ton Till­man in her home stu­dio in Bal­ti­more. Upon enter­ing Christine’s house (which she shares with hus­band Robert), there is a sense of fun and plea­sure that per­me­ates the walls. Upstairs, her stu­dio space is col­or­ful and cel­e­bra­tory, as the walls are adorned with ...

Steven Riddle’s stu­dio is one after my own heart. The Baltimore-based artist is cur­rently in his sec­ond year of the Tow­son MFA pro­gram. Upon enter­ing his space, I was greeted by paper, color, and col­lage works. It was a bit over­whelm­ing (as col­lage stu­dios can be… so may scraps!) but I loved see­ing the nuts ...

Over the hol­i­day week­end, I vis­ited with Alex Ebstein in the Seton Hill neigh­bor­hood of Bal­ti­more. We met at Nudashank, a gallery where she is the co-founder/director with Seth Adels­berger. After see­ing Alex’s work at a visit to the Pent­house Gallery ear­lier this year, I was really inter­ested in the way she was using yarn. ...

Recently, I had the plea­sure of meet­ing Amy Boone-McCreesh in her stu­dio near Bal­ti­more. See­ing her work­space was quite a treat. While I had rather casu­ally perused her stu­dio a year ear­lier, I now got to spend extended time with her, her objects, and both 2D and 3D works. Dis­cus­sions on art and process were ...

Last week­end I had the delight of meet­ing with Elena John­ston, an artist based in my home city of Bal­ti­more. Upon meet­ing her, I was instantly excited by not only her work and work space, but beau­ti­ful, light-filled apart­ment (and her cat). Her home is nes­tled in a neigh­bor­hood with some beau­ti­ful old houses, like ...