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I’m so excited to share my studio tour with you today! Creating a space for your art making is one of the single most important creative self-care habits I teach students at Mindful Art Studio. Even if you think you have no space at all, you can still CREATE some space. You can learn more about creating a small art studio at home in this post .

I’ve got a wonderful Studio Clear Out Challenge May 15 – 19th and it’s free! You can join us here:

A studio space should also be ORGANIZED and INSPIRING. As part of my own creative self-care , I recently cleared out some supplies I wasn’t using, moved things around, and bought paint shelves. I can’t wait to show it to you in this studio tour video.  AAAAAND… if you look sharp, you might see a few sneak peeks of the new class I’m planning. I can’t share anything yet, but stay tuned. If you’d like to see the classes I’m currently offering, click here .

Studio Tour – How to create an organized, inspiring art studio:

• Display your own art; it will encourage you to keep going.
• Showcase natural materials for inspiration.  I keep shells, dried seeds, and stones on my table.
• Keep an open, inviting table space so that you can get right to work.
• Leave art out that is in process to tempt you to add to it.
• PURGE! When drawers, containers or shelves are over-full, it’s time to purge! If you haven’t used it, you probably won’t. Clear your drawer to make space for inspiration.
• Use jars to organize groups of supplies like pens, brushes, oil pastels, and markers.
• Keep small, pretty boxes full of collage bits for journals.
• Hang shelves for supplies near your work area to keep frequently used supplies, like paint, gesso, and gel medium, at arm’s reach.
• Make an inspiration cork board with pretty postcards and inspiring pictures.
• Keep art books nearby on a bookshelf to see inspiring ideas and pictures.
• Maintain  multiple journals at once to keep from feeling tight or stale. You can give them different purposes, like sketching, collage, painting, and brainstorming ideas, or just mix it up in them all at once.

What are the must have’s in your art studio? Any great tips I’ve missed? And what’s on your art supply wish list? Tell us about it in the comments!

Creatively Yours,

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What a great space! Thank you for sharing. Love your paint shelves. You have inspired me so I am off to rearrange my space, love the idea of an easy chair in the corner to be inspired in. Have a great day!

oh I’m tickled that you connected with some the ideas here! I hope you post your progress in our FB group or on Instagram using #mindfulartstudio so I can see!

Happy rearranging! Amy

Wow, Amy, beautiful studio space! I love the bureau, chest, and antique piece that serve as storage. I hope the new year offers you much inspiration. Thanks for the tour.

Thanks so much!This is one of the biggest studio spaces I’ve had, but no matter what, if things get cluttered, the space doesn’t feel as good. I definitely want to take it much further, and that’s part of the fun. Having had many “bedroom studios” where I had to set up and break down most of the stuff, it’s really nice.

I hope YOU find much creative light in 2017 and thanks for watching!

Wow, that’s a beautiful studio! You are surrounded by so much beauty! I love your stamps and the natural materials. The shelves look neat, too. After reading some of your postings i felt inspired to create my own tiny art space. It’s small but i love it. And it works! Each morning – art before breakfast – i sit there and create something 🙂

Oh that sounds so great! I would love to see your little space! You are on Instagram, right? Will you tag @amymaricle and #mindfulartstudio so I can see?

Cheers, Amy

I love it, Amy! This was a delightful studio tour! Thanks so much for sharing! Blessings, Briana

You are so sweet, Briana, thank you for watching!

Thanks for the tour! I’ve been wanting to reorganize my studio for the new year, and this gave me some ideas for moving things around so I can create more freely.

Oh, Emily, I love the sound of that! Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment.

Thanks for sharing your studio tour; it was full of helpful ideas.

In looking for storage solutions in my own studio, I’ve learned to boil the question down to it’s simplest form. For instance, I needed a better working palette for my painting dyes. I went through a number of palettes from art stores, but they weren’t working quite right. I finally boiled it down to—”I need an easy to clean plate with lots of shallow holes, and a larger mixing space, but I also need containers to hold larger amounts of dye”. The solution? A deviled egg plate from the thrift store and tea light glass cups from IKEA.

Sometimes the best solution is the cheapest one!

This is a great formula to offer others! Very logical. I’m into logical. Thanks so much for sharing it here!

Thanks I am really happy to have come across this blog. I keep putting it off but you have really inspired me. Claire

Claire: Are you thinking about putting together your own studio space? Or reorganizing the one you have? I would love to hear about it!

Hello Amy I am setting up my art space/guest bedroom and I am trying to decide between a glass drafting table and a flat type art desk. I do some oil painting (I have easels), draw, make cards, etc, but don’t have a flat table (sewing?) Question, which would be the better choice- glass drafting table or a flat type art desk. I would like you opinion. Thank you Rayleen

HI Rayleen!

how fun that you are setting up your studio space. Congrats! Of course I can’t know your personality and what would work for you – but I can tell you what I prefer. I have an easel for painting and a flat table for my other work. A drafting table of course goes flat but I don’t know if it would support your sewing machine. The other thing to consider is chair height and whether you’d be more comfortable at the taller seat at a drafting table. I don’t have one so it’s hard for me to advise on that, but I love having sturdy, flat tables! Good luck!

Great ideas Amy! Thanks for sharing them with us all! I am inspired to clean out my studio and paint! It is too easy to put it off when it is cluttered!

Oh I so agree, Karen! Clutter is totally anti-motivating for me. Happy creating! XO Amy

Thank you for sharing your art studio…so many ideas I was almost overwhelmed (lol)…the dresser, the antique wardrobe, bookcase, I totally love….but, the very best was the table – I absolutely love all the little paint drops on it -which btw – gives it so much character without even trying or meaning to….and so, it helped me because I have been trying to decide where to start with my space/art studio – I thought about purchasing a drafting table, which can be a bit expensive for an up and coming artist – so I decided to look around in my neighborhood Thrift Stores and believe it or not I saw a table just like yours – but I actually passed on it because I thought about getting paint and other chemicals on it and well….so now I plan to go back and if it is still there – I will purchase it…seeing your studio has inspired me and I am getting excited about getting and putting things in some type of order.

Oh this is so amazing to read! I’m so happy I could help you open up some ideas! xo Can’t wait to hear how it turns out! xo

Amy, I love your articles. Best advice and ideas I’ve read in a long time. Everyone needs to find their creativity and make a space. Not everyone’s space’s are going to be expensive and Grand like in the magazines and such. But to me the best spaces are there ones that are mismatched, organized and you can tell that person has put their heart into it. I don’t want my space to be done by a designer. It’s mine, I want to design it. Your advice, video and article is wonderful to get anyone inspired to make their own art area. Beautiful done. Thank you.

Thanks so much for this heartfelt response. It made my day to read it this morning. I’m so happy that my words spoke to you. What’s your art space like right now?

Also, if you haven’t already, you might want to check out some of my free classes. I’ve got one on Creativity and Self-Care you might love. XO

Love your space, I need to clear some space from my studio room. I have 2 tables and a long counter top with way to much clutter on them. I love your giggle laugh, it made me giggle😂

Hey Gina: Welcome! I’m so glad you enjoyed seeing the studio and my giggle! 😂 If you haven’t already, you can check out one of my free classes here: https://mindfulartstudio.com/shop/free-classes/

Thank you, Amy, for sharing your space. I LOVE your materials, chest, wardrobe! I need to clear out my table and make it more inviting! Thank you for all inspirations!

Namrata – I’m so happy I could inspire! Happy creating!

Love!!! Your studio set up Amy! Can you tell me what kind of crayons you have on your desk? I cant seem to find the right texture and vibrancy to use in my journals.

HI Mary Jo – I’m so happy you found this helpful! I love the Neocolor water soluble crayons.

You can find the rest of my favorite supplies here !

Thank you for sharing your studio video. I just repurposed a room in my basement as my studio and I am beyond excited d about it!! It’s a space where I can just be me. It’s not designer-y at all but functions just the way I want it to! I can tell you are a working artist w the paint splotches and drawers full w all your “necessities”! Wishing you many years of wonderful creativity!

Hi Mary Jane: Thanks so much for being here! I love that you have taken over some space of your own. How exciting! If you are looking for any more inspiration on organization and ways to approach a studio space – large or small – you might enjoy having a peek at my Studio Space class . It’s full of ideas on organization, storage, lighting – everything. And my favorite part is the Studio Inspiration section – you’ll look into the studios of artists who work in their bedroom, a room like yours, and a converted barn. It’s inspiring. Happy creating Mary Jane!

Join our Studio Clear Out Challenge May 15 – 19th 2023. It’s a free and fun challenge to get you creating space in your studio! You can join here: https://mindfulartstudio.com/clear-out-2023

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Studio Tour and Art Supplies

Now that I'm a full time artist, I spend most of my days at home. I'm a natural homebody, so you won't hear me complain about this. On the contrary, it's quite lovely. But it also means that my dining room has become my office, so I've transformed it into a space I like to spend time in. It's been completely taken over with art supplies and my favorite mint color. Here's a little peek into my studio and some of the art supplies I use every day.

It’s amazing how much can be jammed into a $16 Walmart shelf if one has the will and the wire baskets are perfect for easy display of my card designs. Half the fun is arranging and rearranging supplies and displays. The teal letter board is a fun addition to the space, but I have yet to come up with some creative sayings to add to it. And the clipboard wall is still going strong.

I’m pretty addicted to organization, and there’s nothing that makes me happier than having a place for each little item.

I rescued this little cabinet from the trash recently and DIYed it back to health. It might not be the most practical storage, but the splashes of teal feed my soul.

Most of the time I have three or four projects going at once to stave off the possibility that I might get bored. So most of the time my table looks like this…or worse. I love that it faces the window so I am constantly inspired by nature.

Every painting is a bit of an experiment, and I see it as an opportunity to improve. Even though I’m a very goal-oriented person, I’m learning to see the value in the process and even the mistakes. My self-confidence ebbs and flows as I succeed and fail with certain paintings and ideas. I try to remind myself that the process is as important as the product.

Just to keep it interesting, I rotate between watercolor, acrylic, and oil painting. I like to try new things, but I've discovered that watercolor painting is my favorite. There's something so simple and relaxing about adding soft translucent color to paper.

Here are the supplies that I found work best for me. The paint tray is an old metal tray I got from an art teacher years ago and I love how the colors have dried in creative patterns as I've pushed paint around on it over the years.

My acrylic set up is a little different. I only work with the primary colors and black and white because I find I can create more a range of colors if I mix them myself. That's part of the fun for me. I like the freedom and messiness that comes when I mix paints and I'm never too picky about cleaning off all my supplies after I finish. The paint palette and paint cup end up looking like works of art themselves.

Oil painting is new for me, and if I like pushing paint and making a mess with acrylics, this medium satisfies that desire even more. There are a lot of moving parts to oil and it's a much longer process to reaching a finished piece, but nothing matches the vibrance of oil colors.

There's always some little work in progress on the table, and some of my favorites are creating custom art for other people. It's such a privilege to capture sweet memories through my artwork.

I used to dream of having a detached studio with a walls of windows, but for now, this little space is perfect. It's a little corner for me to see and share the beauty in life that points us to our creator. Thanks for taking the tour of my happy place!

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9+ Best Travel Art Supplies for Painting Artists Who Travel

• Last Updated: July 8, 2021
• Written by: Elisabeth Larson Koehler

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One of the perks of painting is that all of the necessary materials are fairly portable. This article will guide you through which travel art supplies are the easiest to pack and take with you.

We are lucky in this day and age to be able to carry our paints in small paint tubes and have easels that are light and foldable. However, there are a LOT of different materials out there and it can be hard to know what exactly you need to paint and travel. I will break down exactly what you will need, so that you can easily be a traveling artist, painting on the go!

Painting Surfaces Best for Travel

This is one of the more important of the travel art supplies you’ll need to remember to take with you. As wherever you paint you will always need something to paint on.

I recommend using loose gessoed canvas that can be rolled up. Boards will take up more space than stretched canvas. Not to mention you have to be a little more careful not to puncture or damage stretch canvases!

You can gesso your own canvas or purchase it already primed and ready to paint on! When you are ready to start your painting, you will simply cut out a size that is appropriate for your project. Then attach the piece of canvas to a hard board with some masking tape. This hard board will act as a support for all of your paintings on your journey. You will be able to use both sides if you wish to do multiple paintings at a time! I do this often 😉

Art Supplies for Storing Paintings and Canvas

To transport your canvas I recommend to roll it up and store it safely inside a mailing tube. This provides excellent protection for your painting surface and keeps it from getting any creases.

In addition, I recommend for you to use the mailing tube to store your completed paintings on your travels ( once they are dry ). Again this is a wonderful way to protect your work from getting any folds or creases. When traveling we often accidentally drop things or stack things on top of one another. Therefore storing your work in a mailing tube alleviates a lot of worry about any damage that may incur to your work!

✨ A quick tip about rolling up paintings – keep the painted side on the outside! I know this sounds odd but it is the best way to take care of your paintings while rolling them up. Rolling oil paintings inwards can cause them to chip or flake which will become visible when laid out flat again.

Travel Art Carrying Case

What if your paintings are still wet and you need to continue your travels? Enter the wet panel art carrying case ! You can purchase one or make your own. They allow you to store wet painting safely inside a box in such a way so that it won’t touch anything else. I personally keep my painting taped down to a board to allow for me to place my painting safely inside a carrier if I need to do so.

Art Supplies to Speed up Drying Time

If you are using oil paints and would rather not have to deal with wet paintings while traveling. There are specific travel art supplies that can help speed up the drying time.

Liquin for traveling artists

Liquin will help a great deal to speed up the drying time! Using just a little will go a long way. Add it to your paint at times when you would normally use linseed oil to thin out your paint.

Whenever I use Liquin in a painting, I take out a small amount of it from the jar using a palette knife and place a little pile of it onto my palette. This way it is easy for me to add it as needed while I mix my oil paints .

Lightweight Travel Easels

An easel can be a little bit of a headache for artists who are traveling, as it is most likely the largest item out of all your travel art supplies. However, there are some great travel easel options out there for every budget!

Pochade boxes for travelers

A pochade box is one of the most popular easels for plein air painters and traveling artists. They are also quite historical as they came into popularity in the 19th century when artists started to paint out of doors. Pochade boxes tend to be small and are highly portable as you can store not just your materials inside them but also your painting. You can purchase one or make your own out of a cigar box!

French easel travel supplies

I personally use a French easel when I travel as well as in my studio. So, it is nice to be able to use the same easel that I always use when on the go. Similar to the pochade box, it allows you to store a lot of supplies inside the easel including your palette. It can be folded up smaller which makes it easy to carry and transport.

However, the downside to a French easel however is that it can be a bit heavier than other options, due to its wood construction. So, if you are looking for something particularly lightweight, this might not be the best option for you.

Tripod easel with palette box

The tripod easel and palette box can sometimes be a good alternative to the traditional French easel. The versions made out of aluminum can be lighter weight and less prone to breakage. In addition, this variety gives you a good distance between the painting and the palette – something missing with a pochade box.

A good camera tripod easel with a palette box can be a little pricey. However, if you are planning to do a lot of plein air painting or walking with your painting supplies. It is really worth it to get a lightweight easel, as your back will thank you! 🙂

Brushes and Brush Cleaner

For traveling I recommend the Guerilla ‘mighty mite brush washer’ . It is leak proof, you don’t have to worry about soiling things when traveling with with linseed oil or turpenoid. In addition, it works as a terrific brush cleaner that lasts a long time.

Palette cups

You could also use oil painting palette cups. These are small metal cups that you can clip onto your palette. They are not meant to be a brush cleaners however. So you can’t clean your brush in this as thoroughly as you could in a regular brush cleaner. However, these make for super useful travel art supplies. As they work great as receptacles to keep your linseed oil and or turpenoid in – when you need to use those in your painting.

Paints for Travel

Most paint tubes come in a large or small size – typically 37 ml or 150 ml size tubes. So, when traveling with your painting supplies it is best to use small sized tubes. As this will help a great deal with keeping the weight down.

If small sized paint tubes are still too heavy and you don’t need to take that much paint with you… Then you could purchase small containers to store your paint in. Just keep in mind, that the paint will dry quicker in such containers than if it remained in a tube!

So, if you are planning to travel and paint for just a few days then small containers work nicely. However, not if you will be on the go with your travel art supplies for a couple of weeks or longer. As the paint will likely dry out over that period time.

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Traveling with Oil Paints on an Airplane

It is possible to travel with your oil painting supplies on an airplane . However, there are a few things that are valuable to know before you start packing your travel art supplies! After traveling many times with oil paints – believe me when I say that you will appreciate knowing how to fly with oil paints!

Start Taking your Travel Art Supplies with you!

Whether you are traveling by car or plane, all of the tips for painting above will help a great deal. As you now have a good base of which are the best travel art supplies to take with you. So that you can have a smooth experience as a traveling artist.

It can be extra work to carry your painting supplies with you on the move – but doing so is deeply rewarding and more than worth it…

The experience of getting to paint the places you visit is very rich. You notice and experience things you would not have otherwise. And, you have the extra perk of having a recorded visual memory of your travels!

Have you ever painted while traveling before? If so, I would love to hear how your experience went! What travel art supplies do you wish you had brought with you or maybe left behind?

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I am not traveling very far but when I do travel I have a few art supplies! And I have taken a couple of trips to Yosemite National Park, and Big Sur, and even Lake Tahoe it was beautiful with so much to paint! I have a few travel watercolor sets! And I have gotten good at scouting out a spot with natural beauty as well as shade!

Hi Abbi – oh that is wonderful that you have taken your art supplies with you to some of those beautiful places! Watercolor sets are the best for traveling as they don’t require many materials. I have found that painting in different places does make you better at being able to scout good painting locations – and its wonderful when shade accompanies a good painting view 😉

Hi Elizabeth! I have been Plein Aire painting for years. Since I paint locally one of the best aids is my garden wagon. It collapses and stays in the car trunk ready to load up and head into nature filled up with all the painting supplies mentioned. It is better than using a backpack!

Hi Sandy! Oh that is a really good tip. What a great setup to be able to collapse it and keep it in your car. I completely agree – Carrying everything in a backpack can be quite exhausting as once you reach your destination you are a bit too tired to paint! 😉

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Art lovers can’t stop talking about the event, which has artists in Pacific Beach and La Jolla opening up their homes, personal art studios and gardens for the public to enjoy.

“It is a joy to show our artwork, but even more, to create an event that celebrates the local vibe that is super friendly, casual and diverse,” said artist Dot Renshaw, who created the tour with Leah Higgins. Last year’s event drew over 1,500 attendees.

Set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, the free, self-guided tours will include meeting 30 professional artists throughout four gardens. This year’s tour features 13 new artists and two new gardens.

Three of the homes are in Pacific Beach and one is in La Jolla. Their addresses can be found at sandiegocoastalartstudios.com. They are within a few miles of each other. There is free street parking.

Neil and Carla Murray’s 1941 home in Pacific Beach is a new addition to the tour.

Neil Murray described it as a “very small and inexpensive house” on a large lot. After purchasing in 1994, the couple added a second-story art studio and a granny flat.

They have also done extensive landscaping, including adding a deck, water fountain, pathways and site-appropriate trees and scrubs.

“We love living in PB. The climate is pleasant, almost seductive with its cooling afternoon breeze and plenty of sunshine,” Murray said. “Given some water, just about anything grows here and we have filled our yard with plants, mostly xeriscape.”

The plants are more than just decoration, however, as Murray paints vivid contemporary close-ups of his lush plants.

Another Pacific Beach home belongs to Dot Renshaw. She and her husband, Zack Taylor, have opened their 1920s Moorish-style home to tour guests each year.

The home was renovated 30 years ago, going from one story to two, and features an 18-foot high art studio. The home overlooks a garden filled with fruit trees, flowers and huge staghorn ferns.

Renshaw paints coastal art in oils, plein air and pastels, and often chooses small trails, camping spots and neighborhood canons for her pieces.

The PB home Leah Higgins shares with her husband, Patrick Higgins, was built in 1926 by well-known architect Irving Gill. It is the first custom home of famed San Diego horticulturist Kate Sessions. Highlights of the two-acre property include a detached art studio, and numerous mature trees and plants from Sessions’ original garden.

Higgins specializes in homes, landscapes and portraiture for her artwork, but enjoys a wide variety of subjects.

The La Jolla home of artist Jane Fletcher was built in 1970. Her Techbuilt home, purchased in 1971, was remodeled in the late 1990s.

It includes Fletcher’s art studio, where she paints and works in wood and glass. Her custom-made front entry doors greet guests, and her hand-carved doors and glassworks are found in many area homes.

Her 400-square-foot entry doubles as a gallery to reach her 300-square-foot studio.

Showing artwork is by invitation only. Renshaw and Higgins said each participant is “an accomplished, award-winning artist.”

Hundreds of pieces of artwork of every medium will be available for purchase, with prices ranging from $10 to $5,000. There will be all types, including ceramics, jewelry, clothing, quilts, pottery, reclaimed wood carvings, glass sculpture, mosaics, cutting boards, baskets, steampunk polymer and more.

“We strive to have variety in both price and style,” Renshaw said.

For a list of participating artists, including bios and samples of their work, visit sdcoastalartstudios.com.

Each year, the tour organizers pick a charity that receives 100 percent of all donations received from collection boxes at each tour stop.

This year’s beneficiary is ALS United Greater San Diego, which is helping to discover treatments and a cure for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and serves those affected with ALS.

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Good to know: Tour will feature a wide variety of work by 30 artists, with prices ranging from $10 to $5,000.

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By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff Grant County artists got the chance to show off not only their works but also their workspaces this weekend during the Silver City Art Association’s Red Dot Studio Tour. Twenty artists from Silver City to Arenas Valley to Bayard participated in the weekend event that kicked off with a Friday evening reception at Light Art Space. For Susan Mach, it was her second year of opening up her Arenas Valley studio to the public. The retired California art teacher said it’s a way to bring more people to the area. Getting to her ceramics studio takes just a short drive off U.S. 180 East to XYZ Ranch Road. “I really would like to draw people to Arenas Valley more, because there’s several artists out here and some fun things going on,” she said, naming Whiskey Creek Zócalo and several other artists in the area. Mach said she has always enjoyed getting to see other artists’ studios as well. “I don’t care what they make — just how they organize, how do they see things?” she said. Mach creates a variety of ceramic works, from food-safe functional pieces to home decor. She studied printmaking in college and brings some of that background to her ceramics work with a photo transfer technique. “I enjoy making things that have been in my sketchbooks for years,” she said. Nick Barton opened up his blacksmith shop, the Imaginary Forge at 212 S. Bullard St., for the tour. He demonstrated his new 750-pound power hammer that had once been used at the Tyrone mine. He had it delivered to his workshop just before going to Pennsylvania for a class. “I got this installed and then left for six weeks. So this is me getting used to this,” he said. A small forge nearby heated pieces of steel to about 2,220 degrees. Pulling steel from the forge with tongs, Barton placed the glowing-hot metal on the anvil while Dave Hawkins held it in place with another set of tongs. The hammer, activated by a foot pedal, pounded the steel with a force that vibrated throughout the shop and could be heard out into the street. Barton hand-forges a variety of products, including architectural works like the fence at the entrance to El Sol Theatre in downtown Silver City, sculpture, and functional pieces for the home like pot racks and cookware. He even makes his own tools. He got into blacksmithing about six years ago, he said. “I was building a house at the time, and I wanted nice things but couldn’t afford it,” Barton said. “I said, ‘I just need to make it myself.’” In the heart of downtown’s arts scene, Catherine Acosta-Russo gave tours of her Roots Cellar Arts at Seedboat Center for the Arts, 214 W. Yankie St. The large wooden doors on the sidewalk open to a large courtyard filled with tables and plants. Inside what used to be the farmers market and feed store years ago is now her studio and home. Acosta-Russo works in clay and found-object sculptures, along with other media. “These are all just pieces that I play with. It’s kind of a meditative process, and they are all found objects that I just like to usually do assemblage with,” she said. “Everything is very makeshift. All my studio equipment is curbside, restored, repurposed. Because why not?” Also over the weekend, the Grant County Art Guild debuted its latest show in its new studio space at 211 N. Texas St. “Creatures of the Gila” opened with a reception and awards presentation by judge Lois Duffy. Sonya Boltz’s mixed-media entry of “Bear with a Bundle” won best in show. She said the selection was a total surprise for her. “I was happy to be here,” she said. “This is my first one ever. I’ve never been in a show before.” Boltz has been doing beadwork like “Bear with a Bundle” for some time, she said, but mostly small items. “I just recently started doing pictures. I just do all kinds of things. I dabble,” she said. A friend suggested she enter the show. “Being in this town is very encouraging,” Boltz said. “This is good for you. This whole town is filled with people with creativity.” “Creatures of the Gila” will be on display from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. There will be another reception from 5 to 7 p.m. for First Friday this week, where the people’s choice winner will be announced. Juno Ogle may be reached at juno@scdaily press.com.

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A History of The Actors Studio

Written by Andreas Manolikakis

The Actors Studio was founded in New York by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford and Robert Lewis in 1947. For seven decades it has been devoted to the service and development of theatre artists –actors, directors and playwrights. To our members, who are primarily actors, The Actors Studio offers free lifetime membership, with no fee or tuition required, which entitles them to a unique opportunity to explore and improve their craft in a safe, laboratory environment with colleagues with whom they share the same process of work.

The roots of The Actors Studio go back to the Group Theatre (1931-1941) whose work was inspired by the discoveries of the great Russian actor and director Konstantin Stanislavski and his best student Eugene Vakhtangov as revealed in the legendary productions that the Moscow Art Theatre toured in America in 1923. In fact Stanislavski’s dedication to his book, ‘My Life in Art,’ (1924) reads: “I DEDICATE THIS BOOK IN GRATITUDE TO HOSPITABLE AMERICA AS A TOKEN AND A REMEMBRANCE FROM THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE WHICH SHE TOOK SO KINDLY TO HER HEART.”

When the Moscow Art Theatre ended its American tour, several members of the theatre stayed behind and trained artists, including Lee Strasberg, Harold Clurman and Stella Adler, who would go on to form the Group Theatre along with other artists such as Elia Kazan, Sanford Meisner and Robert Lewis. These artists studied, explored, developed and improved the work of the Russian masters with extraordinary results that were unique in the history of the American theatre and a new kind of acting was born.

After the Group Theatre closed, in 1941, many of its members went their separate ways. Elia Kazan has stated that one of the principal reasons he created The Actors Studio, in 1947, was in order to preserve and develop this new American acting. He wanted to create a not-for-profit organization that would provide a laboratory, a private workshop in which the professional actor could work on his or her craft, far away from the commercial pressures of casting, rehearsal and performance. It was to be a place that would offer its member-artists an ongoing training, a continuity of work and the feeling of an artistic home like they had at the Group Theatre.

At the Studio, it was eventually decided that membership should be achieved through an audition process of preliminary and then final auditions where the only requirements are talent and the possibility of improvement.

In 1948, Lee Strasberg was asked by Elia Kazan to join the Studio as one of its teachers and in 1951 he became its Artistic Director, a position he maintained until his death in 1982. Strasberg’s deep understanding of the Stanislavski System and the reformulations of Vakhtangov, together with his own personal discoveries and improvements on the acting process, provided the foundation on which The Actors Studio based its work.

At the same time, the work of Elia Kazan as a theatre and film director demonstrated in the most powerful way the extraordinary results of the deep and personal process of acting espoused by The Actors Studio.

For seven decades, the very existence of The Actors Studio, the principles and values that it represents, the methodology of its work process, its consistency and long life have established the Studio as a unique theatre organization and a guiding light for actors, directors and playwrights around the world. For many it is considered the temple of the acting process.

Today the work that is done at The Actors Studio continues the Stanislavski-Vakhtangov-American approach, and most of the leading members of the Studio today have studied with more than one of these great American teachers: Lee Strasberg, Harold Clurman, Elia Kazan, Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner and Robert Lewis.

Currently, Ellen Burstyn, Alec Baldwin and Al Pacino serve as co-Presidents of the Studio. Beau Gravitte serves as Artistic Director in New York and Salome Jens and Lou Antonio serve as interim co-Associate Artistic Directors in West Hollywood at our Actors Studio West branch, which opened in 1966. The Actors Studio is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of members from both coasts.

After 70 years, The Actors Studio continues to thrive because it is needed. Goethe has said that, “The actor’s career develops in public, but his art develops in private.” The Studio provides its members with this special kind of privacy, along with a group of colleagues who share the same passion for what Studio members refer to as “The Work.”

In spite of the presence of The Actors Studio over many years and its extensive influence in America and worldwide, there still persist many misunderstandings of the Studio, its mentors, its philosophy and its process. These errors most often arise from discussions by some academics, theoreticians, historians and even by some theatre professionals who attempt to analyze and interpret a process of work that they have never learned through serious practice. The work of Stanislavski, Vakhtangov and The Actors Studio was arrived at through deep and lengthy practical experiments that elude rational analysis by non-practitioners.

In 1994 The Actors Studio entered a major new phase with the creation of The Actors Studio Drama School MFA (Master of Fine Arts) Program in acting, directing and playwriting, in order to bring the Studio’s method into a university setting. In September 2006, the Actors Studio Drama School moved to Pace University in downtown New York City, which also is the home of one of the program’s most visible teaching platforms, INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO, hosted by James Lipton.

Andreas Manolikakis is a Board Member of The Actors Studio and Chair of The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York City.