Ideas Lab profiles the work and sources of inspiration the Studio Art Group are exploring in our workshops. Studio Art Group – Ideas Lab explores the weekly process of responding to art and creating new work. This week, the group engaged with the practice of Tomás Saraceno, developing flags that represent their own artistic identities. Inspired by Saraceno’s exploration of air, sound, and the way relationships can be made tangible through sculpture and installation, participants reflected on...

WHAT I LEARNED FROM RUTH ASAWA What I find inspiring about Ruth Asawa is that her passion for her practice was intrinsic to the way she interacted with the world. Ruth Asawa (1926–2013) is often described as a Japanese-American artist best known for her suspended wire sculptures. However, she was also a woman, educator, activist, gardener, cook, and mother who wove her art practice into the fabric of her daily life. Her values are reflected in the community projects and educational reforms...

Inspired by public art and intersubjective response techniques the Studio Art Group (SAG) has engaged another artist collective run by NEAMI national to collaborate on the first Art Exchange. Drawing by Samantha Sederof as part of Studio Art Group Exchange Project The Art Exchange invited two groups of artists to share their work and respond to one another. Each artist supplied an artwork, the work was then chosen by another artist and an artwork was made in response. The project encouraged...