Looking Under Language: Memory, Creole, Poem, and Myth with Ivan Forde
In February 2020, Jennifer Harley, School & Community Partnerships Coordinator, visited artist and 2008, Expanding the Walls alumni Ivan Forde in his East Harlem studio.
Naudline Pierre On Color And Gesture In Painting
2019–20 Artist in Residence Naudline Pierre discusses being in conversation with yourself, the burden of biography, and the creative process.
Elliot Reed On Body And Performance
2019–20 Artist in Residence Elliot Reed discusses his performance practice and using the body as a medium.
E. Jane On Legends And Divas
2019–20 Artist in Residence E. Jane discusses 90's R&B, Video Work, and Divas.
Studio Visit: Tschabalala Self
For Tschabalala Self, The Studio Museum in Harlem’s Artist-in-Residence program is a homecoming. Self, her three older sisters, and brother were raised in Harlem by their two parents.
Studio Visit: Sable Elyse Smith
Artist in Residence Sable Elyse Smith reflects on her conceptual practice and the continuous themes she wrestles with in her current and upcoming shows.
Studio Visit: Allison Janae Hamilton
As she prepares for her culminating exhibition, 2018–19 Artist in Residence Allison Janae Hamilton talks to Communications Intern Kima Hibbert about her process and inspirations.
Studio Visit: ray ferreira
The Studio Museum’s community of teaching artists reflects the Museum's commitment to engaging and supporting emerging contemporary artists whose work is inspired or influenced by black culture. Serving at the intersection of the institution and the public, Museum educators are creative, pedagogical hybrids who navigate the fascinating line between the roles of teacher and a practicing artist.
Studio Visit: Cy Gavin
In 2015, nearly six years after the death of his father, Gavin went to Bermuda for the first time to explore the British Overseas Territory’s deep—if strangely obscured—relationship to the transatlantic slave trade.
Studio Visit: Autumn Knight
Autumn Knight’s love of performance began as a child involved in theatre, although she admits that she never loved reading plays. It wasn’t until she discovered artist Adrian Piper and the world of performance art that Knight thought, “Oh, yes, that’s my tribe!” Although Knight has not been in a play in years, her theatre training is evident in the whimsical nature and production of spectacle in her performance work.
Studio Visit: Andy Robert
As Andy Robert finishes his residency and prepares for the culminating exhibition We Go as They at the Studio Museum, he reflects on how this experience will continue to shape his practice.
Studio Visit: Julia Phillips
Julia Phillips’s practice draws from personal space, memory, and subconscious desire, from which she creates tools that relate to the body. Each of her sculptures is an imagined tool, with a title describing the function of the object as well as its potential user.