Category Archives: Studio Visits with Sarah

La Passegiata/Studio Visit 3: Designing Serendipity/Andrew Coates

By sarah | Published: June 16, 2010
La Passegiata: Red Hook Vasca 2 June 08 [2nd trip], 2010. Past the Holland Tunnel entrance, and into Red Hook. Huge cumulous clouds; very much a perfect June day. First leg of walk: Dwight Street to X Street, near Dafonte’s Sandwich Shop. Location: Large industrial building, all studios/living spaces. Narrative: “The foundation of art should be design,” says Andrew Coates. [...]
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Minting Coins in the basement; forging links upstairs: studio visit, Red Hook, part 2

By sarah | Published: May 21, 2010
OK, so Cherry and I had to hit Fairway for lunch, right? I bet you wondered what happened to us. Sandwiches. A chocolate-drizzled cruller. Mineral Water. Done. Second Stop/Vasca 2: Studio of Beriah Wall. [X] Street Location: First floor and basement level; same amazing sunlight, though less of a harbor feel. First floor is homey and sunlit. [...]
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Studio Tour 1, on the way to magic markers, graphic novels, were-people

By sarah | Published: May 16, 2010
Let the tour begin. We’ve got the coffee. La Passegiata: Red Hook, “Vasca 1″ April 29, 2010. A breezy day; hot sun, but cold for Spring. Start: Meet artist, Eric Cherry, at Baked on Van Brunt Street. First leg of walk: around the corner and down Richards St. (?) First stop: Studio on Dwight Street Location 1: Very [...]
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A Pleasant Walk, a Pleasant Talk, along the Briny Beach; or Rather, the Red Hook Pier.

By sarah | Published: May 14, 2010
This studio visit was a double whammy, beginning as things often do, at local biscuit and croissant heaven, Baked, and ending up…well, you’ll see. But first, a word of introduction: What ensues is a studio visit diary, written from the perspective of a critic and curator (Yours Truly), and interspersed with visual documentation (also Mine). As [...]
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Studio Visit Heaven; Studio Visit Hell. When I look into your drawers there’s so much I can tell.

By sarah | Published: May 12, 2010
My exegesis of that most dreaded of artist-writer encounters: The Studio Visit. Well, I often dread them, to be quite honest. That said, they’re also loads of fun. Why? Are you curious to know how your studio looks from the other side of the door? Would you like to know the mental baggage a writer [...]
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