Propositions for Studio Inquiry: A Journey into Artists’ Studios

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Examining art studios as a way of thinking through a cross-Canada journey into over 100 painters’ studios. Drawn from ways artists described their process, the studio is presented as an active ecosystem wherein artmaking is emergent, performative, generative, material, speculative, messy and in dialogue with the world. 48 col, 127 b&w illus. A cross-Canada journey into the studios of contemporary artists, revealing the studio as a vital window onto the thinking, learning, and creative processes shaping art today. Drawing on over one hundred studio visits and interviews, it reimagines the studio not as a static workspace but as a dynamic, relational, and generative site of inquiry—understood as place, process, material thinking, and dialogue with the world. Attentive to uncertainty, embodiment, and lived experience, it presents the studio as a living ecology of practice and a space of ongoing becoming. Alison Shields is an associate professor of art education at the University of Victoria, Canada. Alison Shields invites us to radically re-imagine studio practice as an encounter where process, emergence, and dialogue come together to take us to places not yet known. She maps out four dominant studio practice themes and invites readers to encounter rich propositions to explore these themes. This is where readers will undoubtedly re-imagine how one understands studio practice. In essence, Shields takes us on a journey where studio practice emerges as material-based, unpredictable, and deeply affective. Her work is incredibly creative, inspirational, and engaging. Artists and art educators will want to explore more of their own studio practices after engaging with this forward-thinking book. It is a must read for everyone involved in the visual arts. It will change how you think about studio practices! Rita L. Irwin, Ed.D., Professor Emerita, Art Education, The University of British Columbia, Canada This book examines an art studio as a way of thinking and learning through the lens of a cross-Canada journey into artists’ studios. Through examining studio visits and interviews with over 100 painters, and through the theoretical lens of new materialism, the studio is presented as a unique place of learning. In the first section, ‘Studio as Place,’ the journey into artists’ studios is discussed as a form of subjective mapping. A studio is a part of an active and interconnected ecosystem and through artmaking the studio has the capacity to transport us elsewhere. In the second section, ‘Studio as Process,’ studio practice is discussed as emergent, performative, generative and in an ongoing state of ‘not knowing.’ The third section, ‘Studio as Material Thinking’ examines studio practice as affective, material and messy. The final section ‘Studio as Dialogue with the World,’ examines studio processes as relational, imaginative and responsive to our ongoing experiences. To focus on possibilities and potentials rather than conclusions, and generativity rather than closure, the studio is presented through a series of propositions, drawn from ways the artists described their process. These propositions are speculative and highlight the endless possibilities and entanglements of making within the ever-changing ecology of the studio.

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