“Workshop”, “studio” is ‘a space where a painter, sculptor or a writer works’. Sounds easy – right?
However, we can differentiate many types of functions of artistic workshops:
– master studio, academic studio, open studio
This type of studio has a long tradition in the pedagogical tradition of the Academies of Fine Arts from all over the world. Students would gather around the master-teacher, learning under his guidance. As time passed, they would create whole artistic schools, e.g. the Sopot School, the Polish School of Posters or artistic groups (resulting from the similarity of interests, subject matters and creative techniques, etc.).
– an art studio as an exhibition, a show
Occasionally, the studio formula becomes the inspiration for the exhibition form. The artists work in the exhibition space, in the presence of the audience, and the exhibition grows with new works, created in the heat of the moment. More »
