1st Edition

How Art Works Stories from Supported Studios

By Chloe Watfern Copyright 2024
284 Pages 121 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 121 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 121 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

From intergalactic travel to the daily commute, enter this book and be transported to wonderful worlds where art and life intertwine and your ideas of both are upended. Chloe Watfern, a writer, transdisciplinary researcher, and maker, joined two world-leading supported studios to learn about the work of their vibrant collectives of neurodiverse artists. At Studio A, Thom Roberts paints,... Read more

1. Introduction. 2. Studios 3. Writing beside 4. Project Art Works: The Not Knowing of Another 5. Thom Roberts: Making together 6. Lisa Tindall: How disability feels 7. Skye Saxon: Kicking a thought bubble 8. Madame Witch: Between worlds 9. Project Art Works: Illuminating the Wilderness 10. Thom’s way with crowns and trains 11. Verbs and nouns and the work of art

Biography

Chloe Watfern is a maker and transdisciplinary researcher. She holds honour's degrees in art history and psychology, and a PhD from the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design. She works at the Black Dog Institute.