{"id":637231,"date":"2026-10-05T17:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/637231\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:18:16","slug":"a-view-from-the-easel-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/637231\/","title":{"rendered":"A View From the Easel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a class=\"gh-article-tag\" href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/tag\/community\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Community<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of construction going on en route. Sometimes I capture the sounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/author\/lakshmi-rivera-amin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/lakshmi-2.jpg\" alt=\"Lakshmi Rivera Amin\"\/><br \/>\n                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the 357th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, Chanika Svetvilas constructs a rainbow of plexiglas on chicken wire and plans community events for Disability Awareness Month in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Want to take part? Check out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/submit-your-workspace-to-a-view-from-the-easel\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">submission guidelines<\/a>\u00a0and share a bit about your studio with us through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/Erq7cyGEmMUxKrLe9?ref=hyperallergic.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this form<\/a>! All mediums and workspaces are welcome, including your home studio.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_3740---Chanika-Svetvilas-1.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1584\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>How long have you been working in this space?<\/p>\n<p>Six months.<\/p>\n<p>Describe an average day in your studio.<\/p>\n<p>In the morning, I take the Northeast Corridor line into New Brunswick from Princeton Junction and then it\u2019s a seven-minute walk to my studio from the train station. (There\u2019s a lot of construction going on en route. Sometimes I capture the sounds.) I am one of the eight Art City New Brunswick public artists-in-residence, a project of coLAB Arts.<\/p>\n<p>    Keep reading with your email \u2014 it\u2019s free<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Create a free account to read more articles each month, and get the best of Hyperallergic in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"gh-btn\" data-portal=\"signup\" style=\"color:#00AEEE\">Create free account<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Already have an account? <a data-portal=\"signin\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Community \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of construction going on en route. Sometimes I capture the sounds.\u201d Welcome to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[437,434,435,436,438,146,85,46],"class_list":["post-637231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}