{"id":686510,"date":"2026-06-05T18:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/686510\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:53:14","slug":"a-view-from-the-easel-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/686510\/","title":{"rendered":"A View From the Easel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the 340th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, Stacy Bogdonoff follows artists’ exhibitions around New York City and yearns for more s p a c e.<\/p>\n

Want to take part? Check out our\u00a0submission guidelines<\/a>\u00a0and share a bit about your studio with us through\u00a0this form<\/a>! All mediums and workspaces are welcome, including your home studio.<\/p>\n

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How long have you been working in this space?<\/p>\n

Ten years.<\/p>\n

Describe an average day in your studio.<\/p>\n

Summer: Studio in the late afternoon\/evening, after biking and being outdoors. Winter: Early in, poke around studio all day, occasional nap, graze the refrigerator, work\/work\/work. Wash, rinse, repeat. <\/p>\n

I often work on several pieces at once, proceeding slowly and altering the physical activity to keep my hands and body feeling good. When I land on a medium or process that draws me, I like to push it and go deep and then create a series of consistent work. <\/p>\n

Listening: WNYC, pods, rarely music, occasional streaming shows if I’m sitting.<\/p>\n

How does the space affect your work?<\/p>\n

I divide my time between this studio\/home and a small apartment in NYC. This is my large and primary studio, and without it, I couldn’t make art. It’s that simple. It’s 10 feet from my bedroom, so my practice requires no commuting. It’s mine alone, so I do whatever I want, whenever I want. The fact that I own it and care for it supports my identity as an artist. I have no excuse not to work. <\/p>\n

How do you interact with the environment outside your studio?<\/p>\n

I consume culture in NYC, much more so than in Kent. I follow exhibits and artists and go wherever there’s a show I’m interested in: MoMA, The Met, Whitney, MoMA PS1, American Folk Art Museum, the Museum of Art and Design … Chelsea, Lower East Side, Upper East Side, and Tribeca galleries. In Kent, I belong to several art associations within a 50-mile radius and participate in their juried shows and sometimes go to openings.<\/p>\n

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What do you love about your studio?<\/p>\n

I love that all the media I use and might use are within sight and reach. I love that I can make a mess and leave it until the morning. I love how quiet it is inside, and how beautiful it is outside. I love the big table in the center and that I now (finally) have a large viewing wall.<\/p>\n

What do you wish were different?<\/p>\n

SPACE! I could use 10 times the space. Who couldn’t? I’m often moving clean projects and stitching to a safer space outside of the studio \u2014 dining room table, down to the city \u2014 and opening the ironing board in the foyer. I’d like to get a heavy printing press, but it would have to be put on a roller table and stored after use. S P A C E !<\/p>\n

What is your favorite local museum?<\/p>\n

I follow artists and shows, not museums. Ruth Asawa at MoMA was fantastic. Next up: Duchamp, Carol Bove at Guggenheim, Jeremy Frey at Karma … I always have a list and manage to get to about 85% of who and what I want to see. I go alone, I go fast, almost always walk miles, and just take, take, take it ALL in.<\/p>\n

What is your favorite art material to work with?<\/p>\n

I’m a mixed media artist, often working with textiles and fiber: burlap, linen, silk, paper, wire. Mono printing is happening and large strips of shellac’d percale sheeting is coming up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to the 340th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-686510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}