Residency Blog

I'm writing my last post from home, having moved all my stuff out on Saturday with the assistance of my patient husband. Unfortunately, the elevator in the dorms was broken, so we carried all our stuff down four flights of stairs. The shop was a lot easier, with...

Text and sketches by Amy Forsyth We're really feeling the end of this amazing residency approaching! This past week, everyone scurried around, trying to finish things. Some of the larger pieces have already been delivered to the gallery. In the midst of it all, I...

Drawings and text by Amy Forsyth. Ellie Richards has added some wonderful photos to the earlier blog posts, so check them out! The weeks are flying by so quickly! And the studios are filling with amazing objects! This week, we've had to write artist statements,...

Text and drawings by Amy Forsyth, 2019 Sketch Artist This week, our scholar, John-Duane Kingsley, joined us. His arrival gave us the opportunity to pause and assess what we've been doing over the past few weeks and adjust our course for the last three weeks. John...

Text and sketches by Amy Forsyth, 2019 Sketch Artist The first half of this past week we were very productive. Everyone dashed about, carved, cut, shaped, turned, painted, drew, etc. And then, there was July 4 and 5, when the entire building, including the wood...

Text and sketches by "Sketch Artist," Amy Forsyth This past week was the first one where we really were able to start working and focus for an entire week without interruption. Our heads were full of new ideas and images from our past couple weeks' activities and...

Text and sketches by Sketch Artist Amy Forsyth No sooner had we returned from Echo Lake than it was time to pull our postcard together for our upcoming exhibition.  The only problem was that we haven't really had enough time to finish anything (or maybe even start...

Sketches and text by 2019 ITE "photojournalist" Amy Forsyth The first week of our residency is coming to a close. On Day 1, we were given a tour of the wood shop by shop guru extraordinaire, Tara, whose benevolent presence provides advice and some materials for our...

Hello from Philadelphia! The 2019 residents have touched down, moved in, and started working! I am Amy Forsyth, this year's "photojournalist." You'll see that this year's documentation is a bit different, since I proposed to draw everything instead of photograph it...