History
Women's Studio Workshop was founded in 1974 by Ann Kalmbach, Tatana Kellner, Anita Wetzel, and Barbara Leoff Burge. They wanted to develop a studio workspace for artists to create new work and collaborate. They envisioned a society where women's art was integral to the cultural mainstream and permanently recorded in history. The first studios were in a two-story single-family home. Etching was in the living room, papermaking was in the attic, and screen printing was in the basement. In the years since then, WSW has grown to become a full-fledged professional studio facility.
Specialties
Women's Studio Workshop is a visual arts organization that runs residency and internship programs, intensive Summer Art Institute workshops, year-round ceramics classes, an award-winning art education program, and a sustainable ArtFarm for growing papermaking fibers. Since 1974, WSW has operated studios for printmaking, hand papermaking, silkscreen, ceramics, letterpress, photography, and book arts.