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Artisans Asylum

Artisan’s Asylum is a non-profit community workshop in Somerville, Massachusetts. Our mission is to support and promote the teaching, learning and practice of fabrication.

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  • Artists **Irene Ferri** and **Jennifer Maestre** show their work using wood and color pencils to create intricate assemblages. They discuss their career paths, their trajectory to collaboration, and what projects are ahead together and individually. Image courtesy of Artisans Asylum
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    Artisans Asylum
  • Artist, sculptor, and creative technologist Mac Pierce talks about his interactions with technology and how he uses digital methods to produce objects and interactions. Photo courtesy of **Mac Pierce**
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    Artisans Asylum
  • Sculptor, engineer and inventor Chris Fitch talks about his explorations as an artist, using engineering and dance as inspiration for his kinetic sculptures.
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    Artisans Asylum
  • Maggie Schpak is an emeritus jeweler and prop maker, and we all know her work — it’s in every episode of Star Trek the series, and features in all the Star Trek movies, as well as through other legendary film and television, the international runway, in museum exhibits, and adorning some high-profile rock stars. Maggie doesn't often make public appearances to tell her stories and share her knowledge in the fascinating TV and movie prop-making craft. Star Trek continues to be a powerful cultural agent, anchored around the premise of a ‘Prime Directive’, it projects the possibility of compassion in an integrated, peace oriented, collaborative multiverse. Via its ornament, images, and ideology, the show inspires fans to look beyond today to a better future. Image: Event Image
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  • Local artists Lani Asuncion, Christina Balch, Keaton Fox and moderator Jesa Damora discuss using art and technology to bring people together in today's digital world. Combining the messiness of technology with their bodies and experiences, these women artists explore and question the relationships between people, technology, and nature.
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    Artisans Asylum
  • Illustrator Rob Donnelly combines clay, paper, and digital techniques to create whimsical characters and colorful worlds. He shares details about his creative process and how he has managed to build a career within the creative economy.
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    Artisans Asylum