BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Chair Building II - Construction with Nick and Damien | Open E xperimental Studio X-WR-TIMEZONE:Central Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261007T060714Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_49781662419078 DTSTART:20250614T190000Z DTEND:20250615T090000Z DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 14\, 2–4 p.m.- Chair Building II - Constructi on with Nick and Damien\n\nFinish constructing your cardboard chair design with Nick and Damien and add your design to the gallery’s final exhibit ion. Free and open to all.\n\n \n\n---\n\nLSU College of Art & Design anno unces its 2025 Open Experimental Studio Special Programs with resident art ists Damien Mitchell and Nicholas Roberts.  \n\nBaton Rouge\, Louisiana —LSU College of Art & Design’s 2025 Open Experimental Studio kicks off during Free First Sunday\, June 1\, 2025\, at 1:00 p.m. in Glassell Galle ry with open make sessions\, a sculpture challenge\, and fifteen-minute pr actice talks with 2025 resident artists Nicholas Roberts and Damien Mitche ll. \n\nDesigner and Assistant Professor of Industrial Design Damien Mitch ell and LSU School of Art MFA ‘26 printmaker Nicholas Roberts will set u p open studios in Glassell Gallery\, located in the Shaw Center for the Ar ts\, throughout the month of June. From June 1–28\, the gallery will off er open studio space for visitors to design and make\, scheduled workshops \, and collaborative projects that will be facilitated by the artists over their month-long residency. \n\nThe gallery will feature a design and sk etch station\, a mend and repair station\, and a cardboard construction st ation. Damien Mitchell will set up a mend and repair station welcoming par ticipants to learn to creatively mend their own textiles. His tapestry wil l invite collaborative interventions and welcome found materials to suppor t his own 3D-printed and handcrafted footwear designs. Nicholas Roberts wi ll mine memory and domestic spaces inviting the community to collaborative ly construct a life size cardboard fort\, materialize and memorialize shar ed spaces and structures\, make zines\, and print with Legos. Together\, M itchell and Roberts’ make sessions invite participants to use domestic m aterials to explore the poetic and industrial through soft and structural design.\n\nOpen Experimental Studio seeks not only to activate the gallery but to activate creative experimentation. It offers visitors the opportun ity to experiment with artmaking\, community building\, and contributing t heir work to the space. The Open Experimental Studio values process over p roduct\, experience over outcome\, and communing over consuming. It seeks to create a supportive\, open space for playful material exploration throu gh making that is open and welcoming to all. \n\n \n\nThe 2025 Open Exper imental Studio is supported by the Charles Lamar Family Foundation. \n\nSp ecial Programming Schedule\n\nSunday\, June 1\, 1–5 p.m. Open Experiment al Studio Kick Off with Nick and Damien\n\nDesign\, construct\, sketch\, a nd mend as we kick off our four-week open experimental studio residencies. Free and open to all. \n\n1:00-2:00 – Open Make Session\n\n2:00-3:00 – Sculpture Challenge\n\n3:00-3:30 – 15-Minute Artist Talks\n\n3:30-5 – Open Make Session\n\n \n\nThursday\, June 5\, 4–6 pm. – Family Bui ld Night: Box Fort Building with Nick\n\nFamilies and friends are invited to this free-build as our life-size fort begins to take shape. Test out ou r chomp saw and cardboard construction zone. Free and open to all. \n\n \n \nSaturday\, June 7\, 2–3:30 pm. – Spatial Poetics I: Memor-Zine with Nick\n\nReflect on home and explore memory at this relaxed zine making wor kshop.\n\nFree and open to all. \n\n \n\nSunday\, June 8\,1–3 p.m. –Ch air Building I: Design & Prototyping with Nick & Damien\n\nDesign and prot otype a cardboard chair design with Nick and Damien. Both artists will tak e inspiration from this session to build a collaborative chair together fo r the closing exhibition reception. Free and open to all.\n\n \n\nWednesda y\, June 11\, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sustainable Tote Design with Damien\n\nBring a tote to modify or select a tote pattern to create with found and recycle d textiles. Free and suggested for 18+. Pre-registration required. Drinks and light refreshments will be served.\n\n \n\nFriday\, June 13\, 5–7 p. m. Drop-in Adult Open Make Night with Nick & Damien\n\nAdults only open ma ke session – Saw cardboard\, build furniture\, mend and repair\, or desi gn a project over drinks and light refreshments. \n\n \n\nSaturday\, June 14\, 2–4 p.m.- Chair Building II - Construction with Nick and Damien\n\n Finish constructing your cardboard chair design with Nick and Damien and a dd your design to the gallery’s final exhibition. Free and open to all.\ n\n \n\nWednesday\, June 18\, 5–7 p.m. – Drawing Workshop with Damien\ n\nLearn the fundamentals of drawing for design include simple techniques for visualizing ideas\, drawing everyday objects\, and communicating ideas graphically. Suggested for 18+. Free and open to all.\n\n \n\nFriday\, Ju ne 20\, 5–7 p.m. Spatial Poetics II: Materialize a Memory with Nick (Adu lt Session)\n\nSuggested for 18+ This workshop will invite participants to recall a domestic space or object\, write a short reflection\, and materi alize the space or object for our gallery display over drinks and light re freshments. Free.\n\n \n\nSaturday\, June 21\, 2–4 p.m. Lego Printing wi th Nick\n\nUse your familiar toys in new ways: ink Legos to create a print and add your artwork to a cardboard frame in our gallery. \n\n \n\nSunday \, June 22\, 2–4 p.m. Spatial Poetics II: Materialize a Memory with Nick (Family Session)\n\nThis family-oriented workshop will invite participant s to recall a domestic space or object\, write a short reflection\, and ma terialize the space or object for our gallery display.\n\n \n\nThursday\, June 26\, 5–7 p.m. Drop-in Adult Open Make Night with Nick & Damien\n\nA dults only open make session – Saw cardboard\, build furniture\, mend an d repair\, or design a project over drinks and light refreshments. \n\n \n \nSaturday\, June 28\, 6–8 p.m. Closing Reception\n\nCelebrate the end o f our open studio and view all the projects you created alongside friends\ , family\, and our resident artists. Free and open to all. \n\n \n\nAbout the Resident Artists \n\nDamien Mitchell is an Assistant Professor of Indu strial Design at the University of Louisiana Lafayette. He is a native of Louisiana who has worked as a multidisciplinary designer and entrepreneur in the fields of industrial design and graphic design. He obtained a Bache lor of Industrial Design from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette\, a nd later a Master of Fine Arts degree from The University of California - Davis. His current work explores the intersection of craft and design tech nology to increase the accessibility and sustainability of product making. He is dedicated to empowering individuals to become designers by using cr aft as a tool for creativity and innovation. Learn more about Damien Mitch ell \n\n \n\nNicholas Roberts is a visual artist and educator currently pu rsuing his Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking at Louisiana State Universit y. He holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Studio Art and Art Education from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Originally from southeastern Pennsyl vania\, Roberts was raised in a working-class family where identity and ho me were closely tied to labor. This foundation continues to inform his art istic practice\, which explores themes of work\, memory\, and the construc tion of self-created spaces. Through intaglio printmaking\, oil painting\, and sculptural installation\, Roberts investigates home as both a physica l space and an emotional concept. GEO:30.447839;-91.188858 LOCATION:Glassell Gallery SUMMARY:Chair Building II - Construction with Nick and Damien | Open Experi mental Studio URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/chair-building-ii-construction -with-nick-and-damien-open-experimental-studio CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR