Pinney Studio Residency: bernie & zuzu
Color Play: Making the World a Little More Rainbow with bernie & zuzu
February- August 2023
Pinney Studio at Pinney Library
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
bernie & zuzu is named for Bernie Witzack and her cat Zuzu. At bernie & zuzu, we create handmade, hand-painted, and screen-printed goods in small batches. We specialize in unique, one-of-a-kind art, home goods, accessories and prints with a special emphasis on bright, bold color and playful shapes. We hope our artwork and goods inspire tiny moments of beauty, wonder and joy. We work out of our eastside Madison studio and at Madison’s Printmaking Collective, Polka Press.
Bernie studied Studio Art at Beloit College and has been making and exhibiting her art ever since. She earned an MFA in Fine Art from the University of Michigan, focusing on improvisational drawing and painting. She also studied graphic design at Madison College and was working as a graphic designer before leaving the field to focus on her art full time. She launched bernie & zuzu in 2021.
ABOUT THE RESIDENCY:
bernie & zuzu wants you to come make the world a little more rainbow! Bernie invites the Madison community to explore color at the Pinney Art Studio, February – August 2023. Bernie will host weekly open studios sessions that focus on color, shape, and mark-making in abstraction through the mediums of drawing, collage, printmaking and painting.
You can find bernie & zuzu online here & follow bernie & zuzu on social media: @bernieandzuzu
CREATE SOMETHING COLORFUL: Bernie invites patrons of all ages and abilities to join in the open studio/drop in sessions which will focus on process, improvisation, creativity, and flow in art making.
Drop-in open studio time with Bernie:
Thursdays from 2-4 pm at Pinney Library
This unique residency is made possible with a gift from Madison Public Library Foundation and the Friends of Pinney Library. Programming and internal support is provided by Madison Public Library and Bubbler staff.