Weekday Studio: Beyond Form

Inspired by Beyond Form: Abstraction at Midcentury , an exhibition exploring how abstraction emerged around the world between 1940 and 1970 as a powerful visual language, this drop-in Weekday Studio invites participants to use letter forms as an entry into the abstracted composition. Guided by painter Leslie Baum, participants will be encouraged to experiment with color, shape, gesture, and texture.
About the Instructor Leslie Baum is a Chicago-based painter whose work is invitational in nature. Her painting practice is informed by over 20 years as a museum educator at the Art Institute of Chicago. Baum received her BA from the University of Vermont and studied abroad at the Glasgow School of Art. She has exhibited nationally and internationally with exhibitions in New York, San Francisco, Portland, Mexico City, Rome, and South Korea. Her drawings and paintings are in permanent collections of the Art institute of Chicago and the Elmhurst Art Museum. Her work has been reviewed extensively, including in Artforum , Art in America , Hyperallergic , and the Chicago Tribune . She has received residencies at Yaddo and the Vermont Studio Center. A 2020 DCASE grant funded the pleinairarchive.com , a site documenting her ongoing painting social practice.