March 2023
Broads x Broad Studios
It’s the best time of year (!) spring forward aaaand Austin’s annual South By Southwest festival! Broad Studios is so excited to partner with Springdale Station this year to bring back BXBS — an artisan market featuring dozens of makers, vintage, music, drinks, and more! Mark your calendars! We can’t wait to see you there. Vendors announced soon.
meet the artists
Resident Broads
What started as a six resident multidisciplinary studio has now evolved into a shared space between three ceramicists. Each of us have a dedicated workspace within the studio where we run our small businesses (as well as a ceramics school two doors down — aka Club House!). Co-working in this space has always motivated us to hold each other accountable, to challenge our practices to grow, and to use the resources we have to host and uplift our neighboring artist community.
Genna Williams Ceramics
Genna Williams
After graduating from SCAD, Genna moved to Austin and started building her very own ceramics studio as an escape from her hum-drum day job.
karacotta ceramics
Kara Pendl
Kara is a mostly self-taught potter, with early instruction from a high school art class, a hobby exploration in 2011, and a lifetime of creative curiosity.
SHE ceramics
Hallie Shafer
When she’s not teaching at Broad Studios Club House, Hallie spends her time packing as much life as possible into basic everyday objects.
Alumni Broads
Forever in our hearts, even if not in the building — these broads were each founding members of this collective and played a crucial role in how we got where we are today. Except now, they work elsewhere! Find out what these gals are up to at their links below.
FIBROUS
Ellen Bruxvoort
When Ellen returned from an organic produce farm in Hawaii in 2014, she turned to weaving as a new creative outlet and pursued it for 3 years before making it her full-time job.
Emily eisenhart
Emily Eisenhart
After studying Cultural Anthropology in Chicago, Emily moved to San Francisco where she designed for IDEO by day and by night, she painted murals. After six years in the Bay Area, Emily moved to Austin and never looked back.
Silk Diaries
Kylee Barnard
Recalling the comfort Kylee felt from her silk trimmed blanket as a baby, she utilized her passion for self-expression and color theory to create a brand of silk products that shine light on the issues women face in the workplace.
Location
Springdale General
Our studio is a 1600 sqft open floor plan at Springdale General in East Austin. We split the space between our current resident artists and have plans to open a curated retail store at the front of the studio in 2022. On a day-to-day basis, our studio is a closed, working environment with retail by appointment, but we open our space to the public for events and markets, which are always announced on our instagram and events page!
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