TAMA TALKS STUDIO SYSTEM with Taylor Moon Castagnari

TAMA TALKS are brought to you by the Torrance Art Museum Advocates. This episode discusses work currently on view in the Main Gallery at the Torrance Art Museum in a show called Studio System: An Experimental Residency Project.

The Studio System Experimental Residency project is a unique attempt to bridge the gap between artistic practice and the public. First held in 2015, Studio System seeks to bring the dynamism of the artist's studio into the museum space, encouraging audiences to not only see works as they are in progress but to interact with the artists to discuss inspirations, sources, thoughts, feelings, content and context, as well as chart the progression of the works over the month long period that the project encompasses.

The exhibition is on view through June 29, 2024 and culminates in a Closing Reception from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. This reception is open to the public and we invite you to attend! The museum is located at 3320 Civic Center Drive in Torrance, CA and is open Tuesday - Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free and donations are gratefully accepted.

This discussion is being recorded and will be posted to our YouTube channel with all of our previous TAMA Talks. You can access it from our website www.tamadvocates.com.

Joining us today is Studio System Resident Artist Taylor Moon Castagnari. Taylor is a contemporary, American artist and professor of design at California State University, San Bernardino. Her primary mediums are animation and digital illustration. Her animations are divided into poetically-narrated, metaphoric animations and documentary style animations. She prints & exhibits the illustrations from these animated films alongside the videos. Her metaphoric animations connect unlike ideas in order to encourage others to rethink everyday constructs and biases. Her documentary animations share the personal histories of individuals who display strength amidst hardship.

Taylor earned a double major in Studio Art, BA, and Art History, BA at the University of California, Santa Barbara graduating in 3 years as Summa Cum Laude. She received a Master of Fine Arts in Art from the University of Oxford's Ruskin School of Art, wherein, she received a Levett Scholarship.