A desk with good light.
People who get it.
Atelier is a shared studio for illustrators, painters, and printmakers — a place to show up, make work, and be surrounded by others doing the same.
Here's what a day
looks like.
The printmaking corner — etching press available Tuesday through Sunday
No assigned desks, no hot-desking hustle. Show up when you work best, stay as long as you need. The studio has its own rhythm — learn it and it becomes yours.
Doors open
Quiet morning hours — best light in the building
Open studio begins
Communal tables fill up, radio on low
Lunch on the island
Everyone eats together — best conversations happen here
Printmaking sessions
Press available by reservation, walk-ins welcome
Evening open hours
Quieter pace, Cintiq stations free up
Critique Night
Pin your work, get honest feedback from the room
Day passes available — no commitment required.
Book a free visit to see it yourselfHere's who you'll
work beside.
The mix is the point. Freelancers between commissions, recent graduates building their first serious practice, and working adults who finally outgrew the kitchen table. Everyone's here to make work — and everyone notices when you're not.
Priya Mehta
Editorial Illustrator
Between commissions for The Atlantic and Wired. Works in gouache + digital.
Marcus Webb
Printmaker & Illustrator
Letterpress and reduction linocut. Teaches the Saturday workshop.
Caitlin O'Rourke
Hobbyist Painter
Architect by day. Oil on linen on weekends. Joined for the honest feedback.
Yuki Tanaka
Digital Artist
Recent RISD grad. Builds portfolio between freelance game concept work.
"The person next to you is pulling a proof. The one across the table is inking a deadline. It makes your own work feel more real."
— Atelier member since 2023
Here's what
you'll learn.
The programming isn't curriculum — it's what naturally happens when working artists share a space for long enough. Everything here was started because someone needed it.
Monthly Critique Night
Every 3rd Thursday, 7pmPin your work on the crit wall. Get specific, honest feedback from working artists — not polite encouragement. The kind of critique you stopped getting after school.
Saturday Workshops
Bi-weekly, member-ledMarcus runs the linocut intro. Priya does the gouache workflow session. Yuki teaches digital-to-print. Skills shared freely between members who actually use them.
Mentorship Pairs
Seasonal matchingSenior members paired with recent grads for one season. Not a formal program — more like finding a studio mate who's been here longer and is willing to talk.
Portfolio Reviews
By request, monthlyBring your portfolio, get real eyes on it. Members who work in editorial, licensing, and publishing will tell you what they actually see.
Critique night — third Thursday of every month. Bring work you're unsure about.
I joined thinking I needed the desk. What I actually needed was to be around people who take their work seriously. That changed everything about how I show up to the page.
Priya Mehta
Editorial Illustrator
Member since 2022 · Clients include The Atlantic, Wired
The critique nights are the real thing. Not the soft feedback you get from friends. The kind that makes you go home and rethink everything — and come back better.
Marcus Webb
Printmaker
Member since 2021 · Teaches Saturday workshops
47 members. All glad they came in.
The brushes are soaking.
The radio's on.
There's a desk with good light waiting for you. Atelier membership starts at $120/month — unlimited studio access, critique nights, and a community of working artists who take the work seriously.
Come see the space before you commit. Bring work if you want.