Tour the Studios of Past Exhibiting Artists

FAM has a collection of Virtual Artist Studio Tours that took place during the COVID 19 Pandemic from 2020 and through April 2022. All the tours were conducted on Zoom for our Museum members and the recordings are available on YouTube. You can read about the tours and click the links below to watch the videos.

On Thursday, November 12, 2020 at noon a live visit via Zoom was held at the Carmel Valley, California studio of artist and illustrator, Will Bullas. Will currently has an exhibition of illustrations at the Fresno Art Museum from his illustrated children's book "M is for Masterpiece: An Art Alphabet" written by David Domeniconi. This studio visit explores all the other amazing and humorous art that Will has created over the years and gives some insight into his creative process. The only thing missing from the video is a laugh track!

On Thursday, December 10, 2020, this gifted family of artists invited FAM into their Ojai, California studios which they call The Amend Family Arts Compound. It was a great tour of the work and studios of three extraordinary artists and an opportunity to get to know them and the dynamics within the family. The recording includes a per-recorded video tour of each of the family members in their studios. FAM is happy to share it with those who missed it!

On Thursday, February 4, 2021, FAM visited the Michigan Studio of fiber artist Bonnie Peterson. This proved to be a most interesting tour of how this artist combines science and art to create her amazing and detailed quilts. Her exhibition, Another Sierra Day is currently on view at the Fresno Art Museum.

On March 18, 2021 FAM had a virtual visit to the studio of this accomplished Southern California artist. Viewers learned what inspires Margaret and how she works to create her monumental colorful and masterful paintings. We are happy to share it with those who missed it. Enjoy the visit!

On April 15, 2021 FAM took our members into the studio and home of this talented local artist. Viewers learned what drives him and how he creates his stunning, often quite large, Renaissance-inspired contemporary masterpieces in a very limited space. We welcome you to take the tour of Rick Freitas' studio!

The May 12, 2012 artist studio tour of this talented and prolific Fresno artist is available to view. We invite you to take a look inside Anne's studio and see where and how she works and what inspires her.

On June 17, 2021 FAM had the pleasure of inviting our members and special guests of the artist into the studio of San Francisco Bay Area artist Guy Diehl who had a solo exhibition at the Fresno Art Museum in 2018 entitled Still Life Tradition. This video includes A Day at Magnolia Editions ©2017 Academy of Art University, all rights reserved. Used with permission.

On July 22, 2021 we had the pleasure of visiting former FAM exhibiting artist in her new studio in Brussels, Belgium. Not only do viewers get a peek into her new home and studio, they get a look at her immediate neighborhood with its quintessential European ambiance. This video includes some new footage and enhanced audio.

Fresno Art Museum video edited by Alex Melin | Special thanks to Alex Melin, Carmen's Assistant, Husband, and Muse

On October 14, 2021 we had the pleasure of joining internationally recognized and award-winning illustrator and artist Rafael López in his San Diego studio. His work was featured in the FAM exhibition Art of the Word: Celebrating Differences in 2021/22. The exhibition showcases his illustrations and sketches from the children's book Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You written by United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Watch the video and learn more about what inspires this amazing artist and his many accomplishments!

This studio tour held on Zoom on April 22, 2022 revisits Steve's experiences with and inspiration from Ansel Adams and takes you into his own photographic studio in Fresno, California. Like many photographers of the natural world, Steve Dzerigian has a deep and abiding respect for Ansel Adams’ work and incorporates similar techniques and photography equipment in his art to translate the natural world to paper by his own mental impression and emotional response to a subject. Ansel Adams has long been an inspiration.

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Dzerigian | For photographs of and by Ansel Adams, ©The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona