push / PRACTICE ! 2026 w Carl Heyward & Akiko Suzuki

Name: push / PRACTICE ! 2026 w Carl Heyward & Akiko Suzuki
Start: 2026-02-22T12:00:00-08:00
Location: Studio 55 Martinez

Schedule

Sun, 22 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Studio 55 Martinez | Martinez, CA

push / PRACTICE !
2026
Sunday February 22nd
Noon-3pm
Carl Heyward / Akiko Suzuki
studio 55 martinez
55 howe rd martinez, ca
HIGH COMPETENCY WORKSHOPS
FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
IN ALL MEDIA AT ALL LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE
Options for Mentoring and one-to-one instruction
TOWARD DEVELOPING INDEPENDENT SKILLS:
Basic (Novice)
Working (Advanced Beginner)
Extensive (Competent)
Expert (Proficient)
Leader/Mastery.
Artists / curators Carl Heyward and Akiko Suzuki return to STUDIO 55 MARTINEZ Sunday February 22nd and invite artists to continue their explorations in mixed media practice as well as making adjustments to attitudes and approaches when seeking creative solutions and flow in the work. Having conducted international workshops in Japan, participated in Master Studio Sessions there with peers and curated or participated in exhibitions in NYC and NC, Seoul, Korea in recent months, they are anxious to share the fruits of these experiences in collaborative and individual practice.
STUDIO 55 MARTINEZ
55 Howe Rd
Martinez California 94553
925 899 2032
Sunday February 22nd
Noon - 3pm
info :
[email protected]
195 usd
25 usd materials fee collected day of the workshop
participants are provided essential working materials but are encouraged to bring tools and substrates as desired
register : https://www.studio55martinez.com/calendar/2026/2/22/push-practice?fbclid=IwY2xjawPHwoxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe0LxR9VfhacjMVsqigpr1k656c3ZOJYSvNKBEZvTh7chCR9S7LhzG66oma8A_aem_XwhgtXrBof-QrPz17F2SVA
Carl Heyward
is a NEA Fellow and grant recipient, former MFA instructor at SF Academy of Art University, arts writer and founder of Global Art Project, a mixed-media collaborative cooperative with a membership in 12 countries. He has exhibited at Room Art Gallery, Mill Valley, The Fourth Wall Gallery in Oakland, CA, artist-in-residence at The Schools of The Sacred Heart at The Flood Mansion, San Francisco, and continues to exhibit internationally: Kranz, Slovenia; Mazatlan, Mexico; Venice, Italy; and Ghent, Belgium, in 2017-2019. His work is in collections held by SF-MOMA, NY-MOMA, Yale University Art Library, the National Gallery of Australia, Wellsely Art Library and the Brooklyn Museum. He is associated with Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, CA; 10dence Gallery, Holland, Galerie Sobo Bade, Senegal and Gallerie Renee Marie, CA, East Village Art View Gallery, NYC
https://www.instagram.com/carlheyward/
https://www.carlheywardarts.com/
https://www.instagram.com/globalartproject/
Akiko Suzuki:
is a textile and mixed media artist living in California, U.S.A.
In 1986 Akiko Suzuki graduated in visual design from Kyoto College of the Arts where she studied photography, video and three-dimensional production.
Suzuki started making quilts in 1990 and has won numerous art quilt awards both domestically and internationally and has been collected all over the world.
Since 2014, she has participated in Global Art Project co-founded with Carl Heyward.
She has co-facilitated art residencies including group exhibitions, solo and collaborative studio practice and workshops in Italy, USA, Mexico and Senegal.
Suzuki's works express poetry and the intangible, invisible things; thoughts and skin sensations become words and images
This intuitive work, like a novel, is born from everyday life and the words spring from her flood of images becoming poetry reflected in the title of the work. The expression of these emotions also extends to photography and video.
Her works are visualized as abstractions via sumi ink, paint, collage, fiber and textile art. Her solo exhibition SONGS OF A LITTLE BIRD is scheduled for July 2026 at NY2CA Gallery in Benicia, Ca
https://www.instagram.com/akiss_art/
https://www.akissart.com/
https://globartproject.wixsite.com/globalartproject-art