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Chad Plunket, the director of CASP,
and metals fellow Alyssa Gilbert, repair
a sculpture by artist Bill Bagley in the
Charles Adams Lubbock Cultural District.

STUDIO PROJECT

By Victoria Marie Bee – Artist and Helen DeVitt Jones Print Fellow

Photos by Tom McCarthy Jr.
(June 22, 2019)
harles Adams Studio
Project is the location
Cof so many delightful
moments that have morphed
into lovely memories: an
artist from across the country
transforming their studio into
an installation of paintings
and sculptures; a father and
daughter using traditional
blacksmith techniques to
create a metal rose for a
Mother’s day gift; artists, Emerging and professional artists • four live/work studios,
writers, musicians, filmmakers, and from all over Lubbock come together
comedians coming together to share at CASP to form a central hub where • eight professional working
a Sunday dinner; grandparents they can live, work, and support studios,
bringing their grandkids to make each other. CASP has renovated
cyanotypes of flowers from their vacant properties in downtown • the Helen DeVitt Jones Print
parents’ gardens; people from Lubbock that are now private studio Studio,
all over West Texas watching a spaces, public exhibition spaces,
public artwork being made; a man and facilities which provide classes, • the CH Foundation Metals Studio
letterpress-printing with wood type workshops, and access to specialized and Foundry,
the proposal to his future wife. and difficult-to-obtain art making • and exhibition spaces, including
People of all ages, from backgrounds equipment. Founder Charles Adams 5&J Gallery,
of zero art experience to professional opened the Charles Adams Gallery • Satellite Gallery of Texas Tech
artists, come to CASP to make in 1980, with an interest in local University,
unique art during frequently offered art. However, after renovating an
workshops and classes, utilizing existing building to include a live- • and other indoor plus outdoor
the numerous studios, partaking in in workspace, Adams realized the venues.
residency opportunities, enjoying value in providing similar spaces for
all that First Friday Art Trail offers, others in the arts. He wanted to give Assistant Professor in Painting at
and experiencing the exhibition the same gift to artists throughout Texas Tech University, Ghislaine
spaces that showcase exceptional the community. Fremaux, collaborates with local
work from artists in the region and So began Charles Adams Studio artist, Lando Valdez, in one of
beyond. Project, a non-profit organization CASP’s studios, creating larger
with artist residency and studio than life art. Fremaux notes: “We
are grateful for Studio B, which
opportunities, including

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