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ARTIST
NEWS
Explore the news updates by the studio archivist and artist, Storm Ritter. Acting as an archive for art production, collections, events and business endeavors, this is the hub for all the behind the scenes.


Art Classes & Mentorship: Girl Scouts of Greater New York
From 2020 to 2022, Storm led art classes via Zoom with a troop 3302 from the Girl Scouts of Greater New York. The various classes thematically focused on Herstory , the study of powerful women who shaped our culture. Lessons on color theory, the creative process, and painting styles supplemented the discussions on female creatives from music to art. The workshops featured painting sessions, with everyone individually painting t-shirts and self portraits on canvas. Creating t
Feb 1, 2021


Face Mask Production, Donations, & Fundraiser
From March 2020 to 2022, over two thousand face masks were handmade, donated, sold, shipped, and delivered from Storm's West Village home studio. Right before the start of the pandemic, Storm and her talented seamstress Jenny Lin designed street style face masks for a client. Conveniently having patterns prepared and using the Storm Ritter Studio deadstock original fabric, Storm focused on mask production in March. Sending material back and forth with Jenny, bulk double-sided
Dec 31, 2020


at the core
As Cat Stevens says,"you're going to wind up where you started from." One of my favorite songs (ever) is Sitting. November thus far has proven to be eye-opening to the self. Stripping away more layers of artistry to evolve. Talking to a friend today we highlighted the need for creative people to have countless trades and skill sets. You got to wear a fuck ton of hats if you want to be an artist. One thing to make art, another thing to sell it. The key right now in the mess of
Nov 18, 2020


Photo Gallery from WV Studio
November so far has been action packed with custom orders, new canvas series, and planning/prepping for new projects in the winter. 2021 may be the year we start drinking the kool-aid again -- finger's crossed. Here's some causal pics from this month thus far.
Nov 17, 2020
go pin yourself!
You can never have enough pins. At Storm Ritter Studio, we had tubs and bins full of original & vintage pins. I personally have a pretty...
Oct 3, 2020
artisan smocks
Dig those crazy jackets. Painted patches all over a vintage cotton/denim barn smock – hot damn, ma'am! This year of 2020 is all about...
Sep 21, 2020


Custom Barn Jackets: "West Village Trips"
Doesn't it feel sometimes that you repeat the same day over, and over? Same goes with painting. Sometimes you paint something over and...
Sep 21, 2020


rising sun
Holy cow, batman! This jacket is a new heirloom if I've ever seen (or made) one! Gorgeously groovy painted leather jacket, this is truly...
Sep 20, 2020


TCB ϟ TCP
Taking Care Of Business vs. The Cool People. Thanks to Elvis, the TCB acronym is commonplace in my terminology, but TCP has been a new...
Sep 15, 2020


Painted Garment: Moon River Skirt
Watching the opening credits of any Technicolor flicks seems to spike inspiration station . I recently put on Charade , one of my top...
Sep 14, 2020


painted patches
The Canadian tuxedo, eh? A denim ensemble that really never goes out of style. Admired my mom watching her paint for hours, simply...
Sep 10, 2020


fuck!
A noun, an adjective, an interjection, a verb, or an adverb, Fuck's got it all going on in the english language. I am not into...
Sep 9, 2020
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