"There are no mistakes in art, only happy accidents." Mrs. Weezie Kempf was Storm Ritter's elementary school art teacher, and she sadly passed away in 2023. In appreciation for her teacher, she ensured that a memorial piece was created for the school. It was her privilege to order a bronze handmade plaque with funds of her own and with a fundraiser silent auction at Storm Ritter Gallery . She also gifted a framed painting of The Cool People and a monetary gift for a student t

After the opening of Storm's second solo show, "Realm of The Cool People" in Meatpacking, she led a workshop tour and interactive talk...

In memory for East Village legend, Jimmy Webb , Storm Ritter collaborated with musicians of the Lower East Side band, Bad Vacation and photographer Matt Aquino to launch a fundraiser in his honor. After Jimmy's passing in 2020, the collaborative team aimed to raise funds for his favorite non-profit. A large percentage of the proceeds was directly donated to Road Recovery. The program works with youth downtown Manhattan, creating safe spaces fueled with music and art. The f

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

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-si

Painting and free creativity was the foundation at Storm Ritter Studio . St orm led painting workshops for the community and local children at the store and at Greenwich Village Alliance street fairs events. With large canvases and mannequins to paint, the booths provided guests the opportunity to collaborate and create with the artist. She would also set up photo booth stations with painted signs and props to keep the energy exciting. This was the start of her involvement o