Studio Life
From Craft to Concept
As a multi media artist, Stern works with the materials that serve her conceptual work. Other experts, makers and artisans often lend a hand in the process. In recent years Stern traveled to studios throughout the country in order to use specific tools or work with other makers.
Certain projects require more than one set of hands and assistants and Interns have been supporting production in various ways.
Studio Assistants:
Emily Martinez (Since 2023)
Hannah Finnan (2023-2024)
Ani Kinney (2023)
Katie Pitre (2019-2022)
Elinore Noyes (2018 - 2019)
Studio Interns:
Saj Issa (2019)
Lucas Latimar (2018)
The New York studio is located in East Harlem. Visits are welcome by appointment only.
For inquiries about in-person and remote internships, please reach out directly .

Early Drafts for new artwork, 2024

Hanging work at the Englewood Arts visiting artis studio, 2024

From left: Master Glassblower, Kevin Miller and Rae Stern experimenting with stone encasings. Englewood Arts, 2023.
Spraying pulp at the Englewood Arts visiting artist studio, 2023

Making paper at the Englewood Arts visiting artist studio, 2023

Transparency is key, 2023

A studio visit from Bill McLeod, 2023

Pressing paper with assistant Ani Kinney at the visiting artist studio at Englewood Arts , 2023

Ani Kinney and Brandon Schnur stretching frames at the visiting artist studio at Englewood Arts, 2023.

Visual research, Mt. Carmel shoreline, 2022
Visual research, Upper Galilee, 2022
Installing artwork at the Virginia MOCA, 2021

Building furniture in the East Harlem studio, 2021

From left: Elinore Noyes and Rae sanding green ware, 2019.


At the Belger Arts visiting artist studio, 2019

View from the visiting artist studio at Belger Crane Yard, Kansas City, MO.

From left: Katie Pitre and Rae with fiber work in process, 2019


Rae holding sprayed pulp, 2019



From left: Rae Stern, Elinore Noyes, Katie Pitre, Michael Baxley, and Tommy Frank at Belger Crane Yard Studio, 2019

Tommy (back) and Michael mixing casting slip at Belger Crane Yard Studio, 2019


Joseph Hutchins sanding furniture at Belger Crane Yard Studio, 2019
Rae installing sensors, 2019

Intern Saj Issa documenting process at the studio, 2019

From left: Elinore Noyes, Katie Pitre, Tommy Frank, Chandler Martin, Rae Stern, Joseph Hutchins, Clay Jarrat, Belger Crane Yard Studios, 2019




Firing experimentations at Anderson Ranch, 2017

Glaze testing at Anderson Ranch, 2017
Rae at Anderson Ranch, 2017
