Austin Thomas, past LMCC Workspace Resident, when faced with losing her studio, took a cue from our Swing Space program and started her one-artist version called Free Space. She has a traveling studio of supplies that she sets up anywhere that she can pull up a free chair. I've spotted her on one of my coffee breaks working in the POPS at 60 Wall, and I've even lined up a coworker's desk for her. Check out Austin's blog to see just how she does it. It's a project Austin has included me in for a while, and now she's out in Santa Barbara, bringing Free Space and her social sculpture to Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum for a three-month run, and she's doing it all with her toddler Grant in tow. Next week, Hendrik Gerrits from Swing Space is going to be guest lecturer on free space and the studio practice in Santa Barbara. Free Space for all!!!