With “including people and not being pretentious” as the main rule in its charter, it’s not surprising that Color Wolf Studio’s open studio party is free and open to all.
The Taipei-based collective currently boasts six artists and three writers and has seen members from 10 countries and three continents. They are throwing the party, set for tonight from 6pm to 10pm, as an opportunity to showcase their work, meet new people and provide entertainment to the public.
Studio member Todd Williams says there will be some food at the event, but the focus is on community and conversation. The members will take turn serving drinks.
Photo courtesy of Color Wolf Studio
“Our stash is open to everyone,” Williams says. “No one pays, everyone enjoys.”
Williams says usually about 100 people attend, with a half Taiwanese and half foreign crowd.
“Everyone is incredibly friendly,” he says. “We always want to be around people, but we’re so busy with our work we don’t get out often.”
Williams adds that they might even allow attendees to do graffiti on their walls.
Color Wolf’s manifesto was written in March 2013 with a mission to gather talented people in Taipei and collaborate in visual, aural and written forms to bring together Taipei’s greater art community.
What started with a few casual artist gatherings soon became a full-fledged studio in November 2013 with 10 members who operated under the Color Wolf banner, but also took on individual projects. Williams says the group’s work is displayed on a rotating basis at Voodoo Doughnuts.
In addition to creating, the studio also hosts various events such as “Bulgasari,” a monthly cooperative, an event that encourages both planned and spontaneous collaboration and creation, a pub quiz night and a monthly “Zapper” get-together with various themes, including a curry cook-off.
Color Wolf also publishes Goat Magazine, which explores the offbeat cultural happenings and experiences of Taiwan.
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