Leah Smith
@leahsmith.studio
an artist obsessing over deep time and the interwovenness of everything and materials with animal magnetism
www.leahsmith.studio
www.leahsmith.studio
Lots of folks celebrating the Democrats' victories last night and I'm with ya, but gotta say - if Democrats don't follow up their redistricting push with a commitment to ban gerrymandering once they hold power, they're just digging the fascism hole deeper. #prop50
#gerrymandertoendallgerrymanders
#gerrymandertoendallgerrymanders
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Lots of folks celebrating the Democrats' victories last night and I'm with ya, but gotta say - if Democrats don't follow up their redistricting push with a commitment to ban gerrymandering once they hold power, they're just digging the fascism hole deeper. #prop50
#gerrymandertoendallgerrymanders
#gerrymandertoendallgerrymanders
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
My small, petty protest rn is reporting every single ICE recruitment ad on YouTube for violence and discrimination. Try it. It's useless, but it is soothing.
October 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
My small, petty protest rn is reporting every single ICE recruitment ad on YouTube for violence and discrimination. Try it. It's useless, but it is soothing.
weekend experiments, working little to big, bit by bit, row by row
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#abstraction #contemporaryart #drawing
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#abstraction #contemporaryart #drawing
September 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
weekend experiments, working little to big, bit by bit, row by row
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#abstraction #contemporaryart #drawing
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#abstraction #contemporaryart #drawing
Big opponent of chrononormativity here, as an artist "emerging" after 30. 👋 Some of us just have to wander the desert awhile before getting into a practice alright? hyperallergic.com/1042641/when...
When Artists Are Too Old to Be “Emerging”
If the art world is serious about equity, it has to stop equating emergence with youth and start building structures that reflect the multiplicity of artistic timelines.
hyperallergic.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Big opponent of chrononormativity here, as an artist "emerging" after 30. 👋 Some of us just have to wander the desert awhile before getting into a practice alright? hyperallergic.com/1042641/when...
Love this.
I feel like Agnes Martin's story is a masterclass in managing to maintain a vibrant creative practice, a successful career, and deep human connections, despite enormous challenges.
And I def would've made a pilgrimage to get lunch with her 🫶
I feel like Agnes Martin's story is a masterclass in managing to maintain a vibrant creative practice, a successful career, and deep human connections, despite enormous challenges.
And I def would've made a pilgrimage to get lunch with her 🫶
Queen Agnes
Abstract painter Agnes Martin sought isolation in New Mexico to stoke her obsessive practice. She found vibrant community.
southwestcontemporary.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Love this.
I feel like Agnes Martin's story is a masterclass in managing to maintain a vibrant creative practice, a successful career, and deep human connections, despite enormous challenges.
And I def would've made a pilgrimage to get lunch with her 🫶
I feel like Agnes Martin's story is a masterclass in managing to maintain a vibrant creative practice, a successful career, and deep human connections, despite enormous challenges.
And I def would've made a pilgrimage to get lunch with her 🫶
Posted some install shots of my recent solo "soft grids" at Greensboro Project Space. This was just two weeks ago but it already feels like it's been forever! I've been catching up on life things but can't wait to get back to it in the studio.
soft grids at Greensboro Project Space — Leah Smith
July 29th - August 2nd, 2025
www.leahsmith.studio
August 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Posted some install shots of my recent solo "soft grids" at Greensboro Project Space. This was just two weeks ago but it already feels like it's been forever! I've been catching up on life things but can't wait to get back to it in the studio.
I wrote a thing about my current body of work, and a little about the way I navigate in the studio generally: www.leahsmith.studio/blog/2025/8/...
A Line in Space — Leah Smith
A version of this essay was delivered as an artist talk on August 1st, 2025 in conjunction with the show soft grids at Greensboro Project Space in Greensboro, NC. In the studio, my process is ve...
www.leahsmith.studio
August 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I wrote a thing about my current body of work, and a little about the way I navigate in the studio generally: www.leahsmith.studio/blog/2025/8/...
Hey chat, does Bluesky like a really satisfying tape pull vid? Got one right here 〰️
July 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Hey chat, does Bluesky like a really satisfying tape pull vid? Got one right here 〰️
👇this👇
excellent thread
excellent thread
Ex-farm worker here.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
July 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
👇this👇
excellent thread
excellent thread
July 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Seeing a lot of takes on here about how the president and Elon Musk are responsible for the deaths in Texas due to cuts to the NWS. Look, there is plenty of calamity to lay at their feet, but let's do it with our facts straight. (thread) www.wired.com/story/meteor...
Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas
DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend flood risk.
www.wired.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Seeing a lot of takes on here about how the president and Elon Musk are responsible for the deaths in Texas due to cuts to the NWS. Look, there is plenty of calamity to lay at their feet, but let's do it with our facts straight. (thread) www.wired.com/story/meteor...
Excited to announce that I have a solo show coming up in Greensboro, NC at the end of the month. If you're in my neck of the woods, I hope you'll come check it out. 😄
July 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Excited to announce that I have a solo show coming up in Greensboro, NC at the end of the month. If you're in my neck of the woods, I hope you'll come check it out. 😄
Reposted by Leah Smith
Eduardo Chillida
May 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Eduardo Chillida
April 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Artist obsessed with lines and grids: "OMG it's BEAUTIFUL 😍"
April 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Artist obsessed with lines and grids: "OMG it's BEAUTIFUL 😍"
The morning studio light is filtering through a dense, smoky haze here in western North Carolina today.
Let's all keep choosing to make art through the apocalypse, alright y'all?
Let's all keep choosing to make art through the apocalypse, alright y'all?
March 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The morning studio light is filtering through a dense, smoky haze here in western North Carolina today.
Let's all keep choosing to make art through the apocalypse, alright y'all?
Let's all keep choosing to make art through the apocalypse, alright y'all?
Reposted by Leah Smith
Sorry to y'all who followed me after I posted the DOGE thing, I mostly post boring little drawings.
#contemporaryart
#contemporaryart
February 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Sorry to y'all who followed me after I posted the DOGE thing, I mostly post boring little drawings.
#contemporaryart
#contemporaryart
Love these 🖤
Barbara Shermund, one of the New Yorker’s first women cartoonists, drew single-panel cartoons with a fluidity of line and expression that defined the magazine’s now-iconic sense of humor.
The Singular Wit of One of the New Yorker’s First Women Cartoonists
Barbara Shermund’s single-panel cartoons, drawn with a seemingly off-the-cuff fluidity of line and expression, came to define the magazine’s sense of humor.
hyperallergic.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Love these 🖤
The "skeet" thing is a passing joke, right? Like, we're not really calling these that forever, right? ...Hahaha right guys???
February 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The "skeet" thing is a passing joke, right? Like, we're not really calling these that forever, right? ...Hahaha right guys???
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