Studio

A studio is an artist or worker's workroom. This can be for the purpose of acting, architecture, painting, pottery (ceramics), sculpture, origami, woodworking, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, industrial design, radio or television production broadcasting or the making of music. The term is also used for the workroom of dancers, often specified to dance studio. A studio is an artist or worker's workroom. This can be for the purpose of acting, architecture, painting, pottery (ceramics), sculpture, origami, woodworking, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, industrial design, radio or television production broadcasting or the making of music. The term is also used for the workroom of dancers, often specified to dance studio. The word studio is derived from the Italian: studio, from Latin: studium, from studere, meaning to study or zeal. The French term for studio, atelier, in addition to designating an artist's studio is used to characterize the studio of a fashion designer. Atelier also has the connotation of being the home of an alchemist or wizard. Studio is also a metonym for the group of people who work within a particular studio. The studio of any artist, especially from the 15th to the 19th centuries, characterized all the assistants, thus the designation of paintings as 'from the workshop of...' or 'studio of...'An art studio is sometimes called an atelier, especially in earlier eras. In contemporary, English language use, 'atelier' can also refer to the Atelier Method, a training method for artists that usually takes place in a professional artist's studio.