ArchitectureWorks has partnered with the Birmingham Museum of Art to house resident artists including Stephen Hendee and Cestmir Suska. Both have lived in the SawWorks apartment and used the studio space and the courtyard as fabrication and exhibition workshops. Hendee’s work ‘Ascension,’ made from polypropylene panels, black glue, and fluorescent lights, was exhibited at the Birmingham Museum of Art in September of 2002. In 2007, Suska’s work was shown at the Birmingham Museum of Art, as well. Several of the industrial iron sculptures from his ‘Rusty Flowers’ collection remained on display at ArchitectureWorks until 2009. Marilee Keys also exhibited ‘Specimens and Artifacts’ in SawWorks Studio in November of 2003. Keys’ work focuses on collecting and recording her environment and giving renewed life to recycled elements of nature.
