Laura Staugaitis

Contributing Writer On team Colossal from April 2016 to December 2019, Laura Staugaitis was previously the website's managing editor and special projects wrangler. A graduate of Williams College with a degree in studio art, over the past decade Laura has worked with a wide range of creative entrepreneurs in Chicago, Denver, and New York. She currently resides in Brooklyn, where she tells the brand story of purpose-driven design studio Hyperakt and interviews creatives for Adobe. You can follow her explorations on Instagram.

Posts by Laura

Interview: Animator Anna Mantzaris Discusses Her Penchant for Nuanced Emotion and Finding Humor in the Mundane

November 18, 2020Interview: Animator Anna Mantzaris Discusses Her Penchant for Nuanced Emotion and Finding Humor in the Mundane
Interview: Artist Mohamad Hafez Explores How Multiple Identities Inform His Art and Why He Invests in Education

September 14, 2020Interview: Artist Mohamad Hafez Explores How Multiple Identities Inform His Art and Why He Invests in Education
Interview: Magnhild Kennedy Shares the Story Behind her Lavish and Mysterious ‘Damselfrau’ Masks

December 16, 2019Interview: Magnhild Kennedy Shares the Story Behind her Lavish and Mysterious ‘Damselfrau’ Masks
Aerial Embroidery Showcases the Hidden Patterns of Cultivated Farmland

December 13, 2019Aerial Embroidery Showcases the Hidden Patterns of Cultivated Farmland
Solar-Powered Chicken Caravan Keeps Farm Birds on the Move

December 11, 2019Solar-Powered Chicken Caravan Keeps Farm Birds on the Move
Wildlife Intertwine in Finely Rendered Mythological Worlds by Lauren Marx

December 11, 2019Wildlife Intertwine in Finely Rendered Mythological Worlds by Lauren Marx
8th Annual Light Festival Illuminates Amsterdam with Glowing Sculptural Installations

December 10, 20198th Annual Light Festival Illuminates Amsterdam with Glowing Sculptural Installations
‘The Bird & the Whale’ Tells a Short and Sweet Tale Using Paint-on-Glass Animation

December 10, 2019‘The Bird & the Whale’ Tells a Short and Sweet Tale Using Paint-on-Glass Animation
Geometric Volumes and Humanoid Figures Shape-Shift in a New Animation by Guldies

December 9, 2019Geometric Volumes and Humanoid Figures Shape-Shift in a New Animation by Guldies
Fantastical Worlds Created with Dappled Brush Strokes by Illustrator James R. Eads

December 6, 2019Fantastical Worlds Created with Dappled Brush Strokes by Illustrator James R. Eads
Felted Bacon Sizzles and Wooly Bread is Sliced in Breakfast-Themed Fiber Animations by Andrea Love

December 4, 2019Felted Bacon Sizzles and Wooly Bread is Sliced in Breakfast-Themed Fiber Animations by Andrea Love
Interview: Discover Bisa Butler’s Approach to ‘Painting with Fabric’

December 4, 2019Interview: Discover Bisa Butler’s Approach to ‘Painting with Fabric’
Hand-Stitched Photographs by Diane Meyer Mimic the Opacity and Divisiveness of the Berlin Wall

December 3, 2019Hand-Stitched Photographs by Diane Meyer Mimic the Opacity and Divisiveness of the Berlin Wall
The World’s Largest Freshwater Lake Becomes a Magical Landscape in Photographs by Kristina Makeeva

December 3, 2019The World’s Largest Freshwater Lake Becomes a Magical Landscape in Photographs by Kristina Makeeva
Download More Than 300 Art Books From the Getty Museum’s Virtual Library

December 2, 2019Download More Than 300 Art Books From the Getty Museum’s Virtual Library
An Enormous Red Sun Will Shine Above the Streets of New York in Thanksgiving Parade Balloon by Yayoi Kusama

November 28, 2019An Enormous Red Sun Will Shine Above the Streets of New York in Thanksgiving Parade Balloon by Yayoi Kusama
The Baltimore Museum of Art Will Collect Work Exclusively by Female-Identifying Artists in 2020

November 26, 2019The Baltimore Museum of Art Will Collect Work Exclusively by Female-Identifying Artists in 2020
Hawaii’s Dense Forests Envelop Abandoned Cars in Photographs by Thomas Strogalski

November 26, 2019Hawaii’s Dense Forests Envelop Abandoned Cars in Photographs by Thomas Strogalski
Good Clean Fun: Dianna Wood Wields a Power Washer to Blast Birds, Butterflies, and Flowers onto Dirty Driveways

November 25, 2019Good Clean Fun: Dianna Wood Wields a Power Washer to Blast Birds, Butterflies, and Flowers onto Dirty Driveways
SISTER: An Intimate Stop-Motion Short About a Family During China’s One-Child Policy

November 25, 2019SISTER: An Intimate Stop-Motion Short About a Family During China’s One-Child Policy