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A View From the Easel

“There’s a lot of construction going on en route. Sometimes I capture the sounds.”

Lakshmi Rivera Amin

October 5, 2026 — 4 min read

Welcome to the 357th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, Chanika Svetvilas constructs a rainbow of plexiglas on chicken wire and plans community events for Disability Awareness Month in the United States.

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Chanika Svetvilas, New Brunswick, New Jersey

How long have you been working in this space?

Six months.

Describe an average day in your studio.

In the morning, I take the Northeast Corridor line into New Brunswick from Princeton Junction and then it’s a seven-minute walk to my studio from the train station. (There’s a lot of construction going on en route. Sometimes I capture the sounds.) I am one of the eight Art City New Brunswick public artists-in-residence, a project of coLAB Arts.

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