Thom Reaves

The Intersections Forum is for people who are curious. It is for artists interested in how space shapes meaning. It is for architects interested in how emotion shapes form. It is for designers, photographers, educators, students, and thinkers who value thoughtful conversation over quick answers. It is not a technical training event. It is not a product showcase. It is not a place for professional posturing. Participants do not need to arrive with credentials or polished opinions. They only...

The Intersections Forum: Art + Architecture is a three-day virtual gathering (March 10–12, 2026) created to bring artists, architects, designers, and creative thinkers into one shared conversation about how their disciplines overlap, influence one another, and shape the world we live in. Produced by Studio Tour Magazine, the Forum is designed as a live extension of the magazine’s Art + Architecture issue—taking ideas from the page and turning them into dialogue. What makes it different...

Art and architecture are often described as separate fields with different goals: one expressive, the other functional. In reality, the boundary between them has always been porous. Architecture is experienced emotionally long before it is analyzed intellectually. Art is often spatial long before it is labeled conceptual. Both disciplines shape perception, movement, and memory. In contemporary practice, artists regularly engage architectural questions — scale, material, permanence, public...