Join us on Saturday, December 2, from 1 to 6PM, for the first Open Studios with the 2023-24 Studio Artists:
Gara Lonning
Itzel Basualdo
Kyoung eun Kang
Madjeen Isaac
mujero
Yuchen Chang
Javier María, Media Systems Manager
Smack Mellon’s exhibitions will also be on view. Please note that masks are strongly encouraged in the lower level where the artists’ studios are located.
From 12-5PM, visit our artists’ studios and others throughout the neighborhood for the 2023 edition of Shop the Studios! Organized by Art in DUMBO in partnership with the DUMBO BID x Brooklyn Flea Holiday Market.
During Shop the Studios, support Smack Mellon with the purchase of a signed, limited edition artist’s print! Works are available by artists including Eve Sussman, Fatemeh Kazemi, Liz Collins, Cecile Chong, and others.
ARTIST STUDIO PROGRAM
The Artist Studio Program was launched in 2000 in response to the crisis of affordable studio space for artists living and working in New York City. The program provides six visual artists with a free private studio space accessible 24/7, a fellowship, and access to shared common areas: a media lab with editing suites and a shop for wood fabrication. The 2023-2024 cohort moved into their studios on September 1, 2023 and they will be in residence for an eleven-month period.
Each year, Smack Mellon convenes a panel of art professionals to select the artists from over 300 applicants. The panel for the 2023-24 program consisted of Eriola Pira, Curator & Director of Programs at Vera List Center; Prerana Reddy, Artist Community Fellow at Recess; and Gee Wesley, Curatorial Assistant, Dept of Media and Performance at MoMA. Preliminary panelists were former Smack Mellon Studio or Exhibition artists: Leah Beeferman, Jesus Benavente, Moko Fukuyama, Domenica Garcia, Bang Geul Han, Sara Jimenez, Victoria-Idongesit Udondian, and Anne Wu.
A call for applications is open through Nov 20, 2023 for the 2024-25 Artist Studio program.
Image Credit: 2022-23 Studio Artist Kevin Quiles Bonilla in their Smack Mellon studio. Image courtesy of Smack Mellon. Photo: Etienne Frossard