Join us on Saturday, December 6, from 1 to 6PM, for the first Open Studios with the 2025-26 Artist Studio cohort! Meet the artists and visit their workspaces for a behind-the-scenes look into their work and practices.
While you’re in the neighborhood, shop artists’ studios DUMBO-wide during this year’s Shop the Studios! Organized by the DUMBO Improvement District and Art in DUMBO, in coordination with the DUMBO 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 Madjeen Isaac, Yuchen Chang, Tariku Shiferaw, Cecile Chong, and others.
2025-26 Artist Studio
From top, left to right:
Andrius Alvarez-Backus
María-Elena Pombo
Matthew Li
Maya Dixon
S Emsaki
Zoë Pulley
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 2025-26 cohort moved into their studios in September 2025, and they will be in residence until August 2026.
The 2025-2026 Studio Artist were selected from over 400 applicants by Panelists:
Salome Asega, Director of NEW INC
Roxana Fabius, Independent Writer and Curator
Jovanna Venegas, Curator at Sculpture Center
Preliminary panelists were former Smack Mellon Studio or Exhibition artists: Megan Mi-Ai Lee, fields harrington, Kevin Quiles Bonilla, Miatta Kawinzi, Madjeen Isaac, Yuchen Chang, Mo Kong, and Luba Drozd.
A call for applications is open through December 1, 2025 for the 2026-27 Artist Studio program.
Image Credit: 2024-25 Studio Artist Amina Ross in their Smack Mellon studio. Image courtesy of Smack Mellon. Photo by Etienne Frossard.