The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center is pleased to announce the 26th edition of Open workshops Saturday May 20 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday May 21 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
This year’s Open Studios weekend will feature five floors of visual and performing arts, with over 46 artist studios and six organizations. Moreover, the fifth iteration of Public Spaces Open Studios (PSOS2023) — jury of María del Carmen Carrión — will present the works of 16 artists, such as Manuel Acevedo, Ophelia Arc, Jennie Booth, Kiani Ferris, María-Elena Pombo, Lucia Warck-Meister, and many more!
Throughout the weekend, enjoy participatory programming such as free artistic creation activities with cool culturethe Capoeira Festival of Afro-Brazilian Artspoetry readings from FELT Theaterand film screenings as part of the Kabayitos Microcinema Film Festival. All events are free and open to the public with a RSVP.
Visit theclementecenter.org for the full weekend schedule and RSVP here.
Location
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center
107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY 10002
Participating artists
Hector Marín-Arias, Jan Baracz, Itziar Barrio, John Benton, F. Douglas Blanchard, Radek Brousil, Brian Buckley, Linda Byrne, Natalia de Campos, Cazorla + Saleme, Paul Clay, Susanna Coffey, Elisabeth Condon, Steve Ellis, Inka Essenhigh , Jeanette Farrow, Kate Finneran, Flloyd, David Friedman, Linda Griggs, Allen Hansen, Kylie Heidenheimer, Unchased Victory, Sue Jeong Ka, David Kagan, Tine Kindermann, Lisa Lebofsky, Chang-Jin Lee, Ace Lehner, Liliya Lifanova, Wayne Liu , Bill Massey, Alfredo Marin, Jen Mazza, Matahambre (Rita Indiana and Noelia Quintero, with guest artists Raúl Recio and Gerardo Claderón Juliá), Julio Monsalve, Pablo Monsalve, Steve Mumford, Mario Naves, Laura Nova, Selime Okuyan, Libby Paloma , Nicole Parcher, Norte Maar Mural Collective, Mark Power, Marylea Quintana, Seward Ryan, Pal Smet (Paul Smith), Flavia Souza, Lola Stanton, Sherman J. Sussman, Thiago Szmrecsanyi, Nikki Terry, Miguel Trelles, Suzanne Varni, Melanie Vote , Amy Westpfahl, Kemar Keanu Wynter
Participating organizations
ABC No Rio Zine Library
FELT Inc.
LES Studio Program (Artists Alliance Inc.)
Mark De Garmo Dance
NY Mindful Capoeira Academy
arts for art
Exhibition Public Spaces Open Workshops
Manuel Acevedo, Ophelia Arc, Jennie Booth, Brian Buckley, Katie Cercone, Kiani Ferris, Andrew Glass, Dalit Gurevich, Sue Jeong Ka, Emily Linares, Hector Marin, Linda Mittel, Julio Monsalvo, Sabrina Merayo Nuñez, Nicole Parcher, Maria Elena Pombo , Marylea Quintana, Margaret Roleke, Mollie Serena, Paul Smith, Flavia Souza, Lucia Wark-Meister, Fina Yeung