Open Studio Weekend: 2011
More than 1,000 visitors joined LMCC for the 2011 Workspace Open Studio Weekend! We were thrilled to present this group of 24 emerging visual artists- and writers-in-residence. In-residence from September 2010 - June 2011, the Workspace artists and writers worked in their studios, participated in weekly Salon Evenings, and developed a dialogue that will last well beyond the June end-date of their residency.
Situated in an unlikely neighborhood of New York City, the Financial District, in donated and adapted office space, artists and writers who participate in LMCC's residency programs are literally changing what it means to "work" on Wall Street. In partnership with the generous real estate community in Lower Manhattan since 1997, LMCC's residency programs have provided valuable space, time, and community to hundreds of artists. And with 24/7 access to this constantly changing part of the city, LMCC's artists-in-residence are uniquely positioned to experience, explore, interpret, and re-imagine it from the inside.
Representing all media and genres - performance, painting, photography, installation, sculpture, and video, poetry, playwriting, fiction, and creative non-fiction - Open Studio Weekend 2011 was a special opportunity to experience part of the creative process, that happens most often behind closed doors, of an exceptional group of artists and writers.
Throughout the weekend, guests experienced an opening reception, performances, open studio hours, and a reading by writers-in-residence. Visitors included curators and directors from major visual arts and literary institutions in New York City and beyond, as well as fellow artists, writers, and friends.
Thanks for joining us!
Artist-in-Residence Meghan Gordon discusses her work with a visitor in her studio.
Visitors in resident collaborative caraballo-farman's studio.
Artist-in-Residence Kiaga K. Ford's studio.
Visitors in the studio of resident artist Janelle Iglesias.
Installation view inside the studio of resident artist Olek.
Visitors watching a performance of The Paper Slept But the Night in Me Woke Up, by residents Chelsea Knight and Melissa Seley.
Artist-in-Residence Shana Mounton's studio during a screening and performance of I lost something in the hills.
Writer-in-Residence Jibade-Khalil Huffman reads new work during Open Texts reading during Open Studio Weekend.
You can find more information about Open Studio Weekend 2010 here.
