Opening Reception: Friday, April 17, 6–9pm
Open Hours: Saturday, April 18, 1–6pm
The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Spring Open Studios is a presentation of international contemporary art by the 32 artists and curators from 25 countries in residence. Guest speaker curator Christiane Paul, will make remarks at 7pm during the opening reception.
This event is free and open to the public.
Three times a year, ISCP invites the public to engage with its cohort of international artist and curator residents in their individual studios. Residents present recent projects, work in progress, site-specific installations, and their archives to a large audience of professionals and art enthusiasts from New York and beyond. Concentrated in a three-story postindustrial loft building in East Williamsburg, ISCP supports the creative advancement of artists and curators from around the world, presents exhibitions and talks year-round, and fosters cultural exchange. From 1994 to the present, ISCP has hosted over 2,000 alumni hailing from more than 105 countries. Today, ISCP’s Open Studios, a three-decade tradition, continues to be the organization’s signature event.
Visitors can also explore two exhibitions: Alice Wang: Windstorm on Saturn, Basalt Columns, MDMA, Serotonin curated by Melinda Lang, Director of Programs and Exhibitions, and Bryan Fernandez: En tránsito, curated by Zuna Maza. Through a scientific, speculative, and diaristic lens, Wang’s films, sculptures and prints probe mysteries of the natural world, tracing connections between the known and the unknown. Transforming the gallery into a quiet landscape, Wang explores the intelligence of nature, with the hexagon as the central form. In En tránsito (in transit), Fernandez presents works that center layered representations of his Dominican community—people whose experiences, histories, and cultural expressions are often flattened by mainstream media and colonial and anti-Black narratives.
Open Studios participating artists and curators:
Wu Bak (South Korea); Wendimagegn Belete (Ethiopia/Norway); Tore Hallas (Denmark); Edith Hammar (Sweden/Finland); Dana Hayek (Qatar/Jordan); Ruthi Helbitz Cohen (Israel); Fang Yen Hsiang (Taiwan); Maya Jeffereis (United States); Jade Kallio (Finland); Élise Lafontaine (Canada); Sujin Lim (South Korea/United States); Simon Liu (Hong Kong/United States); Keli Safia Maksud (Tanzania/Canada); Kent Merriman (Canada); Maro Michalakakos (Greece); Elisabeth Molin (Denmark/ United Kingdom/Austria); Heather Nicol (Canada); Bernd Oppl (Austria); Cate Pasquarelli (United States); Marie-Andrée Pellerin (Austria/Canada); Yao Qingmei (China/France); Andreia Santana (Austria/Portugal); Hong Seon Jang (South Korea/United States); Sonia Shiel (Ireland); Anna Sireiliu Charenamei (India); Mette Sterre (The Netherlands); Merve Tuna (Turkey); TZUSOO (Germany/South Korea); Filip Vest (Denmark); Sean Wang (Taiwan); Gaspar Willmann (France); Sasha Wortzel (United States); and Juan Zamora (Spain)
ISCP thanks the following residency sponsors:
Residencies are sponsored by Alberta Foundation for the Arts; Arison Arts Foundation; Artis; Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso; Canada Council for the Arts; Centre national des arts plastiques (Cnap); Danish Arts Foundation; Danna and Ed Ruscha; DOOSAN Art Center; Espacio Valverde; Federal Ministry of Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport Republic of Austria; Fire Station – Qatar Museums; Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; Fondation pour l’art contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon; IASPIS – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Programme for Visual Artists; Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD); Ministry of Culture, Taiwan; Mondriaan Fund; New York City Council District 34; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway; Saastamoinen Foundation; SAHA Association; ShanghART Gallery; Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin; The Holt Foundation Family Foundation; The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation; Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts; and Zurich Foundation.
This program is also generously supported, in part, by Bloomberg Philanthropies; Austrian Cultural Forum; Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso; Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Consulate General of Spain in New York; Consulate General of Sweden; Hartfield Foundation; James Rosenquist Foundation; Marion Boulton “Kippy” Stroud Foundation; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; New York City Council District 34; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Robert Rauschenberg Foundation; Royal Norwegian Consulate General in New York; van Beuren Charitable Foundation; and William Talbott Hillman Foundation.
In addition to the many individuals who support ISCP, the members of the Director’s Circle are also thanked for their largesse: Anne Altchek; Elizabeth Sarnoff; Doreen Small; Laurie Sprayregen; and Barbara van Beuren.
Please note that the entrance to ISCP has seven steps and a ramp, which is ADA compliant. There are seven artist studios and one exhibition space which can be accessed on the first floor of ISCP. There is an accessible bathroom on the first floor at the end of the hallway, up one step, where the artist studios are located. To access the second floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 22 steps. The second floor has 22 artist and curator studios, one exhibition space, and a lounge where remarks by our guest speaker will take place. To access the third floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 24 steps. The third floor has five artist and curator studios.
ISCP can offer two reserved parking spaces on request for people with disabilities.
To access the freight elevator to the second floor of ISCP, enter through the parking lot and continue toward the back, where the lot curves into a U-shaped area with multiple loading docks. Take the ramp on the right, marked by a yellow pillar. At the top of the ramp, you’ll find the freight elevator directly ahead; it is operated by an attendant.
Please note: the elevator does not have interior walls, it functions as a moving platform operated by the attendant. Let them know you’re going to the second floor.
When you exit the elevator, turn right and continue straight to the door on your right. This leads to a set of double doors into the ISCP lounge. If the door is locked, please call (718) 387-2900.
