Events

2024 Open Studios events are organized by members across the School of Art community and are listed below as:

> scheduled events = taking place at scheduled times at the School of Art during Open Studios

> activated sites = exhibitions, installations, works-in-progress, and other projects across the School of Art buildings

> related events = events taking place during open studios weekend as collaborations or recommended community happenings



  • SCHEDULED EVENTS:

  • The Atrium Reception

    Saturday, April 13
    12PM
    1156 Chapel St., Graphic Design Atrium

    Desserts from Lina Bakery by Lina Chen, and ‘SOY RIZO’ taco cart by Claire Hungerford and Orlando Porras, to celebrate the activation of the Graphic Design Atrium during Open Studios. 

  • Artistic Expression Beyond Prison Walls: Learning from and Supporting Incarcerated Artists Saturday, April 13 3PM 1156 Chapel St., The 'Pool'...

    Artistic Expression Beyond Prison Walls: Learning from and Supporting Incarcerated Artists

    Saturday, April 13
    3PM
    1156 Chapel St., The "Pool" (Room G10)

    Empowerment Avenue hosts a teach-in in partnership with Yale Law School's Lowenstein Human Right's Project.

    Incarcerated visual artist Orlando Smith, writer Kwaneta Harris, and curator Tomiekia Johnson will call-in to share their insights on creative expression beyond prison walls. Each guest will call in from prison to speak about their work, followed by a Q&A. Our team will also share resources to work with and support incarcerated artists and writers in prison, including artistic materials created behind bars.

    Organized by Miye Sugino, Yale College '26. Sponsored by Beinecke Library and Yale Undergraduate Prison Project.

  • Zapateando EN YALE: A performance by Brenda Barrios Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14 3:33-4:04 PM 36 Edgewood Ave.,...

    Zapateando EN YALE: A performance by Brenda Barrios

    Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14
    3:33-4:04 PM
    36 Edgewood Ave., Room 309

    A performance by Brenda Barrios, Sculpture MFA '25, which incorporates sound projections, costume design, and sculptural work.



  • EXHIBITIONS & ACTIVATED SITES:

  • You Are Now the Host: Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14 12-6PM Green Hall Gallery, 1156...
     Exhibition identity by Shiyun Deng and Allison Yoon, Graphic Design MFAs '25.

    You Are Now the Host: Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition

    Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14
    12-6PM
    Green Hall Gallery, 1156 Chapel Street
    & 32 Edgewood Gallery

    Featuring work by Joji Baratelli, Lily Campbell, Hannah Foley, Chiara Hardy, Eunice Kiang, Alexander Laurent Rubucalva, Olivia Marwell, Kaia Mladenova, Mikiala Ng, Elizabeth Olshanetsky, Tilman Phleger, Nathan Puletasi, Anthony Skinner, Talia Tax, Sarah Teng, Stephanie Wang, Maya Weldon-Lagrimas, Kaci Xie, Kaitlyn Greenwell, Eric Hurley Doddy, Seyma Kaya, Michael Wang (Hanjiang), and Alice Mao.

     

    More information at art.yale.edu/exhibitions >

  • The Atrium Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14 12-6PM 1156 Chapel St., Graphic Design Atrium Graphic Design MFA students...

    The Atrium

    Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14
    12-6PM
    1156 Chapel St., Graphic Design Atrium

    Graphic Design MFA students collaborate on an activation of the atrium space. In addition to books and prints, videos, and installations on display, the following events are scheduled (in addition to The Atrium Reception, above): 

    SATURDAY

    12:00-4:00: 'Invitation': Sara Duell will be printing envelopes to ship her thesis book. Swing by to find out how to get a copy!

    5:00-6:00: Graphic Design Students Presentation Series: ‘Translation as a Design Practice’ by Jeewon Kim, ‘Working Title’ by Shiyun Deng, ‘A for Allison’ by Allison Yoon, ‘Untitled’ by Lobbin Liu, and ‘Language Contact’ by Simon Charwey.

    SUNDAY
    12:00-1:00: ‘Risograph Printing Demonstration’ by Neeta Patel.
    12:00-2:00, 'Invitation': Sara Duell will be printing envelopes to ship her thesis book. Swing by to find out how to get a copy!

  • Collaborative Community Canvas: An Open (Studios) Invitation, Year 3 Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14 12-6PM Courtyard in front...

    Collaborative Community Canvas: An Open (Studios) Invitation, Year 3

    Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14
    12-6PM
    Courtyard in front of 353 Crown Street

    Join us in the courtyard between 1156 Chapel Street and 353 Crown Street to contribute to a third year of the collaborative community canvas—open for anyone to draw on—as part of 2024 Open Studios. This year, we'll have canvas, paper, and post-it walls. Grab a post-it from the wall, or take home selections from last year’s project for free, in a gesture of “leave a drawing, take a drawing."

     

    Hosted by the School of Art’s Assistant Director of Communications, Lindsey Mancini, as an extension of her art mapping project ArtAround. Free pens, stickers, and maps of public art in New Haven will also be available!

  • Crit installation: Erol Scott Harris II

    Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14
    12-6PM
    353 Crown Street, The "Pit"

    MFA student in Painting/Printmaking, Erol Scott Harris II, will be exhibiting their critique presentation—TRI-CORD in the "Pit" space.

  • Crit installation: Stephanie Guerrero

    Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14
    12-6PM
    353 Crown Street, The "Pit"

    MFA student in Painting/Printmaking, Stephanie Guerrero, will be exhibiting their critique presentation in the "Pit" space.

  • Exhibition of work by graduate Photo students Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14 12-6PM 1156 Chapel Street., The 'Pool'...

    Exhibition of work by graduate Photo students 

    Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14
    12-6PM
    1156 Chapel Street., The "Pool" (Room G10)

    See work by MFA students in Photography installed in the departmental critique space, the "Pool."

     

  • Crit installation: Elli Fotopoulou

    Saturday, April 13 & Sunday, April 14
    12-6PM
    36 Edgewood, 3rd floor crit space

    MFA student in Sculpture, Elli Fotopoulou, will be exhibiting their critique presentation on the 3rd floor of 36 Edgewood.



  • Related events

  • Moving Sculpture: A Collaboration Between Sculptors & Projection Designers Thursday, April 11, 2024 | 5pm–7pm Friday, April 12, 2024 |...
     

    Moving Sculpture: A Collaboration Between Sculptors & Projection Designers

    Thursday, April 11, 2024 | 5pm–7pm 
    Friday, April 12, 2024 | 12pm–6pm
    Saturday, April 13, 2024 | 12pm–6pm   
    Sunday April 14, 2024 | 12pm–6pm 

    The Dome, third floor of Yale Schwarzman Center

    168 Grove Street, New Haven, CT

    Moving Sculpture: A Collaboration Between Sculptors & Projection Designers is an exhibition-styled presentation stemming from a workshop organized and led by Wendall Harrington, professor in projection design at the David Geffen School of Drama, and Ben Hagari, lecturer in the sculpture department at the Yale School of Art.

    Ten students from both departments—projection design and sculpture—were paired and have worked together throughout the spring '24 semester to plan a cohesive installation for The Dome.

     

    Featuring: Nic[o] Brierre Aziz & Ke Xu Brenda Barrios & Doaa Ouf Ivana Dama & Christian Killada Helen Liene Dreifelds & Wiktor Freifeld Ein Kim & Marcelline Mandeng Nken, and Kyle Stamm.

     

    Event webpage >

  • Open Studios at NXTHVN SATURDAY, APRIL 13 & SUNDAY, APRIL 14 1-5PM 169 Henry Street, New Haven NXTHVN is hosting...

    Open Studios at NXTHVN

    SATURDAY, APRIL 13 & SUNDAY, APRIL 14
    1-5PM
    169 Henry Street, New Haven

    NXTHVN is hosting their Open Studios this weekend too! Visit the studios of fellows, including MFA program alums Alexander Puz MFA '22 and Alexandria Couch MFA '23, for a glimpse of their work at NXTHVN.

     

    Additional Programming:

    Youth Stories: Sounds of New Haven

    Saturday, April 13, 2024 | 2PM–4PM

    Teens and their families are invited to participate in an activity where they create art related to the sounds of the Dixwell neighborhood and New Haven more broadly. This program is led by the Curatorial Fellows, Marquita Flowers and Clare Patrick, and is inspired by their exhibition, To Echo a Shadow.

     

    To Echo A Shadow Walkthrough

    Sunday, April 14, 2024 | 2PM & 4PM

    NXTHVN Curatorial Fellows will be available in the gallery to talk to guests about their current exhibition, To Echo A Shadow.

     

    Rainbow Prints

    Sunday, April 14, 2024 | 1PM–5PM

    Families with young children are invited to participate in a fun watercolor printmaking activity. This event is free and open to the public, no registration required.

     

    Event webpage >

  • Keyhole Workspace Residency Open Studios @Ely Center of Contemporary Art Sunday, April 14 12-5PM 51 Trumbull Street, New Haven, CT...
     

    Keyhole Workspace Residency Open Studios @Ely Center of Contemporary Art 

    Sunday, April 14

    12-5PM

    51 Trumbull Street, New Haven, CT 

     

    Please join ECOCA on April 14th, 12-5, for the Keyhole Workspace Residency Open Studios! Meet artists Ramón Bonilla, Esthea Kim, Adrian Panaitisor, Línda Perla-Giron and Emily Weiskopf and see what they are working on.

     

    Event webpage >