Open Studios

Meet the artists and visit their workspaces for a behind-the-scenes look into their practices.

During DUMBO 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.