The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Spring Open Studios is a presentation of international contemporary art by the 35 artists and curators from 26 countries in residence. Guest speaker curator Kate Fowle 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 solo exhibitions on view at ISCP: Hellen Ascoli: The World Upside Down and Amy Bravo: Some Bullheaded Girls. Hellen Ascoli approaches weaving as a form of translation—a way to reveal personal and shared histories through intricately patterned textiles. Her vibrant compositions, which extend from textiles to collage, drawing and video, are inspired by weaving traditions and material culture from her home country of Guatemala as well as decolonial writings. Through surreal, assemblage compositions, Amy Bravo explores ideas around inheritance, memory, and biography. Fusing family history and mythology, she creates deeply personal works that question and reinterpret the stories passed on to her.
