Upcoming and Ongoing Events
Pratt Fine Arts MFA presents Open Studios / Open Fields, a day that celebrates both artistic practice and the resources that sustain it. Visitors are invited to explore MFA studios and a pop-up exhibition, while also engaging with nonprofit organizations offering residencies and grants, as well as advocacy groups. Together, these two events create a unique ecosystem: a chance to experience works-in-progress firsthand and to access the networks that help artists thrive.
MFA Open Studios
Engage directly with MFA artists and get an inside look at works in progress! MFA artists work across painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, installation, social practice, and interdisciplinary forms, guided by a diverse faculty of practicing artists, scholars, and curators.
Open Fields: An Artist Resource Fair
Open Fields brings together a dynamic cross-section of organizations—ranging from artist residencies and grant-giving foundations to maker spaces, advocacy groups, and alternative exhibition venues—creating a platform for connection, visibility, and support for artists.
Participating organizations: Artadia, Center for Urban Pedagogy, Dieu Donné, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, The Fortune Society, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The Laundromat Project, NARS Foundation, Project for Empty Space, RECESS, Residency Unlimited, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Silver Art Projects, Socrates Sculpture Park, and Wassaic Project.
Public Programming
Open Fields’ programming invites attendees to engage directly with experts in the field on how artists build and sustain their practices through studio work, community engagement, resource networks, and alternative models of support.
- Residencies & Resources: Building Your Practice Through Supportive Structures (12:30–1:30 PM)
- Funding Your Practice: Grants, Alternatives, and Insider Advice (2:00–3:30 PM)
- Big Idea: How do artists sustain community-engaged practices? (4:00–5:00 PM)
Organized by MoMA’s Public Engagement Department
Open Studios/Open Fields is organized in collaboration and with support from MoMA’s Public Engagement Department.