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)
- Moderated by Jane South, Chair of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute
- Shaun Leonardo, Director of Public Programs, Socrates Sculpture Park
- Alexandra Unthank, Director, EFA Studios
- Jasmine Wahi, Founder and Co-Director, Project for Empty Space
- Funding Your Practice: Grants, Alternatives, and Insider Advice (2:00–3:30 PM)
- Moderated by Jennie Tang, Fine Arts Department Coordinator, Pratt Institute
- Arantxa Araujo, Program Manager, Foundation for Contemporary Arts
- Bora Kim, Program Director, Artadia
- Ayesha Williams, Executive Director, The Laundromat Project
- Big Idea: How do artists sustain community-engaged practices? (4:00–5:00 PM)
Organized by MoMA’s Public Engagement Department- Moderated by Leonardo Bravo, Director of Public Engagement, MoMA
- DonChristian Jones, artist, musician, director
- Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, artist
Open Studios/Open Fields is organized in collaboration and with support from MoMA’s Public Engagement Department.