Open Sessions is made possible by Faber-Castell and with public funds from the New York City
Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Open Sessions continues with artist-directed group exhibitions and public programs. Initiated in 2014, Open Sessions is a new program at The Drawing Center through which a large group of artists consider their relationship to drawing as medium, process, and metaphor. Working together over a two-year period, Open Sessions artists participate in ongoing studio visits and discussions, punctuated by small group exhibitions at The Drawing Center, as well as other self-organized shows in New York and abroad.
New work includes a collaborative film on fairy tales and politics; an installation under the stairs; a stack of posters in envelopes, ready to be mailed; a comic book for reconciliation; drawings of movie cameras, and of films; and Morse code messages. Participating artists: Joey Fauerso, Tatiana Istomina, Patte Loper, Matt Neff, Mona Sharma, Adam Shecter, Naho Taruishi, and Arturs Virtmanis.
Many Worlds is a collaborative folio project developed by Matt Neff and Adam Shecter, consisting of an edition of prints from each artist in Open Sessions 2. At The Drawing Center, visitors are invited to fill out an address label in the gallery and a print is mailed to the address of their choosing. Each print is sealed into an envelope printed with fragments of the editioned images.
Open Sessions is organized by Nova Benway and Lisa Sigal, Open Sessions Curators