Open Sessions 2018-2020

Call For Applications

Applications due by February 26

All applicants will be notified by April 19

Open Sessions will begin in May 2018

The Drawing Center is pleased to announce the third open call for applications to Open Sessions. Open Sessions is a program that provides opportunities for selected artists to find new approaches for contextualizing and exhibiting their work through conversation, public programs, and gallery installations. Open Sessions fosters a dynamic, ever-evolving dialogue with new drawing practices and practitioners, viewing drawing as an activity rather than a product. We understand drawing as a practice both concrete and metaphorical, a space for assertion, conjecture, and digression. Drawing may or may not be the primary means of art-making for Open Sessions artists.

Open Sessions occurs in a two-year cycle of events and exhibitions, the content for which is conceptualized, developed, and realized by the participants. While all artists do not participate in every event, they are each committed to and engaged in establishing an ongoing dialogue with their peers. The program is organized by Open Sessions Curators Rosario Güiraldes and Lisa Sigal.

Read Open Sessions 2018-2020 application guidelines and FAQ here | Apply via link here.

Open Sessions is made possible by The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation and, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

About The Drawing Center

The Drawing Center, a museum in Manhattan's SoHo district, explores the medium of drawing as primary, dynamic, and relevant to contemporary culture, the future of art and creative thought. Its activities, which are both multidisciplinary and broadly historical, include exhibitions; Open Sessions, a curated artist program encouraging community and collaboration; the Drawing Papers publication series; and education and public programs.

Location: 35 Wooster Street (btwn Broome and Grand St) in SoHo, New York.

Hours: Wednesday–Sunday: 12pm–6pm; Thursday: 12pm–8pm.

Tickets: Adults: $5; Students & Seniors: $3; Children under 12: Free

Thursdays 6–8pm free admission for all visitors.