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October 17, 2025
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October 19, 2025
Sunset Park Open Studios 2025 (SPOS) is an annual, multi-day arts celebration of exhibitions, events and open studios throughout Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Featuring hundreds of participating artists and art-spaces from across the neighborhood, SPOS is free and open to the public. This year, SPOS will be held from Friday, October 17th through Sunday, October 19th, 2024. Throughout the weekend SPOS will welcome visitors to meet artists, curators and researchers from around the globe, and experience the beauty and diversity of the artistic process in both studio environments and institutional contexts alike.
Friday, October 17 | 6-9 pm
Saturday, October 18 | 1-5 pm
Sunday, October 19 | 1-5 pm
Exhibitions on View:
In parallel with the open studios, NARS will present two major exhibitions. Beauty & Spendid: South-West Brooklyn Exhibition, curated by Joyous R. Pierce, will be on view in the NARS Main Gallery, featuring works by Aheneah, Ariana Swei, Elodie Blanchard, Hammad Abid, Jessica Elena Aquino, Melika Abikenari, Nature Shankar, Rigo Flores, Sally Kong, Vanessa Nieto Romero, and Wendy Cohen. Simultaneously, Sudamericana tiene memoria del aire, a solo exhition by Constanza Alarcón Tennenion, curated by Laurel V. McLaughlin, will be showcased in the NARS Project Space.
Featuring NARS Residency Artists:
Anahita Akhavan, Ayelet Amrani Navon, Cass Yao, Chenta Laury, Giorgia Volpe, Hannes Egger, Hyunjin Park, Jieun Cheon, Josué Morales Urbina, Niv Gafni, Ruoxi Hua, Shivani Mithbaokar, Tony Zhao, Xinan Ran
J&M STUDIOS Artists:
Amanda Leung, Andrea McKenna, Andrew Schwartz, Anita Trombetta, Braden Bandel, Chris Bors, Daina Higgins, Donghwan Kim, Douglas Paisley, Eliza Clark, Eric Clinton Anderson, Erika Choe, Greg McMurray, Harold Wortsman, Heejung Kim, Hyunsuk Erickson, Ian Myers, Jas Pinturas, Jean Auguste Alix, Jeremiah Teipen, Jihye Sage Baek, John Roach, Joseph Bochetto Walsh, Joseph Hartley, Kalya O'Donoghue, Laura Horne, Mary McIntyre, Ming-Jer Kuo, Miranda Norris, Niamul Bari, Nikolina Kovalenko, Patricia Orpilla, Peter Walsh, Rachael McArthur, Richard Rosenblatt, Robert Melzmuf, Sarah Jane Mueller, Sean Patrick Smith, Thomas Batuello, Tim Norris
Click here for more information about SPOS.
Click here to view more past Open Studios at NARS.
Directions: NARS is two express subway stops from Manhattan. Take the “N” or “D” to 36 St. Transfer to the “R” one stop to 45 St. Walk to 46th Street then make a right and walk down 46th street to the building on the corner of 46th street and 2nd Ave on the right. A map of all Open Studios participants can be found here.
Press release, October 9, 2025
Sunset Park Open Studios (SPOS) returns this October for a three-day celebration of creativity and community, inviting the public to explore the vibrant artistic landscape of Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Organized by Sunset Park Wide Open (SPWO), SPOS 2025 will take place from Friday, October 17 through Sunday, October 19, offering an extraordinary lineup of exhibitions, events, and open studios showcasing the work of more than 350 artists, makers, and creatives across 20+ locations. Among the participants are ArtCake, ArtBuilt, ChaShaMa, Makerspace NYC, and the artists of J&M Studios and the New York Art Residency & Studios (NARS) Foundation. For the first time this year, the District 38 City Council Office joins the celebration with an exhibition featuring the work of local artists.
Throughout the weekend, SPOS will welcome visitors to meet artists, curators, and researchers from around the world and experience the beauty and diversity of the artistic process in both studio environments and organizational contexts alike.
SPOS was founded in 2019 by the New York Art Residency & Studios (NARS) Foundation, together with a coalition of local arts organizations, as a grassroots initiative to provide public access to the studios and creative spaces of Sunset Park. What began as a neighborhood-driven celebration has grown into a beloved annual tradition, showcasing the vibrant cultural life of the area. In 2023, Sunset Park Wide Open (SPWO), a not-for-profit dedicated to supporting the neighborhood’s artists and cultural workers, was established to carry forward and expand this work.
For more information and for any inquiries, please contact us at SPWO2023@gmail.com or call us at 718-768-2765. The full list of participating studios and locations may be found at www.sunsetparkopenstudios.org.
SPOS 2025 Sponsors
Support for Sunset Park Open Studios 2025 is generously provided by Brooklyn Army Terminal, MADE Bush Terminal, Citi Bike, District 38 City Council Office, Gunhill Publick House, Makerspace NYC, NYC Ferry, Open House New York, SBIDC, and The Whale Building Collective.
SPOS 2025 Supporters
Thank you to our supporters for Sunset Park Open Studios 2025—ArtCake, ArtBuilt, BioBAT Art Space, BAT Clay Studio, Brooklyn Public Library - Sunset Park Branch, Diana Salomone, J&M STUDIOS, John Jackson, NARS Foundation, RISE UP - Center for Family Life, and Tabla Rasa Gallery.
NARS programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and, in part, supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
