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Sunset Park Open Studios 2026: visitors in winter coats gather around a table of small potted plant sculptures and ceramic pieces in a studio.
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Sunset Park Open Studios 2026

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October 16, 2026

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October 18, 2026

SUNSET PARK OPEN STUDIOS 2026
October 16–18, 2026

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Sunset Park Open Studios 2026 (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 16th through Sunday, October 18th, 2026. 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 16 | 6–9 pm
Saturday, October 17 | 1–5 pm
Sunday, October 18 | 1–5 pm

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Exhibitions on View:

In parallel with the open studios, NARS will present two major exhibitions.

A breath and a breath and a breath and its outlines, curated by Katrin Sperry, will be on view in the NARS Main Gallery, featuring works by Olivia Abächerli, Andrea Fortmann, and Katrin Keller, with an artist talk on Saturday, October 17, 1:30–2:30 pm.

Simultaneously, BONE ASH, MEMORY HOLES, THE RECIPES, a solo exhition by Yoshie Sugito, will be showcased in the NARS Project Space, with a live performance on Friday, October 16, 7–8 pm.

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‍Featuring NARS Residency Artists:

Jaehoon Choi, Lauren Colbert, Madison Donnelly, Ira Eduardovna, Mateo Gutierrez, Hai-Hsin Huang, Ho Bin Kim, Ruth Owens, Peyton Peyton, Nicholas Rynearson, Bahar Taheri, Zixi Wang

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J&M STUDIOS Artists:

Alyssa Burke, Amanda Leung, Aya Natalia Karpińska, Brian Leo, Brooks Frederick, Colby Lamson-Gordon, Cole R. Smith, Daina Higgins, Doreen Chan, Douglas Paisley, Eliza Clark, Erika Choe, Fred Fleisher, Greg McMurray, Jean Auguste Alix, Joseph Hartley, Joseph Walsh, Josh Olsen, Julia Wilkins, Ketta Ioannidou, Lee Wells, Magdalena Santos, Mariana Ospina, Matt Jones, Ming-Jer Kuo, Minjee, Niamul Bari, Peter Walsh, Qin Shen, Raz Seri, Richard Rosenblatt, Robert Melzmuf, Robin Feld, Ronald Hall, Sean Patrick Smith, Sunhee Yoon, Timothy Mutzel, Tricia McLaughlin, Viniyata Pany, Yas Hussein, Yujin Hur

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Exhibitions on View at J&M STUDIOS:

Homunculus, featuring Viniyata Pany and Josh Hartley, curated by Joseph Hartley.
Cosmic Projects Presents: Cosmos & Chaos, featuring Fred Fleisher, Ketta Ioannidou, Matt Jones, Brian Leo, Tricia McLaughlin, Greg McMurray, Timothy Mutzel, Josh Olsen, Mariana Ospina, and Lee Wells.

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More information about Sunset Park Open Studios

See past Open Studios at NARS

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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. Visit the Sunset Park Open Studios website.

Map of the walking route from the 45 St subway station on 4th Avenue to NARS Foundation on 46th Street, about 8 minutes and 0.4 miles.

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Support for NARS exhibition programs is generously provided by:

Sponsor logos for NARS exhibition programs: NYC Cultural Affairs in red and black, and Alexa Avilés Council Member District 38 with a seal.
Download Press Release (PDF). The full text of this press release is included on this page above.
Photographed by Wei Chao. Two gallery visitors conversing in front of vibrant, colorful pop-art paintings and small wall-mounted relief sculptures. A faux-grass pedestal with a doll lies on the hardwood floor nearby.
Photographed by Wei Chao. View into an open artist studio displaying a large multi-panel painted canvas of hugging figures alongside worktables and studio lighting. People walk down the hallway in the distance.
Photographed by Wei Chao. Two visitors interacting with a multimedia installation featuring green text and geometric light projections cast onto an angled wall surface.
Photographed by Wei Chao. Visitors gathered closely around an interactive art table with ceramic vessels, dipping tools, and fabric swatches.
Photographed by Wei Chao. A group of visitors walking past terracotta cone sculptures scattered on the gallery floor next to large paper works on a pink wall.
Photographed by Wei Chao. A visitor in a blue jacket flipping through an art publication at a display table surrounded by other gallery attendees.
Two people standing over a white table, examining a grid layout of small, bright yellow artwork tiles. Framed geometric works hang on the white wall behind them.
Silhouette view from behind a presenter holding a document before a circular light beam projected onto a wall, surrounded by an seated audience.
Photographed by Wei Chao. Two women holding paper cups and chatting in front of a pink wall with a large pencil drawing, situated beside a gallery hallway.
Two men viewed from behind as they observe figurative and landscape paintings mounted on the walls of a cozy studio space.
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