The Drawing Center Selects Artists for 2016-17 Open Sessions

The Drawing Center is pleased to announce the selected artists for Open Sessions, its two-year program open to artists working in a variety of disciplines.

Participating artists cooperatively organize most activities with the Open Sessions curators, including exhibitions in The Drawing Center's Lab gallery and other venues, as well as public programs, studio visits, and informal gatherings.

More information is available online.

The full list of Open Sessions 2016-2017 artists is below:

Regina Agu
Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze
Daniel Bejar
Cammisa Buerhaus, Alexander Fleming, and Karin Schneider
Danielle Dean
Mustafa Faruki
Eric Ramos Guerrero
Sheree Hovsepian
Sue Jeong Ka
Olalekan Jeyifous
Rafael Kelman
Arnold Kemp
Nsenga Knight
Florentine and Alexandre Lamarche-Ovize
Carolyn Lambert
Lei Lei
JC Lenochan
Thessia Machado
Srinivas Mangipudi
James Mercer
Irini Miga
Ana Penalba
Sreshta Rit Premnath
Jennifer May Reiland
Gabriela Salazar
Slinko
Sun Moqing
Edwin Torres
Hong-An Truong
Tuguldur Yondonjamts
Rodrigo Valenzuela
Ezra Wube
Sara Yan

Open Sessions is made possible by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, the Tom Slaughter Open Sessions Fund, Faber-Castell, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

At The Drawing Center:
Louise Despont, Through March 20, 2016
Jennifer Bartlett: Hospital, Through March 20, 2016
"Please Make This Look Nice", February 19-March 20, 2016
Drawing Dialogues: The Sol LeWitt Collection, April 15-June 12, 2016
2016 Prix Canson, June 20-July 1, 2016

Ongoing installations:
Abdelkader Benchamma, Through August 2016
Rachel Goodyear: Restless Guests, Through March 2016

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.

Located at 35 Wooster Street (btwn Broome and Grand St) in SoHo, New York, The Drawing Center is open Wednesday-Sunday: 12pm-6pm and Thursday: 12pm-8pm. Tickets: Adults: $5; Students & Seniors: $3; Children under 12: Free; Thursdays 6-8pm free admission for all visitors. The Drawing Center is wheelchair accessible. For more information, call 212.219.2166, email info@drawingcenter.org or visit drawingcenter.org.