With Open Studios, LMCC invites the public into the workspaces and creative processes of the 2026 Cohort of Arts Center Residents. These open house events are free and welcoming, informal, and accessible to all ages. Artist activations will take place throughout the day, including a hands-on art-making workshop, listening experience and work-in-progress performance.

August Open Studios Artist Activations:

Lisa Ann Schonberg, The Insects are Present | All-Day
A work-in-progress listening experience based on Lisa’s sonic research on the rich compost habitats at Earth Matter on Governors Island, of pollinators at the Lavender Field, and of ants making their homes under walkways. The Insects are Present is a public installation of a modular, generative composition system of recording, processing and playback that prompts interactions between real-time environmental sounds, human messages, and Schonberg’s percussion, with a focus on hidden soundscapes of insects and other invertebrates.

Tijay Mohammed, Layers of Labor | 1-3pm
Art-Making Workshop | Inspired by Tijay’s ongoing collage series honoring the often-unrecognized labor of food couriers. Participants will use recycled paper and fabric scraps from his studio to create layered compositions celebrating the professions, work, and contributions of their loved ones. Through guided conversation and hands-on making, participants will reflect on the dignity of labor, family stories, migration, and the many forms of work that sustain our communities.

Phoebus Osborne, Still Wet | 4pm
A work-in-progress showing of a developing performance. With images and videos by Laurel Atwell (@affirmationmachine)

About The Arts Center Residency

The 2026 Arts Center Residency cohort includes 18 artists, one On-Site Assistant, and, for the first time, two Scholars-in-Residence from Stony Brook University and an Organization-in-Residence: Seaweed City.

2026 marks the inaugural year of a new partnership with Stony Brook University and Seaweed City, expanding the residency as a platform for sustained climate inquiry across artistic and academic disciplines.

LMCC’s 2026 Arts Center Residents are Garrett Allen, Rachel Garber Cole, Nicole Cooper, RedMoon Arts Movement Inc, Duy Hoàng, Derek Lee McPhatter, Tijay Mohammed, Sari Nordman, Sabrina Merayo Nuñez, Phoebus Osborne, Marie Lloyd Paspe, Gabriela Salazar, Lisa Ann Schonberg, Sara Stern, Nora Treatbaby, Tanika I. Williams, Darla Migan (Stony Brook University) Nobuho Nagasawa (Stony Brook University), Seaweed City, (Organization-in-Residence), and Noga Cohen (On-Site Assistant).

Learn more about the residency here.

Photo by Elana Engelman-Lado of work by Noga Cohen