Open Studios: Arts Center Residency

Open Studios offers a glimpse into the creative process and artistic development of LMCC’s Arts Center Artists-in-Residence. Members of the public are invited into the studios of 19 multidisciplinary artists to learn about their practices and experience a wide range of artistic works in progress. This year’s cohort explores climate justice, stewardship, and urban ecology through painting, theater, VR, environmental science, and more. Guests will have the opportunity to converse with artists in their studios and experience live performances and more time-based activations. Daily event schedule to come! 

The Arts Center Residency ​​provides free, collaborative space for artistic development. The 2025 Residency program is dedicated to artists addressing climate change, environmental sustainability, and resilience through their creative practices.

Current Arts Center Artists-in-Residence: Destinie Adélakun, Daphne Arthur, Jessica Bardsley, Noga Cohen, Patrick Costello, Jing Dong, Sonja John, Lola Lefrançois, Lu, Libby Mislan, Raelle Myrick-Hodges, Layla Nk, Curious Orange / Claire Fleury, Carlos Rigau, Romilly Rinck, Andreia Santana, Laura Chipley and Samara Smith, Walker Tufts, Jaleeca Yancy (On Site Assistant, 2024 Alum).

OPEN STUDIOS TIME-BASED EVENTS

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Artist’s Studio
Writing Our Bodies Back into Earth
by Libby Mislan
Workshop about Libby’s writing practice and short writing exercise that weaves a personal challenge into the larger fabric of earth.

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Artist’s Studio
Mother of the Fishes
By Destinie Adélakun
Meditative performance that honors Yemoja, a West African deity of water, healing, and maternal wisdom.

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
A4
HEIRLOOM
By Raelle Myrick-Hodges
Collaborators gather to read pieces of musical HEIRLOOM.

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Artist’s Studio
Presentation and Demo of Lace Fembots: Sensitive Doilies for Delicate Times
By Layla Nk
Learn how a heat sensing, color changing lace doily is made: from dyeing, spinning, bobbin lacemaking, to being charged with electric currents.

DURATIONAL ACTIVATIONS

Angeli Perduti on the road
By Curious Orange / Claire Fleury
Artist’s Studio
A short video documenting a sustainable fashion show on the road to and from Bilbao Spain, or how to get it all in one suitcase.

Look at Birds’ Eyes
By Jing Dong
Artist’s Studio
You will be invited to look at the eyes of birds who live around us.