Abrons Arts Center

09/10/2026

Students in Manhattan Districts 1 & 2 can take this course for FREE!

In this course for middle school students, learners develop visual arts portfolios to apply for entry into arts focused high schools of their choice. During each session, students will learn the components for curating a successful student art portfolio.

Admission to this course is application only and will be limited to 15 students.
Applications due September 19th.
🔗Link in bio for more details

09/09/2026

🏙️Without Permission: Performing in the Streets

In partnership with The School of Making Thinking and led by Gianfranco Reyes, this course explores how cities and the streets can become a stage for performance. By experimenting with different ideas and approaches, students will use the city to develop, rehearse, and present public performances.

This is just one of four of our Artist to Artist Workshops this fall. Designed and led by artists, these courses are ideal for anyone looking to build new skills, connect with like-minded people, and grow in an interactive, supportive environment.

🗓️October 6–27, Ages 18+ | Tuesday evenings
⭐Tuition Assistance is available!
🔗Register today at the link in bio

09/08/2026

📣Applications now open!📣

Apply for our 2027–2028 Visual Artist AIRspace Residency for early career artists. Residents accepted into the program will receive:

✔$7,000 annual honorarium
✔$5,000 annual materials stipend
✔A semi private studio at Abrons Arts Center for 20 months
✔A professional artist mentor who will serve as a creative support through the duration of the residency period via monthly one-on-one meetings
✔Studio visits with curators and arts professionals
✔A group exhibition at the conclusion of the residency period at Abrons Arts Center..and more!

Application closes October 4 or at 200 applicants, so we suggest you submit early!

🔗Link in Bio for more details

09/04/2026

🚇”[My father] is my inspiration to be a better person every day. He was a community worker, helping bring everyday people to their destinations.”
“Love More Than One Time” by Roger Jones

To see this full work and read more of what the artist has to say, come see “everyday royalty” at Abrons! The exhibition opens in one week and we hope you’ll join us for the reception.

“everyday royalty: An Exhibition of Artists Across Henry Street Settlement”

Through photography, collage, painting, sewing, and embroidery, participants from the Henry Street Older Adult Center and Community Consultation Center create artworks that honor themselves as everyday royalty: visible, radiant, and powerful. Developed through a summer-long residency, the exhibition celebrates community, ritual, and the quiet magnificence of being seen.

🗓️Sep 11–Oct 18, 2026
🎊Opening reception: Sep 11, 4pm
📍Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street
🔗RSVP is encouraged but not required. Link in bio!

09/03/2026

Abrons Arts Center is seeking a Teaching Artist - Visual Arts Comic Book Club!

Abrons Arts Center’s Education Department is seeking a visual arts educator with experience writing and illustrating graphic novels, developing original characters, and working professionally in the comics industry for a partnership between Abrons Arts Center, Boys & Girls Republic, and Marvel. This partnership, a weekly Comic Book Club held at Boys & Girls Republic at 888 East 6th Street in New York City, will serve students in grades 4–8.

🔗 Link in bio

Henry Street Settlement

09/02/2026

🌿Natural dyes + history + discourse =

In partnership with The School of Making Thinking and led by Megumi Shauna Arai, this course looks at the social, political, and economic stories behind four dye materials: Haematoxylum campechianum (logwood), Isatis tinctoria (woad), cochineal, and kakishibu (persimmon tannin). Each week, students will dye fabric with one of these materials while tracing its history and the trade routes that spread it around the world.

This is just one of four of our Artist to Artist Workshops this fall. Designed and led by artists, these courses are ideal for anyone looking to build new skills, connect with like-minded people, and grow in an interactive, supportive environment.

🗓️September 28–October 29, Ages 18+ | Monday evenings
⭐Tuition Assistance is available!
🔗Register today at the link in bio

09/01/2026

📣Applications for our 2027–2028 Visual Artist AIRspace Residency for early career artists open next week!📣

Hear what our most recent cohort has to say about the program.

Residents accepted into the program will receive:
✔$7,000 annual honorarium
✔$5,000 annual materials stipend
✔A semi private studio at Abrons Arts Center for 20 months
✔A professional artist mentor who will serve as a creative support through the duration of the residency period via monthly one-on-one meetings
✔Studio visits with curators and arts professionals
✔A group exhibition at the conclusion of the residency period at Abrons Arts Center..and more!

Application goes live September 8
Application closes October 4 or at 200 applicants, so we suggest you submit early!

🔗Link in Bio for more details

08/31/2026

08/27/2026

☀️”Having fun is part of being Royalty; it’s the luxury of allowing yourself to have a blast while getting a sun tan.”
Detail of Summer Day at the Beach by Venus Mercado

To see this full work and read more of what the artist had to say, come see “everyday royalty” at Abrons! The exhibition opens in 2 weeks and we hope you’ll join us for the reception.

“everyday royalty: An Exhibition of Artists Across Henry Street Settlement”

Through photography, collage, painting, sewing, and embroidery, participants from the Henry Street Older Adult Center and Community Consultation Center create artworks that honor themselves as everyday royalty: visible, radiant, and powerful. Developed through a summer-long residency, the exhibition celebrates community, ritual, and the quiet magnificence of being seen.

🗓️Sep 11–Oct 18, 2026
🎊Opening reception: Sep 11, 4pm
📍Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street
🔗RSVP is encouraged but not required. Link in bio!