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04/27/2026

, artist and Curator-at-Large at WhiteBox Portable, introduces the Curatorial Internship Program and its second edition, *Touchstones*, part of WhiteBox Portable. Curated by Kaylie Pykkonen .melia and Tabitha Haugen.

Mentored by Yohanna Magdalene Roa, “Touchstones* is part of WhiteBox Portable, an initiative that expands curatorial practice beyond the white cube or box, by activating everyday contexts and site-responsive approaches.

This edition focuses on key aspects of the experimental roots of the Lower East Side aka East Village era during the 1980s and 1990s, presenting seven interventions and public workshops. Through mentorship, dialogue, and research, the program supports emerging women curators in developing independent, critically engaged curatorial projects.

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04/16/2026

Extreme delight hearing the three members of a young subway passerby family express encountering art at the WhiteBox Portable at MTA.

04/10/2026

As a new friend from Harlem put it so simply and perfectly: “WhiteBox Portable celebrates the passerby as a new public, indeed The Subject!

04/08/2026

WhiteBox Portable presents The Couple by , curated by

42nd Street–8th Avenue MTA transit hub corridor, Unit #17 (above A, E, C lines).

Opening: Saturday, April 11, 3–6 PM

Sponsored by

Cortés’s work introduces a quiet yet charged interruption: two white chairs, bound back-to-back into a single sculptural body, adorned with textiles, beads, and cascading strands that evoke both intimacy and constraint. Suspended between furniture and figure, the piece reflects on attachment, memory, and co-dependence.

In contrast to the subway’s constant movement, The Couple holds a moment of stillness, an encounter that emerges and dissolves amid passing time.

WhiteBox Portable activates the large display windows and the interior exhibition space as a site where art and everyday life converge, bringing material transformation into direct dialogue with the city.

04/07/2026

WhiteBox enters a new phase with its Portable series, bringing art into the subway as a public site of encounter and collective experience, where the passerby becomes an active participant.

Curated by .
Artists: and

42nd Street–8th Avenue transit hub, within Unit #17, just above the A, E, and C lines.

Grand Opening
Saturday, April 11, 3–6 PM

03/30/2026

03/30/2026

Join us for the grand opening of WhiteBox Portable
MTA Unit #17 (42nd St & 8th Ave)
April 11

Featuring presenting “Platagrams”, and curated by
Art meets the city in transit—raw, immediate, and in motion.

03/04/2026

OPEN CALL — TOUCHSTONES
WhiteBox Portable | East Village, NYC

WhiteBox (WBX) invites artists, performers, and workshop leaders to apply to TouchStones, a public art initiative unfolding across parks, libraries, storefronts, and transit infrastructure in the East Village.

Part of WhiteBox Portable, the project treats exhibition-making as situated, relational, and responsive to context, activating the everyday spaces of the city as sites for artistic encounter.

Curated by Kaylie Pykkonen and Tabitha Haugen
Mentored by Yohanna Magdalene Roa

Project Sites
Tompkins Square Park
Two Boots Pizzeria (Ave A)
NYPL – Tompkins Square Branch
Times Sq–42 St subway station

Seeking:
• Visual Artists (small-scale work)
• Performers
• Workshop Leaders

Exhibition Dates: May 2–3, 2026
Submission Deadline: April 4

Honorarium provided.

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or learn more:
https://whiteboxny.org/2026/exhibitions/touchstones/

Presented by WhiteBox Portable
Supported by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts

01/12/2026

WhiteBox Portable is pleased to announce a new Spring–Summer 2026 Underground Project featuring creative works and limited-edition tech-fashion designs by an established group of creatives, including internationally recognised designer and expert in contactless measurement & mass made-to-measure design Yulia Trofimchuk.

12/28/2025

Born in nascent Chelsea, WhiteBox has spent over a quarter-century reinventing what an alternative art space can be: artist-led, community-bound, critically aware, and independent of market forces.

Happy New & Exciting Year ’26!
With deep thanks to all our artists, audiences, and program supporters.
LAST MOMENT TO GIVE

Your year-end donation is immediately catalytic

In 2026, Your Support will help us

Expand our WBX PORTABLE new project into high-visibility civic spaces / Serve new and underserved audiences through free exhibitions, performances, and workshops, and continue supporting artists outside commercial systems, at critical moments in their practice.

This is a last-moment opportunity to help us begin the year with strength, stability, and ambition.

Stay Tuned!

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WhiteBox · PO Box 1036
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WBX is Supported by NYSCA, NYC DCA, Materials for the Arts (MFTA), ChaShaMa, and the MTA

12/22/2025

Art train incoming. 🚇🎨 Thanks to ChaShaMa, with support from NYC DCA and NYSCA, thousands of daily MTA riders will enjoy a well-deserved moment of art in the new year, a deserved balm to their daily burdens!