AlterWork Studios

🚨 OPEN CALL ALERT 🚨 We are looking for submissions for “Smile on 3”, an exhibition exploring the dynamic medium of portrait photography. Link in bio for submission details. Deadline is 11:59PM on Friday, May 22nd. #alterworkstudios #portraitphotography #portrait #smile #opencall Image: “Daisy” by Diana Alsip @dian_o_mite 2025, 4x5 tintype

Thank you @nikki_kimboko for a great first day of our Kawandi Style Quilting Class! Can’t wait to see the finished projects next week. What a great and creative way to use scrap fabrics! 🙌 #alterworkstudios #kawandi #kawandiquilts #handsewing #fabric

I (almost) finished this diptych just in time for LIC Arts Open @licartsopen @licartists this weekend ✨ “Dreamscape: After Glow”
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
60 x 72” (two 60 x 36” panels), 2026 I’ll be varnishing it this weekend at AlterWork Studios. Come by and say hi! @alterworkstudios You can also catch my work in these current shows in LIC & Manhattan: 🌿 “Rooted” at Culture Lab LIC, on view through 5/31. Culture Lab is also hosting the LIC Arts Open opening party tonight! @culturelablic ⚡ “Collective Pulse” at 34 Gallery
Opening Saturday 5/16 at 6:30 PM,
On view through 5/30 @studio34lic 🌀 “Connections X” at Atlantic Gallery
Opening tomorrow, 5/14 at 6 PM,
On view through 5/30 @atlanticgallerynyc Thank you for the invite! @theneonbulletin

Next up! MUSSEL MEMORY Artist Talk/ecoart dialogue with Dr. Samia Cohen and Priscilla Stadler. Sunday May 17 12:30 – 1:30 pm for the @licartsopen . Check out the vibrant community of @alterworkstudios and its diverse artists working across a variety of media while you're here! It’s our final week - last day of the show is Thursday May 21. About the Talk: An artist and an urban studies professor walk into a (sand)bar and realize they’re characters in a multispecies interdisciplinary conversation about the contaminated legacy of water and soil. You’re invited to join them/us to explore the past and present of Newtown Creek, NYC’s largest Superfund site, through art, science, pedagogy and mysticism. At MUSSEL MEMORY: Priscilla Stadler’s continuing creative investigation of Newtown Creek AlterWork Gallery, 40-20 22nd St, lower level, Long Island City, NY 11101 Meet the Artist on: Tuesdays from 5 - 8pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 4 – 7 pm, or by appointment: [email protected] . Exhibition on display through May 21, gallery is open 12 – 9 Made possible with public funds from the Queens Arts Fund, a re-grant program supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts, and with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, Statewide Community Regrants Program (formerly the Decentralization program) with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and administered by Flushing Town Hall. #sciart #ecoart #contemporaryart #mussels #newtowncreek

Have you heard about our Kawandi Style Quilting class that starts next Wednesday?!? Join us and instructor Nikki Kimboko for a 2 day workshop; 5/13 and 5/20 from 6-9PM. Classes link in bio to register. @nikki_kimboko #quilting #sewingclass #kawandi #kawandiquilts #alterworkstudios

Next up! MUSSEL MEMORY Artist Talk/ecoart dialogue with Dr. Samia Cohen and Priscilla Stadler. Sunday May 17 12:30 – 1:30 pm for the LIC Arts Open. Check out the open studios at AlterWork while you're here! The show's open through May 21. About the Talk: An artist and an urban studies professor walk into a (sand)bar and realize they’re characters in a multispecies interdisciplinary conversation about the contaminated legacy of water and soil. You’re invited to join them/us to explore the past and present of Newtown Creek, NYC’s largest Superfund site, through art, science, pedagogy and mysticism. At MUSSEL MEMORY: Priscilla Stadler’s continuing creative investigation of Newtown Creek. AlterWork Gallery, 40-20 22nd St, lower level, Long Island City, NY 11101 Meet the Artist on: Tuesdays from 5 - 8pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 4 – 7 pm, or by appointment: [email protected] . Exhibition on display through May 21, gallery is open 12 – 9 Made possible with public funds from the Queens Arts Fund, a re-grant program supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts, and with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, Statewide Community Regrants Program (formerly the Decentralization program) with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and administered by Flushing Town Hall. #sciart #ecoart #pedagogy #artlearning #geukensiademissa

#AlterWorkStudios is excited to announce new Artist In Residence, Angelique De Castro @angeliquedecastro_ Stay tuned for info on Angelique’s culminating exhibition coming in August. Angelique De Castro is a self-taught interdisciplinary artist residing in Brooklyn, NY. They make mischievous characters out of clay, fiber, and pixels that draw inspiration from Philippine mythology, labor politics, and pop culture. Engaging in figurative sculpture, animation, and installation, their work critiques corporate imperialism and soft power through their characters’ playful displays of disobedience. #artistinresidence #licart #sculpture #animation Image 1: Gossip Girls Image 2: Lakapati at the Beginning of the World

We are thrilled to announce that Kseniya Polyakova will be returning to #AlterWorkStudios this September! Registration is now open! Visit link in bio for more info and to register. Two 2-day workshops will be available: 9/5-9/6 and 9/9-9/10. @su.polyakova #kseniyapolyakova #ceramicmasterclass #pottersofinstagram #throwingtall

New class! I'm now offering a 6-week class, for beginners or those comfortable in the darkroom that want to learn more advanced techniques, learn more about photography, and start building a more cohesive body of work. Starts May 9, come hang out in the darkroom with me!

Join us for the Artist Reception of “I’m Uncomfortable” by Artist in Residence Khaila Batts on Thursday 4/16 at 6PM. The exhibit is on view from 4/11-4/18 every day from 12-9PM. “I’m Uncomfortable is an exploration of contemporary existence shaped by the psychological and emotional weight of living in a world saturated with misinformation, conflict, and contradiction.” @khailabatts #alterworkstudios #artistinresidence #licart #oilpainting link in bio for more info. Image: Untitled 1, oil on canvas, 52” x 40”

FINAL DAY! Today’s your last chance to view “Fiber” at #AlterWorkStudios Stop in before 9pm to take a look. 📸: Sarah Alvira (Sarah-Alvira.com)

Save the date! Opening Friday April 24th! You are invited to explore the damaged, intriguing body of water between Queens and Brooklyn, a small river known as Newtown Creek, through my prints, drawings, installations, zines, and textile works inspired by the Creek’s history and science. This iterationof my SLUDGE project focuses on the native mussels returning to the Creek, despite having endured nearly 200 years of industrial toxins. At the heart of this inquiry is a ghost island, made entirely of mussels and destroyed a century ago: Mussel Island. The MUSSEL MEMORY exhibition is an ode to the demolished island, and a tribute to the current multispecies effort of tenacity, resilience, and return to the Creek. Here are the details: MUSSEL MEMORY: Priscilla Stadler’s Continuing Creative Exploration of Newtown Creek April 24 – May 21, 2026 Opening Friday April 24, 6 – 9 pm, dance performance by @chrisbisram_ and Shakun Davi Dance at 7:30pm AlterWork Gallery, 40-20 22nd St., lower level, Long Island City, NY 11101 Gallery open 12 pm – 9 pm daily #sciart #ecoart #ribbedmussels #newtowncreek #nycartist