Lots of fun coming your way at our Home Screen on May 29! Starting at 5pm, we’ll have an installation upstairs of home videos from people in our community. Downstairs in the vault at 7:30pm, we’ll screen “The disbelief of terminal nostalgia: Selections from FD4” curated by Saint Piñero and Sage Ò Tuama of @filmdiarynyc . Join us!
𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡
𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀 & 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗠 𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗡𝗬𝗖
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟱/𝟮𝟵, 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟱:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺, 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺
📍50 4th Street, Troy, NY @collarworks 💺 Seating is first-come, first-served. We are located down a flight of stairs in the historic bank vault and are not fully accessible. 💸 Suggested donation
𝘍𝘐𝘓𝘔 𝘋𝘐𝘈𝘙𝘠 𝘕𝘠𝘊 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳. 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 2021 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘪ñ𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘨𝘦 Ó 𝘛𝘶𝘢𝘮𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 500 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 15 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴.
With work from:
Javier Mendoza
Caleb Taran @calebtaran
Tara Holmes @th______________________
Angela Beallor
Jake Evans
Alexandra Prince @dognmagog2.0
Alex Goss @goss_alex
David Sater @dastardly_ds
Emma Baiada
Adam Tinkle @trinkletinklesound
Liz Roberts @liz__roberts__
E. Jane @glorious_nobodies
Emma Roufes @emma_roufs
Alex Lo, Dextra Darling @alx.alr
Josh Brainin @joshbrainin
Fatemeh Kazemi @afimoh_____
Shahkeem Williams @ezrom_williams
Francis de Assis Abdullah @adagahabdullah
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Picture Lock One at Collar Works is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
🌈💧It may be raining now, but the evening looks clear for the opening of Gracelee Lawrence:LIGHT EATERS ✨✨✨Join us for the launch of this new public art exhibition at Window Works located in downtown Troy at Vacina on 4th St, near the corner of Congress! Gracelee will give a Walk + Talk of the exhibit at 8PM.
The exhibit comes alive at night! Following, we will hop on over to Sunhees Farm & Kitchen for a celebratory toast!
See you soon!
LIGHT EATERS transforms the Window Works by Collar Works at Vicina in Troy, NY, into a site of vegetal activity within the city’s hard-scaped expanse. One-way mirrored film, holofan videos, and suspended sculptures animate the window, merging digital illusion with organic processes.
Looping imagery expands and contracts in continuous cycles of growth and decay, translating plant time into rhythms perceptible to human experience. Sculptural forms, formally drawn from invasive species like bittersweet and bull thistle, hang in states of reconfiguration: modular, adaptive, resilient. The work frames plant life not as backdrop, but as a force to aspire towards: an intelligence that builds, sustains, and perhaps outlasts us. LIGHT EATERS beckons a shift in attention: toward the constant labor of plants and ways of seeing that extend beyond the human.
LIGHT EATERS, a new public art installation by Gracelee Lawrence reimagines plant life in the hardscape of Troy, NY. On view May 9th- November 9th at Window Works in downtown Troy, NY.
Please join us for an opening reception on May 9, 2026, from 7-9 PM at 130 4th Street, Troy, NY. An artist walkthrough of the installation will begin at 8 PM.
Additional programming, including a plant walk and an artist panel, will be announced soon.
LIGHT EATERS transforms the Window Works by Collar Works at Vicina in Troy, NY, into a site of vegetal activity within the city’s hard-scaped expanse. One-way mirrored film, holofan videos, and suspended sculptures animate the window, merging digital illusion with organic processes.
Looping imagery expands and contracts in continuous cycles of growth and decay, translating plant time into rhythms perceptible to human experience. Sculptural forms, formally drawn from invasive species like bittersweet and bull thistle, hang in states of reconfiguration: modular, adaptive, resilient. The work frames plant life not as backdrop, but as a force to aspire towards: an intelligence that builds, sustains, and perhaps outlasts us. LIGHT EATERS beckons a shift in attention: toward the constant labor of plants and ways of seeing that extend beyond the human.
Celebrating Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency by Collar Works entering our 9th Summer
Alum Kyoung eun Kang spent her time at the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency Program creating her piece TRACES: 28 Days in Elizabeth Murray’s Studio. Each morning, Kang visited Murray’s studio, and created a ritualized performance with the objects the older artist left behind. Kang dances from the marks left on the wall from one of Murray’s last paintings, Ai Yi Yi, and moves her large ladder in and out of the frame. The result is an example of the power of residency.
The Estate celebrates each alum and the part they play in carrying Murray’s legacy forward.
#elizabethmurray #elizabethmurrayartistresdency @collarworks@kyoungeun …
L to R:
Installation view: Kyoung eun Kang: TRACES: 28 Days in Elizabeth Murray’s Studio, A.I.R. Gallery, New York. Courtesy A.I.R. Gallery.
Kyoung eun Kang
Shape II
2020
Kodak Endura Luster photo print mounted on matboard
20x30”
Kyoung eun Kang
Pamphlet II
2020
Kodak Endura Luster photo print mounted on matboard
20x30 “
Kyoung eun Kang
Desk II
2020
Kodak Endura Luster photo print mounted on matboard
20x30”
Artist Parents! The Artist Moms Meetup is back! We are so excited! Join us tomorrow night 3/24 from 6-8pm with host artists Caroline Corrigan and Azuré Keahi for a night of connection and art making. Bring a project or make a collage with materials available. Light nosh will be provided.
Our goal is to provide accessible, supportive spaces for artists who are parents to share in their artistic practices and build community.
Free & Open to all parent artists. Families welcome.
Location: Collar Works x ChaShaMa at 50 4th St, Troy, NY (second floor). Space accessible by stairs and an elevator.
✨What a FUN night at No Fun! Our MAD Collar Party was a blast! Thanks to all who danced the night away in support of the arts and congrats to our MAD Collar contest winners @rachelbaxterbrown@ragsdaleken and @michaeloatmanartist 🪩✨Until next year!
💥✨Join us TONIGHT at @nofunshows for the MAD Collar Party in support of Collar Works! Dance the night away with DJ Jonesy @j0nesy.rum ✨enjoy cash bar ✨and eats by our friends @thewizardburger@burritoburritotroy ✨celebrate the past 16 years of bringing progressive contemporary art to the Capital Region! Doors open at 7pm. See you there!
Intense, cathartic, and raw, THE WORK screens this Friday at PL1. This film should be required viewing in America–it has much to teach us about masculinity, community, healing, and the power of confronting our own pain. We’ll be joined by a pre-screening short and post-screening discussion with @movingpotential , plus all entrance donations will go towards @allkings.ny , the organization featured in the film.
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞, 𝗝𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗱𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟯/𝟮𝟳, 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 (𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝟳:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺)
📍50 4th Street, Troy, NY @collarworks 💺 Seating is first-come, first-served. We are located down a flight of stairs in the historic bank vault and are not fully accessible. 💸 Suggested donation
𝘚𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘮 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳-𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱-𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
* * * Picture Lock One at Collar Works is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. #troyny #enjoytroy #capitalregion #microcinema
Just look at that brick and those beams!!! We can’t wait for this space to shine! Swipe to get a sneak peek at what it will become!
The crew at @cgconstruction_518 have been hard at work demoing the interior of the historic Neemes Iron Foundry so we can start rehabbing the soon to be gallery to its original glory and transforming it into the coolest destination for experimental, multi-disciplinary contemporary art in the Capital Region!
#letsgo @collarworks #elizabethmurrayartistresidency #contemporaryart #artspaces #contemporaryartgallery #artstudio #artcollection
On March 18 we host Tibetan-Canadian filmmaker Kunsang Kyirong for a screening of her brand new film 100 SUNSET, plus a surprise short. This is a private event for the PL1 community, meaning… you!
𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗧, 𝗞𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝘆𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟯/𝟭𝟴, 𝟳:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 (𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝟳:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺)
📍50 4th Street, Troy, NY @collarworks
💺 Seating is first-come, first-served. We are located down a flight of stairs in the historic bank vault and are not fully accessible.
💸 Suggested donation
𝘒𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘒𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.
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Picture Lock One at Collar Works is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
#troyny #enjoytroy #capitalregion #microcinema
