PROCESSA

hudson valley ↴ writing / open mic / portals 🌀 🍷 + 🍹 included led by @kiara_cristina + @lilyemmafeldman @processa.art × @pinkclementinellc at @eatmillandmain Come as you are 🌙 Wed, October 8th 🌊 Ticket link in bio 🎫

today 🗣️ click the posh link in bio to rsvp 💎 see you soon!

this saturday. studio procesa = cinema. experimental video works → gentrification / memory / displacement / resilience. community tickets = sold out. sliding scale tickets = still available 🎫 curated by @kiara_cristina from our open call 📞 see you there 🗣️ featuring works by: ALI SANTANA — Slum of a Disregard ASARI AIBANGBEE — LEIMERT EGUNGUN: HOME IS WHERE OUR SPIRITS MEET DASUL KIM — Hollywood Dreams DEVON MANNEY — Last Nite at Sam’s JUAN “WAMOO” ALVAREZ — Harlem (Whole Foods) KRISTINA MARIA LOPEZ — Been Here Still Here LAURA GUGLIELMELLI — Mryna SHAHKEEM WILLIAMS — T R A C E S O F Y A R R O W

Join us at Studio Processa for a screening of experimental video works exploring gentrification & displacement this Saturday September 27, 6-9pm. RSVP sliding scale tickets link in bio ⛓️‍💥 This gathering brings together artists whose works speak to memory & resilience. We’re honored to show works by: ALI SANTANA - “Slum of a Disregard” ASARI AIBANGBEE - “LEIMERT EGUNGUN: HOME IS WHERE OUR SPIRITS MEET” DASUL KIM - “Hollywood Dreams” DEVON MANNEY - “Last Nite at Sam’s” JUAN “WAMOO” ALVAREZ - “Harlem (Whole Foods)” KRISTINA MARIA LOPEZ - “Been Here Still Here” LAURA GUGLIELMELLI - “Mryna” SHAHKEEM WILLIAMS - “T R A C E S O F Y A R R O W”

We invite artists working with video & film to submit works exploring the themes of gentrification, displacement, and community resilience. Selected works will be featured in a screening at Studio Processa (Ridgewood, Queens), an independent studio space centering Black and Indigenous voices. This open call seeks urgent, experimental, and personal responses to how neighborhoods, homes, and lives are transformed through cycles of gentrification and displacement. 📍 Please note: You do not have to be NYC-based to be considered. However, priority will be given to NYC artists. Save the date: screening at studio Processa on September 27th 6-9pm in Ridgewood, Queens Deadline to submit: this Friday the 19th 5pm EST Submission link in bio. ⛓️‍💥 #opencall #nyc

On a rainy Saturday night at studio Processa in Ridgewood, we gathered for a sit down conversation with young conceptual artist Emmanuel Massillon. To be honest, I feel like there still so much more to unpack from this conversation. I don’t take the task of documenting the greatest Black and Brown artists of our time lightly. We put our blood sweat and tears into our work and it’s only right to shine light on all that we do. In 2023, I had the pleasure of showing Emmanuel’s works alongside legends David Hammons and Arthur Jafa in my co-curated exhibition “Not For Sale” at NXTHVN. This conversation was a full circle moment. Thank you Emmanuel for being a part of this and thank you to the community that came through to the studio to see this talk live. Click the link in my bio to watch the full podcast episode 💎 it’s also on all podcast platforms - apple, Spotify, you name it! Please like, comment, subscribe allll dat!

S2 EPISODE 5 of Processa Talks with conceptual artist @massi____ is now live on YouTube and all podcast platforms. Click the link in our bio to watch the full episode 💎

You’re invited to Processa Social Club — a series of intimate gatherings at Studio Processa, for artists, by artists. For our first happening, we are honored to host a salon-style sit-down conversation with conceptual artist Emmanuel Massillon, moderated by Kiara Cristina Ventura. This special gathering will also be a live recording of the Processa Talks podcast. Massillon’s multidisciplinary practice spans painting, performance, sculpture, sound, and installation. Drawing on his upbringing in Washington D.C.’s inner city, he interrogates race, identity, and culture—particularly within the African diaspora—through symbolic gestures and charged materiality. In conversation, we’ll explore Massillon’s evolving practice, the politics of materials, and how art can hold both beauty and critique. After the talk, please stay for a drink, a heated game of UNO, or a round of dominoes. If you feel called to join us, please click the link in our bio and RSVP in advance—capacity is limited. Thank you.

Processa Talks: Hidden Paintings within Found Furniture: Revealing home[body] with Kiarita (S2-EP.4) Now live on YouTube & podcast platforms 💎 In this special episode, we sit down with multidisciplinary artist Kiarita @sacralrise within their debut solo exhibition home[body] at Hausen in Brooklyn to explore the delicate architecture of intimacy and queer eroticism.

Season 2 Epsiode 4 of Processa Talks featuring artist kiarita @sacralrise 〰️ is now live on YouTube and all Podcast platforms 💎 link in bio. Born in Hackensack, NJ (1999) and based in Brooklyn, Kiarita is a Dominican artist working across painting and sculpture. In home[body] at @welcometohausen —curated by @usen_esiet (March 6 – August  31, 2025)—their “queering of the antique” and lush, tactile painting technique reveal sensuous moments within the found furniture. Inspired by Audre Lorde’s “Uses of the Erotic, The Erotic as Power,” the exhibition embraces eroticism “as a resource within each of us,” using intimacy and rest as tools of resistance. Kiarita holds a BFA in Visual & Critical Studies from SVA and is currently a Bronx AIM and New York Van Lier Trust Fellow. Their work has been honored by Rema Hort Mann Foundation and the Sylvia Lipson Allen Memorial Fund. Image 1: by Jonathan Mora @ ibroughtyouflowersnyc Image 4: by Tamara Blake chapman @tamarablakechapman Last image: by memunat epemolu @monstermemuna

Blessed to contribute to the @processa.art archive recently! You can watch the full mix with the link in my bio for a preview of what’s to come for Sweat Equity on 6/19 ❤️‍🔥 Take some time to sift through their catalogue for some timeless hits and inquisitive conversations. Thank you! 😮‍💨Sweat Equity 💦 📍@nightclub101 (101 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009) 🗓️ June 19th 🕰️ 9pm–2am 💿 @allducksrock @austinpeete 💕 Donations welcome to compensate crew and DJs 🔗 RSVP in bio

Proud to continue season two of Processa Talks — now filmed in person ⭐️ I started this series on Zoom during 2020 and I’ve always imagined it in person taking the form of a sit down talk show. ⁣ These episodes are shot and edited by me, and each one takes place either within Studio Processa or within the artist’s exhibition or studio — creating space for grounded, intimate dialogue. ⁣ It feels full-circle to merge my NYU degree in Art History and Broadcast Journalism into this evolving project. ⁣ Processa Talks is where I slow down and dive deep into the practices of artists I admire — especially Black and Brown artists whose work deserves layered, thoughtful attention. I want to expand the ways our work is talked about. Let’s laugh. Let’s cry. Let’s talk about our ancestors. Let’s talk about what is and isn’t working. Let’s document our stories. The art world needs this. And we’re just getting started. ⁣ — ⁣ Please support this labor of love: ⭐️ Subscribe on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts - simply search “Processa Talks” ⭐️ Drop a comment and share the recent episode featuring @avilasanto — Iink in bio. Would love to hear what you all think. ⭐️ Donate via the “Donate” tab at Processa.art to aid in the vision 👁️ ⭐️ If you’re a brand or sponsor aligned with our vision — hit my line ☎️ ⁣ — ⁣ P.S. Want your voice featured in our podcast intro? Send a voice memo saying: “My name is _____ and you are listening to Processa Talks” to [email protected] 🔊 ⁣ Big love to @em.ill.e and @loving__cancer for sharing their voices in the latest episode ❤️‍🔥