MFA and PhD Open Studios 2026 at York University

York University Visual Art MFA and PhD Open Studios

March 5, 2026 | 4 – 7pm
Joan and Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts, York University Keele Campus

Join the Visual Art MFA and PhD students for Open Studios on March 5, 2026 from 4 to 7pm. This event is free and open to the public at the Joan and Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts at York University’s Keel Campus.

This is a great opportunity to meet the graduate students, glimpse their studio spaces, chat about their current work, and subsequently attend the opening reception for the winter exhibitions at The Goldfarb Gallery on campus from 6 to 9pm the same night. Among this winter’s programming, 2023 MFA alum D’Andrea Bowie exhibits new work.

Artists included in this event, and their studio locations:

Andrew Atanasoff (338M)
Ariyo Bahar (403)
Karolina Baker (004A sculpture basement)
Julia Campisi (338F)
Brendan Flanagan (407)
Shannon Garden-Smith (124 sculpture mezzanine)
Claire Greenshaw (340A)
Laura Grier (282A drawing studio)
Maegan Harbridge (407)
Elsa Hashemi (406)
Bisma Jay (404)
Jenny (Hyemin) Kim (338J)
Jenine Marsh (122 sculpture mezzanine)
Nava Messas-Waxman (004D sculpture basement)
Sara Mozafari-Lorestani (120 sculpture mezzanine)
Hau Pham (405)
Andrew Presutto (338H)
Salma Ragheb (338G)
Scott Rogers (122 sculpture mezzanine)
Laleh Saramiforoshani (401)
Erica Stocking (Gales Gallery)
Asma Sultana (338K)
Adriane Vant Erve (402)
Gabby Wilson (338N)

For more details and information about the artists involved contact:
Salma Ragheb, salmar@yorku.ca
Instagram @yorkuvisualartgrads

Accessibility Information:

York University’s Keel Campus is accessible via the TTC (includes elevator access from trains below level to ground floor at York University Station).

The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Center for the Arts and Accolade West buildings are partially accessible: doors have automated opening functions. There are accessible washrooms in these buildings and the doors are automatic. The levels in the Joan and Martin Goldfarb Center for the Arts (Where MFA/PhD studios are located) are accessible by elevator between floors B-3. The 4th floor MFA studios are not accessible and can only be reached via one flight of stairs.