MFA and PhD Open Studios at York University

York University Visual Art MFA and PhD Open Studios

January 31, 2025 | 3 – 6pm
Joan and Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts, York University Keele Campus

Please join York University’s Visual Art MFA and PhD students for Open Studios on January 31!

This event is free and open to the public, taking place from 3 – 6pm in the Joan and Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts (at York University’s Keele Campus). It’s a great opportunity to meet our Graduate and PhD students, get a peek into their studio spaces, current work, and also attend the reception for the winter exhibitions opening at The Goldfarb Gallery on campus right after.

Artists included in this event, and their studio locations:

Alessandra Abballe (MFA2 – Studio 403)
Andrew Atanasoff (MFA1 – Studio 338M)
Andria Keen (MFA2 – Studio 338N)
Asma Sultana (MFA1 – Studio 338H)
Bisma Jay (MFA1 – Studio 405)
Brendan Flanagan (PhD5 – Studio 340A painting studios)
Claire Greenshaw (PhD4 – Studio 122 sculpture mezzanine)
Colin Arthurs (MFA1 – Studio 338L)
Erica Stocking (PhD4 – Studio 004C sculpture basement)
Hyemin Kim (MFA1 – Studio 338J)
Jasmine Yangqingqing Yu (MFA2 – Studio 338G)
Jules D. Mills (MFA2 – Studio 404)
Laleh Saramiforoshani (MFA1 – Studio 401)
Laura Grier (PhD3 – Studio 282A drawing studio)
Nava Messas-Waxman (PhD3 – Studio 004D sculpture basement)
Ostoro Petahtegoose (MFA1 – Studio 338F)
Paria Shahverdi-Azarbaijani (MFA2 – Studio 338K)
Sara Mozafari-Lorestani (PhD2 – Studio 120 sculpture mezzanine)
Shannon Garden-Smith (PhD2 – Studio 124 sculpture mezzanine)
Vladimir Kanic (MFA2 – Studio 004A sculpture basement)
Wang Zi (MFA2 – Studio 402)

Artist studio at York University (Asma Sultana, MFA, 2025)

For more details and information about the artists involved click here
Contact: Jules D. Mills, jules92@yorku.ca
Instagram: @yorkuvisualartgrads

Accessibility Instructions:

York Univerisity’s Keele 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 but the doors to the washrooms are not 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.