EXHIBITION PROGRAMS
Current & Upcoming
Past
The NARS Foundation Exhibition Program presents compelling and innovative work being produced on a local, national, and international level by emerging and mid-career artists and curators today. The Main Gallery and Project Space are located in an industrial building amongst our residency studios, which allows for a unique opportunity to present and experience contemporary artwork within a work-space environment. The presence of artists’ studios also allows for further dialogue and exchange between artists and curators.
The NARS exhibitions works mainly through annual open calls that are open to artists, curators, collectives, cultural producers, and thinkers to propose solo or group exhibitions that reflect our mission to foster and represent important artistic directions and critical dialogue in contemporary art and culture writ large. NARS selects proposals to be further developed, and provides the space and support to mount ambitious and compelling exhibitions.
As part of the International Residency program, NARS presents exhibitions that include the works of the residency cohort in turn. These exhibitions, held at our Main Gallery space for a period of 3 weeks, showcase pieces that were created during their time at NARS, works in progress or works previously finished but that are relevant to their current practice. For these exhibitions we encourage residents to experiment and frame the space as one that invites collaborations, new explorations, and ideas that wouldn't normally be presented at a regular commercial gallery space.
South-West Brooklyn Exhibition
Along with the overarching goal of working with the local community, the NARS Foundation held its inaugural South-West Brooklyn Exhibition in 2016. The NARS Southwest Brooklyn Exhibition Program provides emerging and underrepresented artists with the opportunity to participate in a group exhibition in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The aim of the program is to engage artists of South-West Brooklyn in a dialogue through a curated group exhibition.
In 2023, the South-West Brooklyn Exhibition will be presented in alliance with other local cultural and arts organizations in the area. This will be the start of a bi-annual curated group show to present local artistic practices and social discourses that are being developed among artists living in the South-West Brooklyn Area. This area has become a hub of artistic activity but is still largely under-recognized in the art world. As part of NARS’ mission to engage with and promote the artists of South-West Brooklyn, the NARS South-West Exhibition Program strives to contribute to the recognition of the art world of South Brooklyn by highlighting the innovative work being produced today. For the purpose of this program, South-West Brooklyn is defined as living and/or with studio space in Sunset Park, Park Slope, Gowanus, Red Hook, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Borough Park, or Windsor Terrace.
Overall the NARS exhibitions create a platform showcasing artistic developments in contemporary arts and a forum for exchanging ideas.
NARS has annual open calls for all of our exhibition programs. Make sure to sign up for our mailing list to be notified of the next open call!
You can find more information about our past programs below, and you can learn about previous exhibitions by visiting: Past Events.
NARS exhibition programs are 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, and, in part, supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
