Published October 21, 2025

Visit Open Studios during Art in the Open, 10/30

Each year the Department of Art's MFA Candidates host Open Studios, during the cross-disciplinary “Art in the Open” event across the UB Center for the Arts. Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) and Bachelor of FIne Arts (BFA) Seniors welcome guests to come see their workspaces, chat about their art, and see works in progress.

Four people standing looking at photography artwork pinned to white walls, in an art studio room with a skylight above and square window at the rear.

Visitors in MFA Candidate Helen Lin's studio, Art in the Open 2024.

Photo: Douglas Levere

Department of Art's MFA and Senior BFA Studios are located throughout the Basement, 1st, and 2nd Floors of the building, in the West wing (left, if entering from the Atrium main entrance, from Mary Talbert Way).

This event is free and open to the public.

Parking in most lots is free after 3PM. Check signs. 

For the full Art in the Open 2025 program, visit: https://www.ubcfa.org/events-exhibitions/special-events/art-in-the-open-2025.html

Participating Art Open Studios:

MFA Candidates:

Throughout the Basement, 1st, and 2nd floors, rooms:

B21  

Rich Tomasello

B35  

John Mack

B36 

Doğa Ertekin

130     

Eilis Regan

133     

Sudi Wang

207B 

Roscoe Duquette

209   

Isabelle Janssen

211   

Helen Lin

212A         

Deirdre Harder

212B 

Reese Betts

214A   

Eugene Sims

214B 

Darmelle Esterlin

216     

Marjan Khorramgolkaran

217     

Teju Abiola

219A 

Caitlin Andrejova

219B 

Bella Rosenthal

BFA Senior Thesis students:

CFA Basement 

Room B19

Audie D'Amico

Howell Phillips

 

Room B20

Gardner Astalos

Tristan Walbesser

 

CFA Second Floor Studios 

Room 207A

Max Kelly Flanigan

Jack-Henry Fricon

 

Room 213

Ray Kaminski

Eeman Khan

Yilin Li

Kaixin Lu

Matthew Murphy

Crystal Poon

Shannon Purcell

Jay Sorrentino

Thomas Walsh

Angelina Weaver

Jiaye You

 

Rooms 215 +215A

Desislava Furber

Sydney Jackson

Justin Jimenez

Katie Pohlman

Allyce Simmons

Jessica Stratton

Lily McDonough

Highlights from Open Studios 10/29/2024:

Two people standing looking at painting artwork mounted on white walls, in an art studio room, with an HVAC silver pipe above and open doorway at the rear.

Visitors in MFA Candidate Eugene Sim's studio, Art in the Open 2024.

Photo: Douglas Levere

Two people standing at the end of a long table, laden with white plate ceramic artworks, with a wall of small artworks on paper pinned to the wall and square window at the rear.

Visitors in MFA Candidate Marjan Khorramgolkaran's studio, Art in the Open 2024.

Photo: Douglas Levere

Three people standing in a white walled art studio room, with a wall of photographs of one person standing in various poses, pinned to the wall and wire clouds suspended above.

Visitors in MFA Candidate Doğa Ertekin's studio, Art in the Open 2024.

Photo: Douglas Levere

Four people standing at a tall table, laden with gouache painting supplies, with a white wall of painted artworks on paper pinned to the wall at the rear. One person on the right is an artist, wearing a pink vest and gesturing with hands in the air, and the other three people, on the left, look and listen.

Visitors in MFA Candidate Teju Abiola's studio, Art in the Open 2024.

Photo: Douglas Levere

A line of people standing along a very long hallway, with white bulletin boards with displayed artwork on the right, and blue lockers on the left.

Visitors in the hallways of the UB Center for the Arts, view undergraduate student artwork, Art in the Open 2024.

Photo: Douglas Levere

For more images and info from MFA Open Studios during Art in the Open 2024, see here.