OPENING RECEPTION "Hard Labor, Soft Space" Exhibition by Stephanie Lee
ALL ARE WELCOME to attend an Opening Reception, Friday, May 3rd from 3-6PM for “HARD LABOR, SOFT SPACE” Architecture Fellowship Exhibition by Stephanie Kyuyoung Lee.
What does it mean to create an infrastructure of care; and systems of resilience within a capitalist landscape of production, extraction, and exploitation? “Hard Labor, Soft Space” is a research-based design investigation on the current surge of collective farms and radical food systems in and around the Hudson Valley. Against the backdrop of land distribution laws such as the Homestead Act (1862) and the Alien Land Law (1913) that have driven the current racial disparity in agricultural land ownership, this project reframes rurality as a site of radical reclamation. This research forms a comparative genealogy of utopian agrarian projects starting with 19th and 20th Century Abolitionist movements in the United States to the current wave of BIPOC-led radical farms in Hudson Valley. In 1972, Liselotte and Oswald Mathias Ungers’ published “Communes in the New World: 1740-1972* a study on utopian commune living. This project is part-homage, and part-critique by addressing the erasure of racial history: in rural ideation, and explores future living strategies rooted in racial and social justice. Through counter-mapping, archiving and a dinner performance, this exhibit highlights alternative agrarian settlements and renounces models of industrial farming that thrive on the extraction of labor, capital, and lands of others.
Stephanie Kyuyoung Lee is the founder of the Office of Human Resources (OHR), a critical design studio based in New York. Her practice links socio and spatial thinking through the lens of race, land, and labor. Lee’s honors and awards include the Art Omi Architecture Residency (2023), the Art Center Residency through LMCC (2022), and the Future Architecture Fellowship (2020). Her work has been supported by several institutions such as the Architectural League, New York State Council on the Arts, and the Mellon Foundation. Her works have been featured in various exhibitions and publications, including the Haus der Architektur in Graz, Austria (2021), The Funambulist, PLAT, and Archifutures (dpr-barcelona, 2020). Currently, she teaches at Bard College as the 2022-2024 Architecture Fellow.
“Hard Labor, Soft Space” will remain on view at VERSE Work/Shop May 3rd - May 12th (Studio hours as posted Thursday-Sunday)
After Hours / TALK SHOP 4.0
Join us at VERSE Work/Shop for AFTER HOURS celebrating Talk Shop 4.0. We will serve locally procured refreshments as we offer this informal celebratory setting to meet the artists and makers behind this incredible show!
TALK SHOP 4.0 / OPENING RECEPTION
All are invited to join us for Talk Shop 4.0 Opening Reception March 3rd, 3-6PM. This show features new work by 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘪, 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢 𝘋𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘌𝘭𝘳𝘰𝘥, 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘎𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘴, 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪 𝘎𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘥 𝘓𝘢𝘪𝘭 / 𝘓𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘓𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰, 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪 𝘚𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘛𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘞𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘴. Talk Shop 4.0 is on view now through the end of April.
After Hours / TALK SHOP 3.0
Join us Thursday, December 21st from 5-7PM for an AFTER HOURS celebration of Talk Shop 3.0 at VERSE Work/Shop
AGLAIA Jewelry Holiday Pop-Up
Stop by VERSE Work/Shop December 16th between 12-5 to Meet the Maker: Elisa Finoli of Aglaia Jewelry & shop an extended line of her good works.
Elisa Finoli, the Founder of Aglaia Jewelry, is an Italian designer who lives and works in NY. Her creations are born out of her passion for clean aesthetics, elegance and the beauty of nature.
She gets inspirations from both her surroundings and far away cultures: her Italian roots and her life experiences living in beloved countries such as India and Nicaragua. Elisa also sites Japanese culture and the 'Wabi-Sabi' philosophy as a source of inspiration. A philosophy based on finding beauty in the imperfect. Imperfection becomes a form of freedom and acceptance, a celebration of nature.
Her aesthetic connection to balance and shape is a clear heritage from her background in design, architecture and photography.
An essential ingredient in her life and work is the consciousness of the world: respecting it, making it better, giving back.
All her pieces are handmade using recycled precious metals or fair-mined gold, pearls and stones are ethically sourced, use of chemicals is limited, her packaging is as sustainable as possible and in her studio uses renewable energy.
RED HOOK FIRST FRIDAY
Visit VERSE Work/Shop for Red Hook’s First Friday! Village shops stay open late - come enjoy the first Friday in December at VERSE and throughout the village of Red Hook.
After Hours / TALK SHOP 3.0
VERSE Work/Shop will host the first AFTER HOURS for Talk Shop 3.0 this Thursday, November 16th from 5-7PM. Stop by to meet some of the artists & makers on view, enjoy the show and some light provisions from area farms and purveyors. VERSE Work/Shop is located at 35 West Market Street in the village of Red Hook.
TALK SHOP 3.0 / OPENING RECEPTION
Talk Shop 3.0 Opening Reception, Sunday, October 15th from 3-6PM. Join us for local refreshments and good company as we celebrate the opening of our third show at VERSE Work/Shop. Talk Shop 3.0 on view thru Dec 23.
After Hours / Talk Shop 2.0
This is one of a series of evening gatherings hosted here at VERSE Work/Shop. After Hours is an invitation to gather informally with many of the artist in our current show, Talk Shop. While we'll offer more formal evenings and programming in the days ahead, this particular event is an opportunity to casually enjoy the atmosphere of VERSE as you connect with artists, makers and other community members.
Light snacks and beverages from some of our great local farms and neighbors will be served.
Swish & Hammer Pop-Up
JOIN US Saturday June 24th from 2-4PM as Traci of Swish & Hammer visits VERSE Work/Shop for a pop-up shop event!
Traci Pinczes of Swish & Hammer is a textile artist and jewelry designer. Pinczes often works with hand dyed recycled silks to create dense tapestries in muted, natural tones, as well as, intricate beaded jewelry, and hand soldered goods. With a sincere dedication to hand-made craft and recycled materials, each piece profoundly captures the organic beauty of imperfection and the joy of difference evident in the art of craft.
Swish & Hammer has a series of wall tapestries and jewelry on view with Talk Shop 2.0 & additional elements will be included in this pop-up experience.
TALK SHOP 2.0 / OPENING RECEPTION
The VERSE Work/Shop team is excited to invite you to 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙥 2.0, the second exhibition at our new storefront in the Village of Red Hook.
𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙥 2.0 is co-curated by Beka Goedde and Vanessa Shafer and features the work of Tania Alvarez, Samantha Bittman, Eric Conroe / Finding Form Design, Elisa Finoli / Aglaia Jewelry, Kenji Fujita, Ken Landauer / FN Furniture, Jess Ludwicki / Love Lamb, Liza McLaughlin / LB Felt, Muriel Norman / Down Under Faux, New York Heartwoods, Paris Smeraldo / Ugly Mud Studio, Gret Sterrett Smith, Julianne Swartz, Swish & Hammer, Allison Toepp / Ethel Leather, Emi Winter, and Withers Studio.
𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝟑𝐑𝐃 / 𝟑-𝟔𝐏𝐌
June 3rd / 3pm-6pm @ VERSE Work/Shop
35 West Market Street, Red Hook, NY
Locally sourced treats and refreshments
Questions: info@verseworkshop.com
Visit VERSE Work/Shop Thursdays 2-7PM, Friday-Monday 12-5PM and by appointment
Talk Shop/After Hours
This is one of a series of evening gatherings hosted here at VERSE Work/Shop. After Hours is an invitation to gather informally with many of the artist in our current show, Talk Shop. While we'll offer more formal evenings and programming in the days ahead, this particular event is an opportunity to casually enjoy the atmosphere of VERSE as you connect with artists, makers and other community members.
Light snacks and beverages from some of our great local farms and neighbors will be served.
Talk Shop/After Hours
Please join us this Thursday evening, 5pm to 7pm, at The Work/Shop for: Talk Shop / After Hours
This will be the first of many evening gatherings we plan to host. After Hours is an invitation to gather informally with many of the artist in our current show, Talk Shop. While we'll offer more formal evenings and events in due time, this Thursday will be a celebration of our first show, of the start of spring, and of a chance to Talk Shop with those featured.
Light snacks and beverages from some of our great local farms and neighbor will be served.