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October 2025

<p>Safaa Hasan, <em>baba: my father</em>, 2025. Digital inkjet print, 16 × 20 in.. Studio Museum in Harlem; Expanding the Walls: Making Connections Between Photography, History, and Community Collection ETW.2025.36.2</p>
at an arm's length: Expanding the Walls 2025
at an arm's length: Expanding the Walls 2025
July 29, 2025–July 30, 2026

Upcoming

A neon sculpture with the word Me stacked on top of the word We is hung on a grey wall.
Lil' Studio NYPL
Lil' Studio NYPL
November 1st, 2025, 11:00am – 12:00pm
<p>Cynthia Hawkins, <em>Untitled</em>, 2025. Acrylic on paper, 20 ¼ × 16 in. © Cynthia Hawkins. Photo: John Berens</p>
From the Studio: Fifty-Eight Years of Artists in Residence
From the Studio: Fifty-Eight Years of Artists in Residence
November 15, 2025–February 28, 2026
<p>Tom Lloyd standing in front of <em>Puncheono</em>, 1968</p>
Tom Lloyd
Tom Lloyd
November 15, 2025–March 31, 2026
<p>Charles Innis, Director, and Eleanor Holmes Norton, founding Trustee, c. 1968. Courtesy Studio Museum in Harlem. Photographer unknown</p>
To Be A Place
To Be A Place
November 15, 2025–August 30, 2026
From Now: A Collection in Context November 15, 2025
From Now: A Collection in Context
From Now: A Collection in Context
November 15, 2025
<p>Camille Norment. Photo: OCA/Herman Dreyer</p>
Camille Norment: Untitled (heliotrope)
Camille Norment: Untitled (heliotrope)
November 15, 2025
<p>Christopher Myers, 2023. Photo: Tricia Zigmund</p>
Christopher Myers: Harlem Is a Myth
Christopher Myers: Harlem Is a Myth
November 15, 2025
<p>David Hammons's <em>Untitled </em>(2004). Photo: Ray Llanos</p>
Artist Installations
Artist Installations
Long-term View
Community Day November 15, 2025 11:00 AM–9:00 PM
Community Day
Community Day
November 15, 2025 11:00 AM–9:00 PM
Studio Sunday November 16, 2025, 11:00 am–6:00 pm
Studio Sunday
Studio Sunday
November 16, 2025, 11:00 am–6:00 pm
Two children face a museum-educator reading them a story on a red rug.
Story Time
Story Time
November 16, 2025 11:30 a.m–12:00 p.m.
A group of children look at artwork in a gallery with white walls.
Family Tour: Tom Lloyd
Family Tour: Tom Lloyd
November 16, 1:00–2:00 pm
Drop-In Artmaking: Fantastical Bookmark November 16, 2:00–5:00 pm
Drop-In Artmaking: Fantastical Bookmark
Drop-In Artmaking: Fantastical Bookmark
November 16, 2:00–5:00 pm
Teens work on an activity at a white table and the teen facing the camera is smiling with her head tilted.
Teen Studio
Teen Studio
Wednesday, November 19 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Studio Sunday November 23, 2025, 11:00 am–6:00 pm
Studio Sunday
Studio Sunday
November 23, 2025, 11:00 am–6:00 pm
Two children face a museum-educator reading them a story on a red rug.
Story Time
Story Time
November 23, 2025 11:30 a.m–12:00 p.m.
A group of children look at artwork in a gallery with white walls.
Family Tour: From the Studio: Fifty-Eight Years of Artists in Residence
Family Tour: From the Studio: Fifty-Eight Years of Artists in Residence
November 23, 1:00–2:00 pm
Drop-In Artmaking: Watercolor Painting November 23, 2:00–5:00 pm
Drop-In Artmaking: Watercolor Painting
Drop-In Artmaking: Watercolor Painting
November 23, 2:00–5:00 pm
Studio Sunday November 30, 2025, 11:00 am–6:00 pm
Studio Sunday
Studio Sunday
November 30, 2025, 11:00 am–6:00 pm
Two children face a museum-educator reading them a story on a red rug.
Story Time
Story Time
November 30, 2025 11:30 a.m–12:00 p.m.
A group of children look at artwork in a gallery with white walls.
Family Tour: Art Is…Lorraine O’Grady
Family Tour: Art Is…Lorraine O’Grady
November 30, 1:00–2:00 pm
Drop-In Artmaking: Dazzling Harlem Collages November 30, 2:00–5:00 pm
Drop-In Artmaking: Dazzling Harlem Collages
Drop-In Artmaking: Dazzling Harlem Collages
November 30, 2:00–5:00 pm
<p>Tom Lloyd, <em>Narokan</em>, 1965. Aluminum, light bulbs, and plastic laminate 11 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 5 in. Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin K. Davidson 1988.3</p>
Lil’ Studio NYPL
Lil’ Studio NYPL
December 6th, 2025, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Two children face a museum-educator reading them a story on a red rug.
Story Time
Story Time
December 7, 2025 11:30 a.m–12:00 p.m.
Drop-In Artmaking: Making Memories December 7, 2:00–5:00 pm
Drop-In Artmaking: Making Memories
Drop-In Artmaking: Making Memories
December 7, 2:00–5:00 pm
Arts & Minds Tuesday, December 9 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Arts & Minds
Arts & Minds
Tuesday, December 9 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Two children face a museum-educator reading them a story on a red rug.
Story Time
Story Time
December 14, 2025 11:30 a.m–12:00 p.m.
Drop-In Artmaking: Colorful Concentric Circles December 14, 2:00–5:00 pm
Drop-In Artmaking: Colorful Concentric Circles
Drop-In Artmaking: Colorful Concentric Circles
December 14, 2:00–5:00 pm
Teens work on an activity at a white table and the teen facing the camera is smiling with her head tilted.
Teen Studio
Teen Studio
Wednesday, December 17 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Two children face a museum-educator reading them a story on a red rug.
Story Time
Story Time
December 21, 2025 11:30 a.m–12:00 p.m.
Drop-In Artmaking: Shimmering Sculptures December 21, 2:00–5:00 pm
Drop-In Artmaking: Shimmering Sculptures
Drop-In Artmaking: Shimmering Sculptures
December 21, 2:00–5:00 pm
Two children face a museum-educator reading them a story on a red rug.
Story Time
Story Time
December 28, 2025 11:30 a.m–12:00 p.m.
Teens work on an activity at a white table and the teen facing the camera is smiling with her head tilted.
Teen Studio
Teen Studio
Wednesday, January 21 4:00–6:00 p.m.

Past

Three people pose closely together outside, surrounded by greenery. On the left is a Black male wearing an open denim jacket, a t shirt, and denim pants. In the center is a Black female with hair braids ending in beads wearing a leather trench coat cinched at the waist. On the right is a light skinned Black woman wearing a closed denim jacked and denim bottoms.
Pass Carry Hold: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2023–24
Pass Carry Hold: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2023–24
September 26, 2024–February 10, 2025
<p>Sarawar Zahan, <em>In The Middle</em>, 2024</p>
Something in the Water: Expanding the Walls 2024
Something in the Water: Expanding the Walls 2024
July 31, 2024–July 30, 2025
<p>Robert Pruitt, <em>For Whom the Bell Curves</em>, 2004.</p> <p>Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Rena Bransten, San Francisco, and a gift from Burt Aaron, New York 2006.14<br /></p>
Elsewhere: 2025
Elsewhere: 2025
2025
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