VSW Salon Salon Spring 2025

  • Colorful graphic that reads VSW Salon Spring 2025.

  • The VSW Salon opens March 2025 in our new space at 36 King Street! Salon events will take place in our newly designed gallery as well as our 80 seat theater equipped with 16mm, Super 8 and digital video projection. The Spring 2025 Salon season will feature artist talks, open studios, workshops and film screenings with over 15 national and international artists. Artist talks, panel discussions and studio visits will be both in-person and streamed online. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more! Salon events take place on Thursdays unless otherwise noted.

    Download the Spring 2025 calendar PDF here.

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    The VSW Salon is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the New York State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.

             

  • Masked workers stand together outdoors. A cartoon word balloon hangs above their heads.

    March 8: Playable Documentaries: In Conversation with Heart Street

  • Screenshot from Anthology of the Killer. A cartoon character stands in a colorful, surreal hallway.

    March 20: SEQUENCEBREAK Opening Party (6-9pm)

  • A computer animated image of two people in a bedroom.

    March 27: Archival Authenticity: In Conversation with Philip Mallory Jones

  • Digital 3D image of a video game character, Lara Croft

    April 10: Sourcebooks by Peggy Ahwesh + Open Studios with Sydney Mieko King

  • Helga Fanderl stands in a cinema with a film projector.

    April 17: Serendipity: Super 8 films by Helga Fanderl

  • A white circle of light is projected onto a screen.

    April 24: Tetsuya Maruyama presents: Experimental Films from Brazil

  • A black and white image of a film frame with audio track and silhouetted figure.

    May 1: Speaking in Tongues: In Dialogue with Christopher Harris

  • Grid of Japanese Matchbooks lined up.

    Sat. & Sun. May 3-4: Japanese Matchbox Pinhole Camera Workshop

  • A 3D computer animated image of a hut-like structure in a swamp.

    May 8: Live Walkthroughs: Nathalie Lawhead + Open Studios with Tetsuya Maruyama

  • Colorful illustration of melting ice cream on film reels.

    May 22: SLUDGE III: Return of Sludge

  • A colorful pile of video game controllers.

    June 12: Let’s Play Collectively: Tips + Tricks for SEQUENCEBREAK// + Open Studios with Jessica Chappe

  • Colorful image that reads "Coding in the Park" three times.

    Sat. June 14: Coding in the Park (workshop)

  • A 16bit video game image of a woman turned away from the camera, standing in a field.

    June 26: SEQUENCEBREAK// Closing Party