VSW Salon Salon Spring 2026

  • A blue, glowing TV monitor with an orange dot in the middle.
    Still from "Pieces (Nov. 15, 1975)" by Peer Bode (1975)

  • The VSW Salon features film screenings, artist talks, Community Curator™ events, performances, photo presentations and conversations, showcasing the work of local and national artists working in hybrid and experimental approaches to film, photography, performance, installation and archival research. Tickets are available online, or at the door for all in-person events. Download the calendar PDF here.

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    Visual Studies Workshop program funders include The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, The Joy of Giving Something Foundation, the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Monroe County, NY, and all of our members and individual supporters!

    New York State Council on the Arts, Leonian Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Monroe County, NY

     

  • Abstract, colorful, floral image.

    Jan. 22: Open Studio + Talk with Jasna Bogdanovska

  • Grid of nine black and white abstract shapes.

    Feb. 6: Peer Bode: Signal into Memory Opening Reception, 6-9pm

  • Hand-drawn ice cream cone melting over a stack of film reels.

    Feb. 12: Love SLUDGE Film Screening

  • Glitchy mashup of the word flickgame.

    Feb. 21: Game Jam #1: Flickgame

  • Abstract video image with hand prints.

    Feb. 26: Electronic Echoes: Video Art from the 70s & 80s

  • Black and white film still of rocks, and people.

    March 6: rebekkah palov: The Plane(s) / Open Studio with Yanbin Zhao

  • Pixelated arctic landscape.

    March 12: Signal Culture presents: FLUX

  • Glitchy image of the word RenPy

    March 21: Game Jam #2: Ren’Py

  • March 27: In Dialogue: Collaborations with Charles Gaines

  • A ceiling fan.

    April 3: Open Studios with Preston Gannaway

  • Strings of colorful handmade film.

    April 7 – 28: Handmade Film Workshop (Tuesdays)

  • April 9: Image Processing: Video Work by Matthew Schlanger

  • Glitchy mashup of the word bitsy.

    April 18: Game Jam #3: Bitsy

  • A video feedback star-pattern.

    April 23: Lingua Lucem: The Language of Light

  • A glitchy display of the word showcase repeated.

    May 1: Game Jam & Handmade Film Showcase

  • A vertical wall hanging of black and white, abstract photographic images.

    May 8: Open Studio with Wayne Liu

  • Dot-matrix black and white print of a camel with abstract, pixelated textures.

    May 14: Book Launch: Peer Bode: Open Fields

  • A blue, glowing TV monitor with an orange dot in the middle.

    June 5: Signal into Memory Closing Party