CCNY Open Studios for MFA Artists

HAMILTON HEIGHTS,  NY, May 15, 2025

If you blinked you missed it. But if you were lucky enough to wander down the narrow hall on Shepard’s fourth floor, you might have stepped into a world of magic created by artists.  MFA candidates opened their studio doors, for a few hours on a Thursday afternoon, and gave a closeup look at what they are doing, thinking and showing.

Babe Adams, a teaching assistant and artist displayed work that pulled you into the brillliant color field.

Jesus Medina created a project about the Amazon and his studio enveloped you in a sweet, earthy fragrance that came from the plants and herbs in the middle of the work.

Jose Medina in the middle of his work that he calls an extension of his Amazon Rainforest Project.

Lee Jacob Hilado’s work in black and white is filled with dream-like images.

Lee Jacob Hilado in his studio.

Isabella Balbi showed her soulful, ecstatic figures and soft abstractions.

Isabella Balbi in her studio.

Maude Acheampong is in the digital program and experiments with the way she can transform color and shape, in this case masks of  her face, to create new forms and ideas.

Maude Acheampong in her studio

Luiz Bicalho uses photography and digital manipulation to explore how surveillance peeps into our lives.

Luiz Bicalho in his studio

Pamela Elena Spindel created what she calls Medical Inkblot Fashionable Wasteland.

Pamela Elena Spindel in her studio