Planned Work
Below, you’ll find a preview of some of projects we’re working on; artists we’re working with. While we have a lot of ideas, a lot is much less than all. So we turn to you, reader, for assistance in rendering all that is possible. If you’ve got an idea to propose, head on over to this online application form. The form never closes, but due to limited capacity we suggest applying with the assumption it’s not going to work out, and then be pleasantly surprised if and when it does.
Tori Hong
January 2026
Positioned within queer theory and praxis, Tori Hong pursues an interdisciplinary art practice expressed through drawing, installation, social practice, textiles, and writing. Her artistic research explores the complex themes of Hmong and (North) Korean ancestry, self-determination, and collective survivance. Through diaristic investigations, Hong invites her audience to find connection with oneself, each other, and the more-than-human world. Select awards include the RISD Graduate Commons Grant Fellowship (2025), AIGA Worldstudio DxD Scholarship (2024-2025), Springboard for the Arts Hinge Arts Residency (2021), Forecast Public Art Early Career Research and Development Grant (2020), and more. Hong is currently based in Providence, RI, where she received her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2025.
https://ntxoo.art
https://www.instagram.com/ntxoo.art/
Ana Popescu + Chris Mayes-Wright
February 2026
Ana Popescu (b. 1988) is a Romanian-American artist currently living in Providence, Rhode Island. After receiving her BFA from Pratt Institute, Ana co-founded A.Pop, an immersive underground event company in NYC producing site-specific installations and live performances. In 2023, she completed a residency at the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, followed by the Anderson Ranch Scholarship in 2024. Ana received her MFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2025, where she was awarded the RISD Fellowship, the Windgate Foundation Scholarship, the RISD Graduate Ceramic Award, and the Graduate Ceramic Residency.
https://www.anapopescu.com
Sara Ahli
Spring 2026
Sara Ahli (b. 1993) is an Emirati and Colombian-American visual artist based between Dubai and Providence, Rhode Island. Working at the intersection of sculpture, design, and embodied research, her interdisciplinary practice spans fashion and glass; exploring the body as a vessel for memory, transformation, and cultural inheritance. Through materially driven processes, she investigates the thresholds, limitations, and resilience of the human form.
Ahli is represented by Aisha AlAbbar Gallery in the UAE. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (MFA, Glass, 2024) and the California College of the Arts (BFA, Fashion Design, 2015). Her curatorial work explores how nontraditional spaces can become cultural venues for deeper public engagement, bridging art and everyday life.
https://www.saraahli.com
https://www.instagram.com/sara.aahli/
Photo by Raheed Allaf
Sasha de Koninck
Summer 2026
Sasha de Koninck is a visual artist, designer, and educator. While studying textiles in undergrad, she was introduced to the field of electronic textiles and wearable technology. She went straight to graduate school after completing her BFA, in order to further continue the expansion of her research. She recently completed her Ph.D. in Intermedia Art, Writing, and Performance at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she worked with Laura Devendorf and the Unstable Design Lab. Currently, she is a postdoctoral research fellow at Northeastern University in Boston, where she works with Laura Forlano in the Critical Futures Lab.
https://studiosdk.net
To the Future, Fall 2026 and Beyond
We’re working on some interesting things with interesting people for the fall of 2026 and winter of 2027. Stay tuned!
Dan Neff, September 2026
Cara Giaimo, October 2026
Heather McPherson, February 2027