Prototype
Opens May 9
Dahlia Bloomstone, R-SHARK WOKE UP!, 2024, courtesy of the artist
May 9–25, 2025
2025 ISP Studio Exhibition: Prototype
Westbeth Gallery
55 Bethune Street, New York, NY 10014
Opening: Friday, May 9, 6–8 pm
Exhibition Hours:
Wednesday–Sunday: 1–6 pm
Closed Mondays & Tuesdays
The Independent Study Program’s Studio exhibition, Prototype, presents new work by the 2024–25 Elaine G. Weitzen Studio Program Fellows Nooshin Askari, Paige K. Bradley, Dahlia Bloomstone, Cheeny Celebrado-Royer, Rhea Dillon, Niloufar Emamifar, Valentina Jager, Ash Moniz, Daniel Melo Morales, Iulia Nistor, Pegah Pasalar, Chantal Peñalosa Fong, Alex Schmidt, Julia Taszycka, and misra walker. Curated by Juana Berrío, the exhibition will be on view May 9–25 at Westbeth Gallery, a nonprofit fine arts gallery in Manhattan’s West Village.
An opening reception for Prototype will be held at Westbeth Gallery on Friday, May 9, 6–8 pm.
Admission is free and there is no ticketing required
Opening Reception
An opening reception for this exhibition will be hosted at Westbeth Gallery on Friday, May 9, 6–8 pm.
Studio Program Elaine G. Weitzen Fellows
Nooshin Askari
Paige K. Bradley
Dahlia Bloomstone
Cheeny Celebrado-Royer
Rhea Dillon
Niloufar Emamifar
Valentina Jager
Ash Moniz
Daniel Melo Morales
Iulia Nistor
Pegah Pasalar
Chantal Peñalosa Fong
Alex Schmidt
Julia Taszycka
misra walker
Curator
Juana Berrío
ISP
Founded in 1968, the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program (ISP) is an experimental study community dedicated to fostering critical thinking, cross-disciplinary scholarship, and multimedia artistic practices. The ISP cultivates a rigorous intellectual environment where participants are encouraged to engage deeply with contemporary issues through extended conversation and collaboration. Through seminars, reading groups, workshops, screenings, performances, poetry readings, studio visits, and an array of collaborative endeavors, the program nurtures and challenges the creative processes of artists, curators, and scholars who are committed to innovative, sustainable, and activist practices.
Wheelchair Accessibility
Westbeth Gallery is located within a courtyard, which has two step-free accessible entrances.
Bank Street Courtyard Entrance
The doorway from the street leads directly to a ramp, providing access to the courtyard. From there, proceed straight ahead and then turn left to reach the main gallery doors.
55 Bethune Street Entrance
A ramp with handrails guides you from the sidewalk to the lobby. Upon entering the lobby, turn right and continue to the end of the hallway. Pass through the two sets of push-button glass doors that will lead you to the courtyard. Once in the courtyard, go straight ahead and then turn right to reach the gallery doors.
Westbeth gallery has a wheelchair accessible bathroom.
Support
Major support for the Independent Study Program is provided by Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo, the Elaine Graham Weitzen Foundation for Fine Art, the Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation, and the Helena Rubenstein Foundation.
Generous support is provided by the Whitney Contemporaries through their annual Art Party benefit.
Additional support is provided by an endowment created by George S. Harris, Gloria H. Spivak, and Teiger Foundation.
