From Friday, September 12, 2025, to Sunday, September 14, 2025, the 2nd-year MFA cohort took part in Kunstpunkte, an all-city celebration of artist open studios in Düsseldorf. In preparation for the event, we cleaned up the studios, converted them to a temporary gallery space, and hung our work on the walls. Before the event, we critiqued our work and dialed in our art handling concerns.

Drum roll, please … work has been sold! The majority of our group sold their work to patrons who visited the studios. As artists, it is important to have our work be seen and be sold to people who put the work on their walls at home. Düsseldorf is a city with a genuine concern and curiosity for fine art. To participate in an event such as Kunstpunkte situates us artists in a place that is a part of art history. To show our work to the public in such a place as Düsseldorf is a meaningful experience. Thank you to Beatrice Richter and Frank Schlablewski who ushered in guided tours, all who came to look at our art!