Opening Reception - Fore-Site (Phase 1): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project

Join us on Thursday, September 18 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. for the opening receptions of Fore-Site (Phase 1): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project and Untold Stories, Part II at Stamps Gallery.

From September 2025 through August 2026, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based, artist-run project spaces led by Stamps alumni: C.Y.N.K. Studios, directed by Sally Clegg (Lecturer III and Student Exhibition Coordinator, MFA ​’20) and Abhishek Narula (MFA ​’20); and Sometimes Space, directed by Nathan Byrne (Lecturer I, MFA ​’21). Each space hosts dozens of artists annually for exhibitions, performances, and events, fostering experimental work and building community. For this project, Byrne, Clegg, and Narula have been commissioned to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the gallery. In response, they’ve curated six artists to create new work for the pillars over three cycles:

• Phase 1 (September 12 — December 12) artists: Amelia Burns (Cranbrook MFA ​’23) and Erin McKenna (MFA ​’20)
• Phase 2 (January 12 — April 12) artists: Sally Clegg (MFA ​’20) and Kim Karlsrud (MFA ​’20)
• Phase 3 (May 12 — August 12) artists: Abhishek Narula (MFA ​’20) and Nathan Byrne (MFA ​’21)