The Main Gallery - Contemporary Artspace

06/09/2026

Looking forward to welcoming you!

We are proud to share the first published feature about Welcome Home Artists Platform by Felice Agency.

WELCOME HOME is an evolving international artist platform and curatorial initiative founded by artists Özlem Yeni and Chris Agnese. Built as a mobile and community-centered platform, it brings together installation, film, textile, sound, performance, and participatory practices to explore memory, identity, belonging, and human connection.

Our first gathering will open on June 12 at CAM Gallery in Downtown Phoenix, transforming the gallery into an immersive environment where audiences are invited to slow down, reflect, connect, and experience art collectively.

The evening will feature works and performances by:
Özlem Yeni
Chris Agnese
Cecilia Carvalhal
Kristen Miologos

We are deeply grateful to Felice Agency for their support, thoughtful collaboration, and for helping us share the vision behind this new platform with the wider community.

Special thanks as well to Melissa Erickson, Founder & Executive Director of The Funding Studio, who will deliver the opening remarks, and to Meg Jones for introducing the evening.

This is only the beginning.
Welcome Home will continue growing through future workshops, residencies, exhibitions, and collaborations across Phoenix, the U.S., Türkiye, Australia, Brazil, and beyond.

June 12 • 6:30 PM
CAM Gallery
600 N 4th Street, Suite 102
Phoenix, Arizona

So excited for what is ahead and looking forward to meeting you all, dear

https://www.feliceagency.com/post/an-immersive-new-art-experience-arrives-in-downtown-phoenix

05/13/2026

Proudly sharing our founder and director’s new initiative with the talented filmmaker and storyteller Chris Agnese, founder of Inhapi Studio. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!

05/11/2026

What does it mean to feel at home in a world where so many of us live between places, cultures, languages, and memories?

We are pleased to share a new article written by Özlem Yeni, founder of The Main Gallery and co-founder of Welcome Home Artists Platform.

In this reflective piece, Özlem explores why WELCOME HOME matters now — not only as an artistic platform, but as a cultural response to migration, belonging, memory, and the human need to create meaningful places of connection.

As The Main Gallery, we are proud to be part of this growing journey and to share the thoughts behind a platform that brings artists, communities, and audiences together through art, presence, and shared experience.

Dear you can read the full article here:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/where-memory-becomes-place-why-welcome-home-matters-ozlem-xaxwc/