Collar Works

05/10/2026

05/09/2026

🌈💧It may be raining now, but the evening looks clear for the opening of Gracelee Lawrence’s LIGHT EATERS ✨✨✨Join us for the launch of this new public art exhibition at Window Works located in downtown Troy at Vacina on 4th St, near the corner of Congress! Gracelee will give a Walk + Talk of the exhibit at 8PM.

The exhibit comes alive at night! Following, we will hop on over to Sunhees Farm & Kitchen for a celebratory toast!

See you soon!

LIGHT EATERS transforms the Window Works by Collar Works at Vicina in Troy, NY, into a site of vegetal activity within the city’s hard-scaped expanse. One-way mirrored film, holofan videos, and suspended sculptures animate the window, merging digital illusion with organic processes.

Looping imagery expands and contracts in continuous cycles of growth and decay, translating plant time into rhythms perceptible to human experience. Sculptural forms, formally drawn from invasive species like bittersweet and bull thistle, hang in states of reconfiguration: modular, adaptive, resilient. The work frames plant life not as backdrop, but as a force to aspire towards: an intelligence that builds, sustains, and perhaps outlasts us. LIGHT EATERS beckons a shift in attention: toward the constant labor of plants and ways of seeing that extend beyond the human.

04/30/2026

LIGHT EATERS, a new public art installation by Gracelee Lawrence reimagines plant life in the hardscape of Troy, NY. On view May 9th- November 9th at Window Works in downtown Troy, NY.

Please join us for an opening reception on May 9, 2026, from 7-9 PM at 130 4th Street, Troy, NY. An artist walkthrough of the installation will begin at 8 PM.

Additional programming, including a plant walk and an artist panel, will be announced soon.

LIGHT EATERS transforms the Window Works by Collar Works at Vicina in Troy, NY, into a site of vegetal activity within the city’s hard-scaped expanse. One-way mirrored film, holofan videos, and suspended sculptures animate the window, merging digital illusion with organic processes.

Looping imagery expands and contracts in continuous cycles of growth and decay, translating plant time into rhythms perceptible to human experience. Sculptural forms, formally drawn from invasive species like bittersweet and bull thistle, hang in states of reconfiguration: modular, adaptive, resilient. The work frames plant life not as backdrop, but as a force to aspire towards: an intelligence that builds, sustains, and perhaps outlasts us. LIGHT EATERS beckons a shift in attention: toward the constant labor of plants and ways of seeing that extend beyond the human.

04/23/2026

Artist Parents! The Artist Moms Meetup is back! We are so excited! Join us tomorrow night 3/24 from 6-8pm with host artists Caroline Corrigan and Azuré Keahi for a night of connection and art making. Bring a project or make a collage with materials available. Light nosh will be provided.

Free & Open to all parent artists.

Location: Collar Works x ChaShaMa at 50 4th St, Troy, NY (second floor). Space accessible by stairs and an elevator.

03/29/2026

✨What a FUN night at No Fun! Our MAD Collar Party was a blast! Thanks to all who danced the night away in support of the arts and congrats to our MAD Collar contest winners and 🪩✨Until next year!

03/28/2026

💥✨Join us TONIGHT at for the MAD Collar Party in support of Collar Works! Dance the night away with DJ Jonesy .rum ✨enjoy cash bar ✨and eats by our friends ✨celebrate the past 16 years of bringing progressive contemporary art to the Capital Region! Doors open at 7pm. See you there!

03/13/2026

Just look at that brick and those beams!!! We can’t wait for this space to shine! Swipe to get a sneak peek at what it will become!

The crew at have been hard at work demoing the interior of the historic Neemes Iron Foundry so we can start rehabbing the soon to be gallery to its original glory and transforming it into the coolest destination for experimental, multi-disciplinary contemporary art in the Capital Region!

03/04/2026

Don’t miss out on all the FUN at No Fun! Get your tix today and join us on Saturday, March 28th at 7pm for our annual MAD Collar Party! Come celebrate 16 years of experimental art and hit the dance floor in all your neon vibes! There will be BIRTHDAY Cake, a cash bar and bites, art raffle, neon/collar costume contest with cash prizes and more!

See you there! Help us raise some MAD cash for the arts!

Get your tickets here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/collar-works-present-mad-collar-party-tickets-1982884544049?aff=oddtdtcreator

02/26/2026

These photos may not look significant, but they have great importance! First, it means after some delays, construction crews arrive Monday to begin renovating the Historic Neemes Iron Foundry into a rockstar contemporary multi-disciplinary art hub! Second, beneath a large capital project, Collar Works is still a very small shop that is run by incredible people who give their all to our mission and work. Huge shout out to Nick- our Director of Advancement! When he’s not out building relationships and cultivating strategic resources for our org, he’s lending a hand and expertise across programs and operations. Thank you, Nick, for all you do! Especially spending the last three hours clearing the snow in order to build our future!

02/26/2026

Join us this Friday, February 27th at 50 4th St from 6-9PM to experience 10 experimental light installations developed by RPI Architecture students in “Constructed Atmospheres” Architecture Design Studio at the RPI School of Architecture led by Professor Yael Erel. Featuring work by: Jessica Campise, Gabriela Debowski, Elaina Espinal, Kathleen Mazzu, Julian Pasquale, Layla Perreira,Natalie Simpson, Tesneem Soliman, Danielle Uroda and Cris Vereen.

01/13/2026

Capital Region- 518 Artists! These two gorgeous, light-filled studios could be yours in the coming months. Collar Works is going to be renting out the 2nd and 3rd floor 700+ sq ft spaces at 50 4th St, Downtown Troy. Each space is accessible by stairs and an elevator. They will be offered below market-rate, at $1,000 per month ($1.40 per square ft), utilities and WiFi included. Spaces may be shared up to 3 artists per space. 50 4th St Studios is located in Downtown Troy, in the Historic Union National Bank, walking distance to Monument Square and across the street from Troy Farmers Market, as well as lots of eateries and shops nearby!

If you are interested in this opportunity to be a part of our Collar Works community, please reach out to us at [email protected] with ‘50 4th St Studios’ in the subject line. We will send more information to interested artists.

This opportunity is in partnership with Collar Works and ChaShaMa.