CONDUCTOR: Art Fair of the Global Majority at Powerhouse Arts
Dialog by Design 2025-2026 presented by Residency Unlimited
For CONDUCTOR 2026: Art Fair of the Global Majority, Residency Unlimited (RU) presents chairs, lamps, seats, and tables created at the occasion of the 2025 Dialog by Design art & design workshops led by local RU resident artists Maya McGlynn and Ross Myren from “Scatter Practice".
Under the hands-on mentorship of McGlynn and Myren, workshop participants—new New Yorkers from West Africa and Iran—explored the process of making as a reflection of their experience and identity in NYC. They learned how to work across 2D representation and 3D fabrication techniques from paper making with materials foraged at GrowNYC Teaching Garden on Governors Island, to building chairs and lamps with offcuts of reclaimed/sustainably harvested wood donated by Brooklyn-based workshop & millworks, Tri-Lox. Workshops took place at RU’s headquarters in Carroll Gardens and on Governors Island at the RU House.
The Dialog by Design workshop series will continue in 2026, expanding mentorship and participation opportunities across vulnerable communities in NYC.
Residency Unlimited (RU) supports the creative process of local, US based and international artists and curators at all stages of their career through its unique, customized residencies and year-round public programs that use New York as the site of exchange.
