2026 virtual Cohort
Spring 2026 | Summer 2026 | Fall 2026
Tuesdays via Zoom
With Canopy Mentor
Sara Jimenez
Artist
Based in New York
Cohort Artists
The artists featured below were accepted to the 2026 year of The Canopy Program. Together, with the guidance of their Faculty Mentor, Sara Jimenez, the artists will develop their studio practice through critiques, Artist Talks + Q&As, seminars, and workshops. The Canopy Program is a year-long commitment, this Cohort will meet via Zoom for three consecutive semesters. Their experience will culminate with a pop-up Group Show in Chelsea (NYC).
Cynthia Shaw
Frankie Hsu
Hannah Apuzzo
Jessie Marie Beals
Laura Malone
JBH Scholarship Recipient
Lohitha Kethu
JBH Scholarship Recipient
Lolo Ostia
Lumin Scholarship Recipient
Molly McIntyre
Lumin Scholarship Recipient
Molmol Kuo
Olivia Gossett Cooper
Cohort Exhibition
Each Canopy Cohort presents a culminating pop-up group exhibition.
This cohort will present their exhibition at The Canopy Studio in Chelsea, January 7th - 9th, 2027. Stay tuned for more details! In the meantime, view
past Crit Club and Canopy exhibitions.
Guest Speakers + Visiting Critics
Each semester, Sara Jimenez's Cohort received Artist Talks, Lectures, Workshops
and Visiting Critiques from an esteemed roster of Guest Artists + Speakers.
Melissa Joseph
Guest Artist
Nickola Pottinger
Guest Artist
Sto Len
Artist Lecture + Visiting Critic
Rose DeSiano
Artist Lecture + Visiting Critic
Tie Jijoma
Visiting Critic
Curator of Global Contemporary Art at the Phillips Collection
Amy Smith-Stewart
Visiting Critic
Chief Curator, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Canopy Mentor Sara Jimenez
Sara Jimenez (she/her) received her BA from the University of Toronto and her MFA from Parsons the New School for Design. Selected exhibitions include Rachel Uffner Gallery, El Museo del Barrio, Morgan Lehman Gallery, BRIC Gallery, The Brooklyn Museum, The Bronx Museum, and Smack Mellon, among others. She has performed at numerous venues including The Dedalus Foundation, The Noguchi Museum, Jack, The Glasshouse, and Dixon Place. Selected artist residencies include Brooklyn Art Space, Wave Hill’s Winter Workspace, the Bronx Museum’s AIM program, Yaddo, BRICworkspace, Art Omi, Project for Empty Space, LMCC’s Workspace and Bemis. Her work is part of the permanent collection of the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice. Selected awards and grants include NYFA’s Canadian Women's Artist Award, Canada Council for the Arts’ Explore and Create and Travel Grants, and BRIC’s Colene Brown Art Prize. Jimenez is represented by Chozick Family Gallery.
