Collar Works

Join us in giving a warm welcome to Jordan Ramsey Ismaiel as our Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency Coordinator. We are so lucky to have them on our team!



“My time as a resident artist at the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency by Collar Works allowed me to expand the boundaries of my artistic practice. To return to this prestigious program as its Residency Coordinator is not only an absolute gift to uphold the legacy of Elizabeth Murray, but also allows me to contribute to Collar Works’ invaluable investment in artists.” -Jordan

✨Collar Works’ 9th Year of the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency is here!✨ We are honored to be kicking off the season with this incredible group of artist fellows .makes ❤️

🌈💧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.

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!