John Yau in Conversation with Susan Carr: Sunday October 5 at 2pm

Please join us on Sunday October 5th at 2pm for a talk with Susan Carr and John Yau in the LABspace courtyard.

John Yau in Conversation with Susan Carr: Sunday October 5 at 2pm

Hello friends, We are thrilled to welcome poet, artist and art critic John Yau for a talk with Susan Carr on Sunday October 5 at 2pm! Please join us outdoors in the LABspace courtyard for an afternoon of art and conversation Forecast is 75 and sunny ☀️ This is Susan Carr’s seventh solo exhibition at LABspace and her work is more exciting than ever You can view the Full Exhibition Checklist here Huge thank you to Susan Carr and John Yau! We can’t wait, see you soon! XO Ellen + Julie

Susan Carr, The mystic, 2025, oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches. Exhibition Checklist.

John Yau is a poet and art critic who has been publishing art since 1978. After serving as the arts editor of The Brooklyn Rail (2007-11), he began writing regularly for Hyperallergic in 2012. He was the recipient of the 2018 Jackson Poetry Prize. In 2021, Yau was awarded the Rabkin Prize for excellence in visual arts journalism. His books of art criticism include In the Realm of Appearances: The Art of Andy Warhol and A Thing Among Things: The Art of Jasper Johns, as well as monographs on Wifredo Lam, Thomas Nozkowski, Joe Brainard, Catherine Murphy, A.R. Penck, Richard Artschwager, Pat Steir, Liu Xiaodong, and Kim Tschang-yeul.

Susan Carr graduated from The School of The Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, earning an MFA in 2003. She received the James Page Fund Fifth Year Award in 1996 at SMFA at Tufts, and a BFA there in 1994. Susan Carr lives and works on Cape Cod where she paints in the basement and does ceramics at her kitchen table. To bring you my love is Carr’s seventh solo exhibition at LABspace. Carr’s work has been exhibited at The Painting Center NYC, Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery at the University of Connecticut, Me Paints Me NYC,  Pocket Utopia NYC, Steven Harvey Fine Arts NYC, L21 Palma Spain, Borghi Gallery Sag Harbor NY, Tini Mini room Sweden, The Trophy Gallery LA, Kishka Gallery & Library Vermont, Ortega y Gasset Projects NYC, and The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild NY. Carr’s work has been featured in Hyperallergic, Two Coats of Paint, Art Spiel, Chronogram, Art Maze Magazineand Rock and Sling Journal. Carr has been a guest on podcasts I Like Your Work, The Artist is Speaking, Cosmic Cousins, Something Rather Than Nothing, Ahtcastand Small Things Brought Together. Susan Carr writes: My work inhabits liminal spaces, the in-between, uncertainty and hope. Life is fragile and fleeting. The paintings are my way to pray and to add some love into the world.

Susan Carr: To bring you my love Solo exhibition of paintings and ceramics September 20-November 16, 2025 Saturdays and Sundays 1-5pm Exhibition Checklist John Yau In Conversation with Susan Carr: Sunday, October 5th at 2pm Regular Viewing Hours on Saturday October 4th, 1-5pm

LABspace 2642 NY Route 23 Hillsdale NY 12529 Inquiries: julielabspace@gmail.com

LABspace is located below Hillsdale General Store and Cook & Larder 17 miles east of Hudson NY 13 miles east of The Campus 17 miles north of Millerton NY 11 miles west of Great Barrington MA LABspace was founded and directed by artist Susan Jennings 2014-2018, and has been the curatorial project of artists Ellen Letcher and Julie Torres since April 2018. We are now in our 8th year of programming since taking the reins, thanks to all of you and to SJ!