We’re proud to announce WORTHLESSSTUDIOS is joining Times Square Arts to bring Maia Chao’s iconic live performance American Idle to Times Square on August 14th for two performances at 7 - 8pm and 9 - 10pm.
On Friday, June 5, 1-800 Happy Birthday will present a public art installation in Latham Square, Oakland, in partnership with the City of Oakland and Oakland’s Cultural Affairs Division. Join us 6-7 pm on Opening Day in Latham Square to celebrate the installation of the booth with community members and the City of Oakland.
Join us on March 14, 2026 at the Alice Austen House for an open studio with Helena Goñi at the opening of Staten Island’s 4th Triennial of Photography, Resilient Communities.
On Sunday, February 22, 1-800 Happy Birthday will travel to the Black Joy Parade Healing Village in Oakland.
The phone booth will honor the heavenly birthdays of those killed by the police, and will be open for the duration of the Black Joy Parade.
Join us to experience the installation and booth.
Join us to learn more about WARP, WORTHLESS Artist Residency Program, our large-scale sculpture residency before submitting your application by March 31.
Our Director of Programs, Julia Szejnblum, will review what residents receive, important deadlines, the selection process, and application tips before opening to questions.
On February 27, 2026, Oscar Grant III would have turned 40. Join us in honoring his life at Happy Heavenly Birthday, Oscar. An exhibition that honors the lives of Black and Brown people lost to police violence by returning to what is most human: the act of celebration. Through voice, image, and shared ritual, the project creates space to speak names, tell stories, and mark birthdays that continue even after loss.
This installation is part of 1-800 Happy Birthday, a project by filmmaker and artist Mohammad Gorjestani.
An installation that honors the lives of Black and Brown people lost to police violence by returning to what is most human: The act of celebration. Through voice, image, and shared ritual, the project creates space to speak names, tell stories, and mark birthdays that continue even after loss.
This installation is part of 1-800 Happy Birthday, a project by filmmaker and artist Mohammad Gorjestani.
Join this workshop hosted by Roy Baizan (Photographer in Residence, October 2024) at The Lower East Side Girls Club as we explore analog photography, collaborative storytelling and the role of image-making in documenting stories of migration.
Join WORTHLESSSTUDIOS as we toast the launch of WORTHLESSSTUDIOS' Artist Residency Program (WARP) and a year of ambitious programming with the continuation of our photographer in residence program and a new exciting chapter for 1-800 Happy Birthday.
Friends of WORTHLESSSTUDIOS, the WARP Selection Committee, and WORTHLESSSTUDIOS’ Board of Directors and staff gathered at UAP for a tour of their facility and a studio visit with WARP inaugural artist Elaine Cameron Weir.
This past winter, in a collaboratiion between SOCRATEENS and WORTHLESSSTUDIOS, Teaching Photographer Rosemary Haynes led the inaugural Airstream Darkroom workshop series - a complete introduction to analog photography and darkroom printing.
As part of continued programming for 1-800 Happy Birthday, WORTHLESSSTUDIOS, Campaign Zero, Even/Odd and artist Mohammad Gorjestani transported and installed a payphone to honor and celebrate Michael Brown on what would have been his 28th birthday.
Destiny Mata, FREE FILM: NYC Lower East Side Artist-in-Residence at the Lower East Side Girls Club, will teach a series of 6 workshops for Middle and High School girls as part of their Spring 2023 After School programs.
