Opening
night

This was our first event. The Gallery Society grew out of Parsons School of Design at The New School, and we started it to bring the spotlight to rising artists and to make room for culture in every form: painting, photography, film, music and conversation.

In October 2025 we hung paintings and photographs across a loft, projected films onto the walls, set up live saxophone and keys by the windows and covered a long table in brown paper and crayons. Guests had their portraits drawn on mugs, and by the end of the night the paper was full of drawings and notes. Every event since has grown from this night.