SUPPORT THE FIRST EVER OPEN INVITATIONAL BENEFIT RAFFLE!

HOW IT WORKS

Tickets are $50 each, 3 for $100, 8 for $250.  You can buy as many tickets as you would like.  

BUY TICKETS

All names will be entered into a raffle to win one of the thirteen works donated by our participating studios. When you purchase your ticket you will be prompted to pick your top 5 choices or let us know if we can select for you.

We will announce winners on Saturday 12/6.

PICKUP AND DELIVERY

We are happy to arrange for fedex shipping at your cost, or the works can be picked up in NY or Miami following the fair.  Please get in touch with David Fierman (david@theopenuniverse.com) to arrange shipping or pickup.  

WHAT YOU SUPPORT 

THE OPEN INVITATIONAL is a non-profit art fair for studios supporting artists with disabilities.  Participation is free for the studios. Any donation directly supports the production of our 2026 art fairs :


CREATIVITY EXPLORED x OPEN INVITATIONAL, San Francisco, CA, January 22-25, 2026

OPEN INVITATIONAL BASEL, in partnership with the Living Museum Society, June 18-21, 2026, Basel, CH

OPEN INVITATIONAL NY, September 24-27, 2026

OPEN INVITATIONAL MIAMI, December 2026

JAMES KUSEL

HELP (2010)

Ink on paper, 16 x 20 in.

Courtesy the Living Museum (Queens, NY)

MARCUS MCGANN

Prehistoric Mermaid (2025)

Colored pencil on paper, 12 x 18 in.

Courtesy ArTech (New York, NY)

FELICIA GRIFFIN

Untitled (2024)

Acrylic, marker, and fabric paint on sewn fabric, 70 x 60 in.

Courtesy NIAD (Richmond, CA)

PATRICK DWYRE

The Wheelhouse Restaurant in Waupaca County, WI (2025)

Mixed media on canvas, 30 x 24 in.

Courtesy MAKE Studio (Baltimore, MD)

TANEYA LOVELACE

Untitled (2024)

Mixed media on paper,15 x 25.5 in.

Courtesy Creativity Explored (San Francisco, CA)

ALLEN YU

Pepsis (2023

Marker and graphite on paper, 9 x 12 in.

Courtesy Center for Creative Works (Philadelphia, PA)

SHERRI BRYANT

Stained glass color piece (2024)

Colored pencil and ink on paper, 18 x 24 in

Courtesy Progressive Art Studio Collective (Detroit, MI)

EMILY O’LEARY

Purple Cake with Rat (2025)

Wool yarn, linen, cardboard, paper, Model Magic, glue, 4.5 x 11.5 x 11.5 in

Courtesy Fountain House (New York, NY)

DIANA ZELNICK

Untitled (Corset), (c.2019)

Oil pastel on paper, 17 x 11 in.

Courtesy Community Access Art Collective (New York, NY)

JANICE ESSICK

Madonna (2008)

Acrylic on paper, 18 x 24 in.

Courtesy Interact (Saint Paul, MN)

SUSAN BROWN

City Taxicabs (2022)

Acrylic on stretched canvas, 16 x 20 in.

Courtesy Pure Vision Arts (New York, NY)

DAN MILLER

Untitled, DM 2342

Ink and watercolor on paper, 11x15 in.

Courtesy Creative Growth (Oakland, CA)

BARRY GLENN

Untitled

Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in.

Courtesy 2BNONPROFIT (Miami, FL)