# Open Session #23: Hosted by Rujuta Rao

Open Session #23: Hosted by Rujuta Rao at Storefront for Art and Architecture, Thursday 29 October 2026, 18:30.

- Price: Free
- Venue: Storefront for Art and Architecture, Kenmare Street 97, 10012
- With: Rebecca Mzengi Corey
- Get tickets: https://storefront.nyc/shop/
- Go to page: https://storefront.nyc/program/open-session-23-hosted-by-rujuta-rao/

![Open Session #23: Hosted by Rujuta Rao](https://noky.io/images/d4bac967bd0ad0f46fd96da0d7d725185eeedd97d8951513a518ee150bea0854-2000.webp)

An evening event at an art and architecture space in New York City, part of a series of sessions each hosted by a different artist. The host, Rujuta Rao, is an artist who works across bookmaking, beverage making, garment making, sculpture, and performance, drawing on her training as a bartender and Japanese sake adviser to consider guest-host relations, borders, and migration. For this session she will present a new form called the 'garment-essay,' a wearable publication and performance exploring fermentation as a metaphor for diaspora and transformation. During the performance, her essay will be read from an indigo-dyed garment worn by performer Rebecca Mzengi Corey while feni, a fermented cashew beverage from Goa, is served to the audience, and garments from Rao's clothing line RUGA will be available for browsing afterward.

## Dates

- Thursday 29 October 18:30 — Storefront for Art and Architecture

Written by a model, sources: [storefront.nyc](https://storefront.nyc/program/open-session-23-hosted-by-rujuta-rao/)

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