Toast of TriBeCa

New Zealander Claire Fergusson has become a mainstay of the annual TriBeCa Open Artist Studio Tour (TOAST) in New York. TOAST is a free, self-guided tour of around 100 studios in the TriBeCa area, which aims simultaneously to empower working artists and provide an educational opportunity for the public. Fergusson first established her reputation as a performance artist at New York’s legendary Franklin Furnace studio in the late 1970s. She went on to stage many of her performance pieces in NZ, including My Grandmother, co-starring a then 79-year-old Jessica Fergusson. This year for TOAST Fergusson will be exhibiting watercolour paintings as well as a series of sculptures. The event runs from April 27-30.