Thank you for planning a visit to The Shed. We’re looking forward to welcoming you for Open Call. The Open Call 2023 Group Exhibition takes place in the Level 2 Gallery, which is wheelchair accessible.

You can enter our building through The Doctoroff Lobby at 545 West 30th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues. The nearby 34 St–Hudson Yards subway station is serviced by elevators. As you arrive at The Shed, you will enter The Doctoroff Lobby through two sets of wide doors. There is an accessible push button door at this entrance. There are no steps leading into the building.

The Doctoroff Lobby is a wide space loosely divided into three sections. The center of The Doctoroff Lobby is open, with a staff member seated at a desk to greet you. To your left you will find the ticketing desk and bookshop. To your right, you will find the bar Cedric’s, which has a variety of seating options, from a table with wooden chairs, to a bar with barstools, to lower couches. Before a performance or in the evenings, Cedric’s can sometimes be crowded and noisy with guests, but during the day it often offers a calm atmosphere with low music. Restrooms are located in the back left corner, behind Cedric’s. An elevator is in the opposite corner behind the ticketing desk. The upper levels can also be reached by way of escalators, found behind a glass wall running along the back of the space.

The Open Call 2023 Gallery Exhibition is in the Level 2 Gallery. You can reach Level 2 by using the elevator or escalators. The escalator landing outside the gallery on Level 2 is filled with bright, natural light. A staff member will greet you at the entrance to the exhibition, and can help open the door to the gallery if you’d like some help.

The floor of the escalator landing is level with the floor of the Level 2 Gallery, so you won’t have to navigate any steps when entering. The gallery will have lower light than in the hallway. There will be some sound coming from three video installations in the gallery, to your right when you enter the exhibition, but the volume is not designed to be overwhelming.

With the exception of two artworks, all of the works are presented in an open space without walls. Cathy Linh Che and Christopher Radcliff’s video installation to the right of the entrance is curtained off with heavy black drapes, with two unobstructed entrances on either side. A smaller breakout space is accessed through two wide unobstructed entrances at the back of the gallery. This space holds Lizania Cruz’s installation and is full of natural light from floor-to-ceiling windows.

There are benches throughout the gallery if you’d like to sit for a moment. A visitor experience staff member can help you find one.

There are several access points you may want to anticipate:

• Large-print object labels for each work in English and Spanish are available from a staff member at the entrance to the gallery.
  
• Video works by Jake Brush and Sandy Williams IV include assistive listening and accessible captions from Access Kit on your smartphone via a QR code on the gallery labels.
  
• A video work by Cathy Linh Che and Christopher Radcliff includes assistive listening from Access Kit on your smartphone via a QR code on the gallery label. (Open captions are included on screen.)
  
• Che and Radcliff’s film includes strobe effects. The film is presented on three screens, all along one curtain wall in front of the benches.
  
• Lizania Cruz and Sandy Williams IV’s installations include free, takeaway prints that are stacked in low stacks on the floor.
  

For any additional access needs or requests, please email info@theshed.org or call (646) 455-3494.