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2019-2020 AIRspace Residency for Visual Arts Application is Open

Published April 22, 2019

Abron’s AIRspace Residency

  • A $1000 unrestricted stipend for participation in the program
  • Semi-Private Studio for 9 months at Abrons in the Lower East Side of Manhattan
  • Studio visits with critics, curators, artists, and other arts-workers
  • Teaching opportunities through Abrons’ Engagement Program
  • Group Exhibition at the end of the Residency

Eligibility
Abrons Arts Center does not provide housing, transportation, or visa sponsorship. Applicants living outside New York City will have to make their own accommodation arrangements. All accepted applicants must reside in New York City for the duration of the program. Collaborative groups are invited to apply. Artists enrolled in a school, college, or university are not eligible to apply. Due to the high volume of applications received, we are unable to provide feedback to applicants at this time.

Among the artists selected for the AIRspace program are painters, printmakers, photographers, sculptors, video, and installation artists. Artists with interdisciplinary practices are also encouraged to apply. Residents are selected by a juried panel of professional artists, critics, curators, and Abrons Arts Center staff. A program of the historic Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Arts Center is committed to the belief that artistic practice is key to a socio-politically engaged and healthy society. As such, we place value on critical inquiry with ideas and aesthetic traditions. We are intent on co-creating a community with AIRspace residents who value situating their practices within the rich histories of the Lower East Side, and who demonstrate a commitment to political and cultural equity.

Our Spaces

The Abrons Arts Center is a 40,000 square foot facility with three theaters, an amphitheater, three galleries, five performance studios, six semi-private visual arts studios, four visual arts classrooms and seven music classrooms. These sites are available to resident artists on a daily basis for rehearsal, research, and development

Applications go live: April 22, 2019
Application deadline: May 22, 2019, 11:59PM
Applicants notified of Status: July 19th, 2019
Studio Move in: September 9, 2019
Studio Move out: June 12, 2020
Questions? Email AbronsAirSpace@henrystreet.org

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