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Lower East Side Rotating Studio Program
The Lower East Side-Rotating Studio Program provides two FREE six- month residency sessions to 8 visual artists a year. Located in the vibrant, multicultural neighborhood of the Lower East Side, the AAI Studio Programs underscores AAI's mission to support the careers of emerging and mid-career artists working in all fields. The LES-Rotating Studio Program is open to underrepresented, emerging and mid-career artists from all cultural backgrounds and disciplines - painting, photography, sculpture, video, installation and new media will be accepted. Only US legal residents may apply.
Congratulations to the finalists for 2010:
Gail Biederman
Sonya Blesofsky
Kate Burnet and Dan Woerner
Brian Campbell
Vidal Centeno
Bang Geul Han
Natsu
Olek
Our thanks to the panel for their time and expertise:
Ian Cofre, Independent Curator; Eduardo Difarnecio, Artist & AAI member; Shinnie Kim, Program Manager, International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP);
Kimberly Marrero, Independent Curator + Arts Advisor - KM Art Advisory; Jen Mazza, Artist, LES - RSP Resident, Fall 08
Special thanks to Julie Quon, 2010 Open Call Manager, Katherine Fox, Kimberly Zhu, Program Assistants and AAI Board Members Zeina Assaf and Bill Massey.
Martin Basher, Blane De St. Croix, Tamara Kostianovsky, Chris Yormick
The selection panel for 2009: Christopher Ho, Artist;
Bill Massey, Artist Alliance Studio Program Artist; Monica Lorduy, Arts Advisor; Julie Ann Mann, Artist, Rotating Studio Program Resident/07; Lauren Rosati, Assistant Curator, Exit Art. We thank them for their time and expertise.
Special thanks to Bill Massey, Mark Power, Zeina Assaf, program assistants, Lisa Hanson, Arielle Kilgore and Kristina Rohde for their generous contribution of time and energy.
PREVIOUS ARTIST RECIPIENTS:
AAI LES-RSP Artists Spring 2009
AAI LES-RSP Artists Spring 2008
AAI LES-RSP Artists Spring 2007
AAI LES-RSP Artists Spring 2006
Description: The residencies take place in a former classroom space about 25' by 28' ft. (approximately 700 sq. ft) The room is divided into four areas, using an open plan with passage way around the perimeter and two 8' high walls intersecting in the center of the space, perpendicular to one another.
The four studios are approximately 175 sq. ft each or about 12' x 14'. Ceilings are approximately 14 ft high. Slop sink etc. is available down the hall.
There is a wide stairwell. Despite the fact that there are no elevators, AAI artists regularly produce sizable painting and sculptural works, and load them in and out of the building frequently for gallery shows around New York and abroad.
Note that as with all artist residencies at 107 Suffolk Street there is absolutely no living. This is work space only.
Residencies are designed to encourage active engagement with the neighborhood and to benefit artists from under represented communities and constituencies.
Located at the Artists Alliance Inc., at 107 Suffolk Street, in the heart of the Lower East Side. The setting is within a community of professional working artists.
To reaffirm our continuing commitment to this historically significant neighborhood, AAI sponsors the LES Rotating Studio Program.
The LES-Rotating Studio Program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and through the generous support and dedication of members of the Artists Alliance, Inc.
- Six-month long residency. Session 1: January - June 2010: Session 2: July - December 2010
- Location: A shared space between 4 artists, each studio approx 170 sq ft and partitioned without a door. These studios are provided to the artists at no cost. (Photos of the studios are available here: studio interiors )
- Access to the studios 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Opportunities to present works to curators, critics, arts professionals, and the general public.
- An annual exhibition of LES-RSP residents, selected by a guest curator, is presented at Cuchifritos, AAI’s gallery and project space located in the historic Essex Street market.
This residency is open to artists with disabilities, plans will be made to accomodate any special requirements. Please contact Felicity Hogan at aai@aai-nyc.org or 212-420-9202 with any questions. Thank you for your interest in our programs.
Contact AAI office with questions: 212-420-9202. info@aai-nyc.org The office is open part-time. Please be patient with any requests for information. For visitors with disabilities, please contact CSV Cultural & Education Center House Mangement: 646-358-7282 or
Security:646-358-7305 on or before arrival. If no-one is immediately available please call Felicity Hogan: 718-902-6767. Thank you.