Join us on Friday, Nov 18, 6-8 PM, for the first 2022-2023 Open Studios and for our upcoming exhibition opening receptions! Open Studios continues on Saturday, Nov 19, 1-6 PM, during the exhibition’s open hours. Please note: proof of vaccination and masks are required to enter the lower level of our building where the artists’ studios are located.
Current artists-in-residence are Gi (Ginny) Huo, Joseph Liatela, Kevin Quiles Bonilla, Kiyan Williams, Miatta Kawinzi, and Ogemdi Ude.
The Artist Studio Program was launched in 2000 in response to the crisis of affordable studio space for artists living and working in New York City. The program provides six eligible artists working in all visual arts media a free private studio space accessible 24/7 and a fellowship. The program does not provide living space. Artists also have access to shared common areas: a media lab with editing suites, a shop for wood and metal fabrication, and a kitchen. Each year, Smack Mellon convenes a panel of art professionals to select the artists from over 300 applicants. The studios are located on the lower level of our building at 92 Plymouth Street in Dumbo, Brooklyn.
The final panelists that selected the artists for 2022-2023 were Chloe Bass, Artist & Public Practitioner; Alison Burstein, Curator at the Kitchen; and Gabriel de Guzman, Director of Arts & Chief Curator at Wave Hill. Preliminary panelists were former Smack Mellon Studio or Exhibition artists: Patricia Encarnación, Tamara Kostianovsky, Christie Neptune, Rowan Renee, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, and Ezra Wube.
The 2022-2023 program began September 1, 2022 and ends August 15, 2023. We are currently accepting applications for the 2023-2024 Artist Studio Program until November 23, 2022.
Artwork Images: Courtesy of the Studio Artists. Clockwise from top left: Gi (Ginny) Huo, Joseph Liatela, Kevin Quiles Bonilla, Ogemdi Ude, Miatta Kawinzi, Kiyan Williams.
The Smack Mellon Artist Studio Program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council Member Lincoln Restler, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts, and with generous support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund of The New York Community Trust, Jerome Foundation, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Inc., Select Equity Group Foundation, and Smack Mellon’s Members.
Smack Mellon programs are also made possible with generous support from the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, The Roy and Niuta Titus Foundation, Robert Lehman Foundation, and Exploring The Arts. In-kind donations are provided by Materials for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs/NYC Department of Sanitation/NYC Department of Education.
Space for Smack Mellon’s programs is generously provided by the Walentas family and Two Trees Management.
Smack Mellon would like to extend a special thanks to all of the individuals, foundations, and businesses who have contributed to the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund.