Curatorial Residency in New York City

The International Studio & Curatorial Program is a laboratory for the world’s most promising artists and curators, a place for innovation and experimentation. ISCP’s mission is:

• to support and enhance the professional development of emerging to mid-career artists and curators from around the world
• to introduce New York audiences to exceptional international art practices
• to engage communities of Brooklyn and the New York City area through public programs that

ISCP supports the creative advancement of contemporary artists and curators, and promotes cultural exchange through residencies, exhibitions and public programs. Housed in a former factory in East Williamsburg, with 35 light-filled work studios and two gallery spaces, ISCP is New York’s most comprehensive international visual arts residency program, and the fourth largest worldwide. In addition, ISCP organizes innovative exhibitions, engaging public talks, and offsite projects, which are free and open all, and offers the public access to important practices and ideas in the visual arts.

ISCP connects residents to a diverse global network of colleagues build lifelong professional relation-ships. With over 1,350 alumni from more than 80 countries including the United States, ISCP hosts more than 100 residents each year. Among ISCP’s respected alumni are artists Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Elmgreen and Dragset, Claire Fontaine, Camille Henrot, Yeondoo Jung, Chi Wo Leung, Jacolby Satterwhite, Tatiana Trouvé; and curators Mai Abu ElDahab, Vit Havránek and Aneta Szylak.

ISCP Curatorial Residency Program

Program Benefits:

• opportunity to propose an exhibition for two different venues--ISCP's project space or offsite at El Museo de Los Sures in Williamsburg

• opportunities to speak both onsite and offsite about current projects, including presentations at ISCP Salons and at Independent Curators International's Curatorial Hub

• Open Studios presentations (for April and November residents only)

• field trips to cultural institutions in and outside New York

• overnight field trip to art institutions outside New York City (for summer residents only)

• contribute to the ISCP journal for a fee

• residents are paired with senior curators for one-on-one professional development sessions (for curators-in-residence for three months or longer)

Anne Szefer Karlsen (left), Norway, 2016

Satu Oksanen (left), Finland, 2016

 

    

Rael Artel, Estonia, 2016

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bimonthly private studio visits with professionals from museums, galleries, alternative spaces and publications

• Possibility of working with past New York Foundation for the Arts Fellows for an exhibition in New York City

ISCP has hosted the following Curatorial Residents over the past eighteen years:

2017

Eli Kerr, Canada

Marte Danielson Jølbo, Norway Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi, India Tess Maunder, Australia

Julia Geerlings, The Netherlands

2016

Howie Chen, United States Rael Artel, Estonia Catherine Barnabé, Canada

Julia Geerlings, The Netherlands Anne Szefer Karlsen, Norway Hyukgue Kwon, South Korea Satu Oksanen, Finland

Hsing-Ning Huang, Taiwan Lýdia Pribišová, Slovakia Anushka Rajendran, India Elise Routledge, Australia

2015

Iliana Antonova, Canada

Natalie Hope O'Donnell, Norway

Naveen Mahantesh, India Gun Soo Lee, South Korea Susan Gibb, Australia

2014

Randi Grov Berger, Norway Marianna Garin, Sweden Véronique Leblanc, Canada Emilie Nilsson, Denmark

2013

Yang Yeung, Hong Kong Claire Moeder, Canada Hilde Methi, Norway

Jan Lesak, Czech Republic

2012

Ilaria Marotta, Italy Erlend Hammer, Norway Meiya Cheng, Taiwan Marie Perrault, Canada Melissa Keys, Australia

2011

Wendy Fernandez, Spain Stephen Gilchrist, Australia Adéla Hrušková, Czech Republic Jau-lan Guo, Taiwan

Peter J. Amdam, Norway Jean-Michel Ross, Canada Veronika Zajacikova, Czech Republic

Astrid Honold, The Netherlands

Necmi Sönmez, Turkey

2010

Attila Tordai-S, Romania

Vjera Borozan, Czech Republic Rosemary Forde, Australia Chiara Sartori, Italy

Joanna Zielinska, Poland

Elisabeth Byre, Norway

2009

Susanne Ø. Saether, Norway Mihnea Mircan, Romania Miguel Amado, Portugal

2008

Biljana Ciric, Serbia Esther Lu, Taiwan Pavlina Morganova, Czech Republic Hong-John Lin, Taiwan Branka Bencic, Croatia

Rakett (Åse Løvgern & Karolin Tampere), Norway

2007

Antonia Majaca, Croatia Stella Fong, Hong Kong Gary Dufour, Australia Kjetil Røed, Norway Rita Palma, Portugal

2006

Kim Stern, South Africa Sung-Eun Kang, South Korea Louise Rollman, Australia Aniko Erdosi, Hungary Radmila-Iva Jankovic, Croatia Geir Haraldseth, Norway

2005

Veronica Wiman, Sweden

Klara Vomackova, Czech Republic Marianne Zamecznik, Norway

Agnieszka Kurant, Poland

2004

Eivind Furnesvik, Norway

Vit Havranek, Czech Republic Mai Abu ElDahab, Egypt Rifky Effendy, Indonesia Sunny Jang, South Korea Martina Siegwolf, Switzerland

2003

Marica Gojevic, Switzerland Christina Vegh, Switzerland Tone Hansen, Norway Hsiao-Kuei Hsu, Taiwan

Yi-Ting Lei, Taiwan

David Kulhanek, Czech Republic

2002

Maria Vassileva, Canada Natalia Filonenko, Ukraine Adam Sutherland,

United Kingdom

2001

Karel Cisar, Czech Republic Aneta Szylak, Poland

2000

Theo Tegelaers, The Netherlands

1999

Diana Popova, Canada

Martina Pachmanova, Czech Republic

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Jane Farver Curatorial Residency at ISCP

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, June 1, 2018 RESIDENCY DATES:

December 1, 2018 – February 28, 2019

LOCATION:

International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) 1040 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211

DESCRIPTION:

The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) is pleased to announce an open call for a fully funded three-month residency for a curator from the Global South, including a stipend for travel and housing, supported by the Jane Farver Memorial Fund.

In order to be eligible, curators must currently be a full-time resident of and have an active curatorial practice in one of countries listed below. The residency program includes 24-hour access to a private furnished office space; meetings with Visiting Critics; field trips to museums, galleries and other cultural venues; and participation in a summer Open House and public talk. The residency also includes a stipend of approximately $9,000 and additional funding to curate and produce an exhibition in ISCP’s 350 sq. ft. Project Space during early 2019. Proposals for the exhibition can be for either solo or group exhibitions, in a range of media. ISCP residents become part of a growing network of international artists and curators who are ISCP alumni. An ISCP residency has often led to critical advancement in the practices of the artists and curators in residence, and fosters a dynamic, supportive working community.

Other requirements include a working knowledge of English, being onsite at ISCP 20-hours per week, and conducting studio visits with the artists (and curators) in residence in the International Program.

The Jane Farver Memorial Fund has received support from the Lambent Foundation, Cai Guo- Qiang, John L. Moore, Kimsooja, Carolee Thea, and Jennifer Bansen.

ABOUT JANE FARVER:

This residency honors ISCP’s trustee Jane Farver (1947-2015), pioneering American curator and writer, who is globally recognized as a champion of contemporary artists, especially those working outside the mainstream Western art historical canon.

Among her best-known projects was the 1999 exhibition, Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin 1950s-1980s, organized while she was Director of Exhibitions

for the Queens Museum from 1992-1999, and which traveled to the Walker Art Center, Miami Art Museum and MIT List Visual Arts Center. Other presentations she curated at the Queens Museum include Across the Pacific: Contemporary Korean and Korean American Art; Cai Guo- Qiang, Cultural Melting Bath: Projects for the 20th Century; and Out of India: Contemporary Art of the South Asian Diaspora. From 1999 to 2011, Farver was director of the List Visual Arts Center at MIT, where she organized solo exhibitions and projects by artists including Mel Chin, Michael Joo, Paul Pfeiffer, Runa Islam, and Tavares Strachan.

Among numerous biennials, Farver curated the Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale in South Korea in 2011, and she was co-commissioner of the American artist Paul Pfeiffer at the 9th Cairo Biennial, and was one of six curators of the 2000 Whitney Biennial. Farver’s early career began in Cleveland, where she was director of Spaces, then she moved to New York where she was director at Tomoko Liguori Gallery, followed by directorship of the Lehman College Art Gallery in the Bronx. Her husband, the American artist and curator John L. Moore, has played an instrumental role in supporting ISCP’s efforts to build a residency in Jane Farver’s honor.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Please submit the following to application@iscp-nyc.org by Tuesday, May 1, indicating “Jane Farver Curatorial Residency” in the subject line:

Application Form (attached)

Applicants must provide the following information: name; date of birth; place of birth; mailing address; telephone number; email address; and ethnicity.

□    curriculum vitae

□    images and descriptions of past curated projects or authored texts

□    scanned copies of 2-3 reviews (if applicable)

□    two names of references with contact information

□    brief description of what you envision for the ISCP exhibition in 2019

□    short description of how you envision your time at ISCP, 300 words max

□    proof of residence in one of the eligible countries

ELIGIBILITY: Curators living in and from the Global South are invited to apply. Applicants may not be ISCP alumni, residents in another studio program at the same time as the Jane Farver Curatorial Residency, or enrolled in school.

SELECTION: The selection committee reviews applications based on past accomplishments and curatorial innovation. Other consideration factors are: the potential impact of the residency on the applicant and preparedness to undertake the residency and proposed project.

Interviews with finalists will be held by the selection committee. NOTIFICATION: Curators will be notified by June 30, 2018

ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES:

Asia / Pacific

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam

Arab States

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Africa

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

South / Latin America

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands

Commonwealth of Independent States

Armenia,  Azerbaijan,  Belarus,   Georgia,   Kazakhstan,   Moldova,   Kyrgyzstan,   Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

The above list is gleaned from numerous websites, below. If you do not see your country but believe you are from the Global South, please inquire to aalbuainain@iscp-nyc.org http://www.globalsouthproject.cornell.edu/about.html

http://ihgc.as.virginia.edu/mellon-global-south-initiative https://www.academia.edu/7917466/The_Use_of_the_Concept_Global_South_in_Social_Scien ce_and_Humanities

kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/6399/1/voices012015_concepts_of_the_global_south.pdf https://www.rgs.org/NR/rdonlyres/6AFE1B7F.../60sGlobalNorthSouthDivide.pdf

Jane Farver Curatorial Residency at ISCP December 1, 2018 – February 28, 2019

Deadline to apply: June 1, 2018

Date of application:

Name: ……………………………………………………………………………….…… Email: ……………………………………………………………………………………. Telephone number: (+     ) ………………………………..…………………… Website: ………………………………………………………………………………. Country of residence: ……………………………………………………………. Country of birth: …………………………………………………………….

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Please enclose the following supporting materials in your email application:

¨ curriculum vitae

¨ images and descriptions of past curated projects or authored texts

¨ scanned copies of 2-3 reviews (if applicable)

¨  two names of references with contact information: ..................................................................

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¨ brief description of what you envision for the ISCP exhibition in 2019

¨ short description of how you envision your time at ISCP, 300 words max

¨ proof of residence in one of the eligible countries

Note: incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Please submit your application in a single PDF no larger than 10 MB to application@ iscp- nyc. org