ARTIST RESIDENCIES

Changing what it means to "work" in Lower Manhattan

Since 1997, the Artist Residencies department has partnered with generous real estate owners in Lower Manhattan to address the critical need for studio, rehearsal, and presentation space for artists working in all disciplines. We secure donations of temporarily vacant ground floor retail spaces, gutted industrial spaces, upper level office floors, and subterranean bank vaults downtown and transform them into incubators for art. Space is granted through open calls for applications. By placing artists into the Lower Manhattan landscape we are simultaneously serving the arts community at large and enhancing downtown’s cultural environment.

• Workspace

  A studio residency program for emerging visual artists and writers.

• Swing Space

  A space grant program for visual and performing artists and arts groups.

• Process Space

  Intensive residencies for mid-career and established performing artists and arts groups in New York City.

• SPARC

  A community arts engagement program that places artists-in-residence at senior centers across the five boroughs of New York City.

• International Fellowships

  Special fellowships for international artists and arts managers.

• Paris Exchange

  A six-month live/work residency in Paris for New York City-based visual artists.