City as Site: SVA Summer Residency

City as Site: SVA Summer Residency Artists, writers, designers & activists: Join our new summer residency at the School of Visual Arts,

‘City As Site’ is a nomadic summer residency that explores the diverse communities that define New York City with the aim of creating context-specific, public, performative works. Like a public laboratory, this program brings together artists, scholars and community members to think about the role of socially engaged art in constructing space for civic dialogue. Participants will develop experimental models for an artistic practice that combine methods from the arts, activism and performance practice in order to cultivate innovative approaches to the construction of social spaces as cultural landscape. The residency will use the streets of New York City's five boroughs as its classroom. Artists and faculty will rove throughout the city and engage with its communities, histories and stories, which will become materials for final projects. Interventions may take the form of tours, tactical and site performance, temporal installations, video or sound projections, digital platforms, community involved projects, peer-to-peer platforms, print or online publication, or a street event. This is a unique opportunity to study with a faculty composed of leading artists, thinkers and social entrepreneurs. Through experiential workshops and one-on-one sessions, faculty will help artists to originate projects that reflect current social and political issues and guide collaborations with local businesses, art spaces and neighborhoods, as well as cultural and governmental partners. In the experimental spirit of City as Site, we welcome artists who are interested in moving from the traditional studio, gallery and theatre space into the urban arena. Visual artists, writers, architects, designers, performance artists, urban planners and social activists are invited to apply. Faculty: Alicia Grullón, Ed Woodham(coordinator), Kendal Henry, LuLu LoLo, & Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo. For further information or questions regarding SVA's Summer Residencies e-mail [email protected] or call 212.592.2188.

04/06/2022

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IMPORTANT REPOST from SVA City as Site faculty member Kendal Henry - "Proud and excited to be commissioning the first...
05/30/2019

IMPORTANT REPOST from SVA City as Site faculty member Kendal Henry - "Proud and excited to be commissioning the first ever monument to transgender activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera!! "

Summer is a time for fun but don't forget...we as a community have work to do.Reposted from - “This time I can stand be...
05/30/2019

Summer is a time for fun but don't forget...we as a community have work to do.

Reposted from - “This time I can stand before you, where in other scenarios, we’re at a memorial. Our time to seek justice is now.” –Muhlaysia Booker .psd - 💚💥💚

The summer faculty we have planned for the City As Site program this year is like a supermodel dream team. Lol. HAPPY MO...
05/20/2019

The summer faculty we have planned for the City As Site program this year is like a supermodel dream team. Lol. HAPPY MONDAY!

Faculty will include: Ed Woodham (Program Coordinator; artist, curator, educator, and Founder/Director, Art in Odd Places), Ayana Evans (performance artist, professor at Brown University) , Alicia Grullon (social activist, professor, performance artist), Kendal Henry (artist and Director of NYC Cultural Affairs, Per-Cent for Arts Program) , and Todd Shalom (artist, educator and Founder/Director, Elastic City). Sign up now: http://www.sva.edu/special-programs/summer-residency-programs/social-practice/city-as-site-performance-and-social-interventions?fbclid=IwAR26ayZGQ-N25Bj3GIjav-ApHavrDOK-lGRiffEJ8sAPQugCUmNcqixJzr0

Congratulations to Elia Alba () on the book launch for her Super Club project which produced over 350 recorded dinners t...
05/15/2019

Congratulations to Elia Alba () on the book launch for her Super Club project which produced over 350 recorded dinners that help space for deep discussion with artists of color. She has created her own archive of contemporary artists of color. We love it!
Reposted from - Oh what a night! Still filled with joy and excitement about last week’s book launch. . .

Thank you so much to the incredible artists who read their quotes with such sincerity and feeling, Shaun Leonardo, Nicole Awai, Michael Paul Britto, Lorraine O'Grady, Dread Scott and Brandi Summers. To my dear friend Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz Klotz aka tenured Chuleta for MCing the evening. To Desiree Gordon, Nico Wheadon and The Studio Museum in Harlem for organizing and hosting such an incredible event. To Hirmer Verlag for believing in this project. To Sara Reisman and The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation for having faith and supporting me and this project for the past four years. To all the artists who allowed me into their world to photograph them. To the contributors to the book, Maurice Berger, Brandi Summers and Rocio Aranda and to all those who attended the launch and to those who sent such beautiful well wishes ...
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Art in Odd Places 2019: INVISIBLE- Open (telephone) Call this upcoming Saturday, May 18, 12midnight-11:59pm for artists ...
05/14/2019

Art in Odd Places 2019: INVISIBLE- Open (telephone) Call this upcoming Saturday, May 18, 12midnight-11:59pm for artists of all disciplines 60 years old and older. Intergenerational collaborations also welcomed! Call +1 347-313-8653

The other winner of the MET GALA ... OUR FAV... Billy Porter 💥❤️ To quote Mr. Porter's page: "The category is Old Testam...
05/07/2019

The other winner of the MET GALA ... OUR FAV... Billy Porter 💥❤️ To quote Mr. Porter's page: "The category is Old Testament Realness..."
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Today we must salute Lady Gaga for her fabulous performative entrance at the yesterday! She gave us not one but four ...
05/07/2019

Today we must salute Lady Gaga for her fabulous performative entrance at the yesterday! She gave us not one but four looks + make up attendants and tuxedoed umbrella holders during her entrance.The nights theme was and she NAILED IT.

New experimental Opera by Mimi Johnson featuring Brian McCorkle who also on our Artists to Watch list.
05/06/2019

New experimental Opera by Mimi Johnson featuring Brian McCorkle who also on our Artists to Watch list.

A new production of Robert Ashley's 1991 opera, "Improvement (Don Leaves Linda," featuring Gelsey Bell, Amirtha Kidambi, Brian McCorkle, Paul Pinto,…

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