announcements
new york
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 2, 2009
INAUGURAL ARTADIA ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE ARRIVE IN NEW YORK
New York, NY—Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue is delighted to welcome the first two participants of its inaugural Artist Residency program to New York this week. Santiago Cucullu (Artadia Awardee 2003 Houston) and Angelina Gualdoni (Artadia Awardee 2001 Chicago) will work for three months at Artadia’s partner organization, the International Studio and Curatorial Program in Brooklyn from July 1 – September 30, 2009. This program, which is open to all Artadia Awardees, is a groundbreaking addition to Artadia’s commitment to individual artists and is the first of its kind in New York for US-based visual artists. The Artadia Artist Residencies are made possible with crucial seed funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The artists-in-residence were selected by three internationally prominent jurors—Adam Weinberg (Director of The Whitney Museum of American Art); Jean Shin (artist), and Kristine Siegel (Program Director of the International Studio & Curatorial Program) following an in-depth review of 45 applications last winter. Josh Greene (Artadia Awardee 2002 San Francisco) and Mary Ellen Strom (Artadia Awardee 2007 Boston) will be in residence at the ISCP this fall, October 1 – December 31. One Artadia Awardee from each Artadia program city with completed awards cycles through 2008 (Boston, Chicago, Houston, and San Francisco Bay Area) was selected.
“The work submitted to the first Artadia artists-in-residence program is a testimony to the vibrancy of American contemporary art,” said jury member Adam Weinberg. “Artadia and ISCP are providing a critical service to artists, enabling them to have greater access to their peers as well as key critics and curators.”
The Artadia artists-in-residence have access to a 250 ft² studio, participate in all ISCP programs, and receive a generous stipend to cover housing, materials, a per diem, and round trip travel to New York. ISCP (www.iscp-nyc.org) has 26 studios with an annual participation of approximately 75 artists and five curators from all corners of the globe. The Artadia residencies are designed to seamlessly integrate with the ISCP program including studio space, a minimum of six guest critic visits, field trips, public exposure through the bi-annual Open Studio program, and potential exhibition opportunities with co-hosts in the New York City area.
ISCP founder and director Dennis Elliott said, “International Studio & Curatorial Program's mantra used to be, ‘it's easier to bring an artist to the program from Sofia than it is from Kansas City.’ Meaning that while all sorts of sponsors from small, underfunded countries were clamoring to be at the ISCP, there were very few stepping up to the plate to sponsor US artists and curators. Finally, finally, finally after many failed collaborative attempts to find funding with other like-minded organizations, ISCP was approached by Artadia to collaborate on their application to the National Endowment for the Arts, which was granted. The Artadia tenure in ISCP is about to begin and I look forward to its continued success.”
Generous support for this program has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Artadia’s board of directors and supporters around the country.
Artadia 2009 New York Residency
Argentinean-born, Milwaukee-based Santiago Cucullu makes free-form associations in large-scale wall installations, videos, and sculptures. These methods work to highlight “everyday absurdities that accumulate and insinuate themselves into reality.” By fusing images of urban detritus, a disorienting network of abstracted forms emerges, illustrating a peculiar, delirious environment actively in flux. In 2008, Cucullu created an expansive installation at the Milwaukee Museum of Art and had solo show Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York. He has also shown at MOMA, New York, and internationally. (The Black Car and Green Waters of Lethe, 2008, dimensions variable, shown 24' 6" x 61')
Josh Greene is a San Francisco-based artist who uses labor, work, and play to encourage social interaction between himself, an art-seeking public, and other artists, examining how and why decisions are made, and who makes them. From borrowing a bed from Sophie Calle to giving grants to artists based on his tips on a given night at an upscale San Francisco restaurant, Greene enters the social realm to generate work that lays claim to no author. As an artist in residence at Arizona State University Art Museum, Greene was given a 2,200 ft² space for seven weeks as he drew on the museum environment and visitors for spontaneous ideas to take shape.
(Service-Works, 2007-current)
Angelina Gualdoni uses painting to explore the conflicts and synchronicities between the built environment and landscape. One body of work stems from her research into utopian architecture; another series explores the phenomenon of dead malls. These representations are unstable and shifting, and the forces behind these shifts are ambiguous, never clearly malevolent nor benevolent. Her latest paintings refocus her gaze on the pilings, remnants, and detritus left in abandoned architecture, allowing room for exploration with paint, surface, and abstraction. In March, Gualdoni had a solo show at Kavi Gupta, Chicago and was featured in VOLTA NY art fair.
(The Slow Continuum That Proceeds in Your Absence, 2005, oil and acrylic on canvas, 30” x 36”)
With her long-time collaborator and choreographer Ann Carlson, Mary Ellen Strom’s video works blur the line between activism and art history, media and representation, dance and video art, and public and conceptual art to create work that merges and expands the boundaries of each field. The work has been exhibited in a range of contexts, including museums, galleries, passenger trains, large-scale video projections onto industrial sites and mountain rock-faces, in empty retail stores and horse arenas. Carlson/Strom recently had a major exhibition at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park and show nationally and internationally.
(Four Parallel Lines, 2007, video projection)
boston
APPLICATIONS FOR ARTADIA AWARDS 2009 BOSTON NOW CLOSED.
The online application was available for two months through June 15, 2009. Following the successful launch of the Boston program in 2007, applications again were open to all visual artists living and working in metro Boston in all media at any stage of their career. Applications are reviewed by an esteemed panel of nationally known curators, arts professionals, and artists through Artadia’s rigorous two-tiered jury process. A short-list of 15 artists will be announced after the first round panel in New York. A second round jury will then go to Boston for 45-minute studio visits with each of the finalists and determine the Artadia Awardees in the summer of 2009. Two awards of $15,000 and five of $3,000 will be distributed.
Visionary support for Artadia in Boston is provided by the LEF Foundation, two anonymous family foundations, and many generous individuals. Artadia is deeply grateful to these generous partners, foundations, and individuals for their support despite difficult economic times.
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March 31, 2009
LEADING CURATORS NAME INAUGURAL ARTADIA AWARDS 2009 ATLANTA
New York, NY—Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue is delighted to announce the inaugural Artadia Awardees 2009 Atlanta. For three consecutive days (March 26-28, 2009), three internationally prominent jurors—Jeffrey Grove (Wieland Family Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, High Museum of Art, Atlanta), Clara Kim (Gallery Director and Curator, REDCAT, Los Angeles) and Hamza Walker (Associate Curator and Director of Education, The Renaissance Society, Chicago)—conducted studio visits with 15 short-listed artists drawn from nearly 300 applicants throughout Greater Atlanta (23-county area) for the inaugural Artadia Awards in Atlanta. The awards range from $15,000 to $3,000.
The Artadia Awardees 2009 Atlanta at the $15,000 level are: Don Cooper and Jerry Siegel. The five recipients of the $3,000 awards are Tristan Al-Haddad, Ruth Dusseault, Fahamu Pecou, Larry Walker, and Angela West. In honor of Atlanta arts patron Judith Alexander, Don Cooper has been named the Judith Alexander Artadia Awardee.
Artadia Founder and President Christopher Vroom said of the inaugural program in Atlanta, “The vibrancy of any creative community relies upon a network of committed individuals, institutions, foundations and others, working together to ensure that cultural legacies are not only celebrated but extended. Artists, situated at the foundation of creative production, play a critical role not only in their unique ability to help us see the world in new ways but also in their capacity as educators, mentors and civic leaders. Artadia is thrilled to add Atlanta’s thriving community to our growing national network of support for artists. The city’s cultural institutions, schools, foundations, non-profit spaces, galleries and arts patrons have nurtured a terrific artistic community. We are proud to be a part of it and to extend the visibility of its institutions and artists across the country.”
ARTADIA AWARDEES 2009 ATLANTA
Tristan Al-Haddad
Virtual Doubling, 2008
Steel, polymers, wood, light, 384" x 48" x 120""
Don Cooper
A Connection to the Whole, 2008
Oil on canvas, 56" x 66"
Ruth Dusseault
Mill Substructure, During Demolition (Atlantic Steel Project), 2000
C-print, 48" x 68"
Fahamu Pecou
They Shootin: Made You Look, 2008
Acrylic on Canvas, 66" x 51"
Jerry Siegel
Graffiti bus, Highway 80, 2006
Photograph, 11" x 17"
Larry Walker
Listen to da Beat, 2008
Mixed materials on birch ply, 72" x 98"
Angela West
Untitled Portrait #12 (from Sweet 16 series), 2002
C-Print, 24" x 30"
Artadia is grateful for the visionary support of the Atlanta program from the Common Good Funds of The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, the Judith Alexander Foundation, and many generous individuals.
For additional information about the awardees and the full press release please click here.
RECENT ARTADIA EVENTS:
chicago
Art Chicago VIP Studio Visits with Artadia Awardees: May 1-3, 2009
Artadia is delighted to again hosting exclusive studio visits with Artadia Awardees in partnership with the VIP programs of Art Chicago. If you are interested in attending a studio visit please write to us at rsvp@artadia.org
For a complete downloadable CHICAGO GALLERY GUIDE click here.
Images at top (left to right): Davis/Langlois, Face of God, 2009, oil on canvas, 72" x 72", courtesy monique meloche, Chicago; Juan Angel Chávez, Pre-Ping, Rippley, 96, 2009, 3D collage in found glass, 12" x 7" (diameter), courtesy Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago; Anne Wilson, Portable City (detail) , 2008, forty-seven stainless steel and wood vitrines, thread, wire, pins, dimensions variable, courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago; Fahamu Pecou, They Shootin: Made You Look, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 66" x 51", courtesy Lyons Wier Gallery, New York.
new york
Chelsea Gallery Tour of Five Artadia Awardees' Solo Shows: April 3, 2009
Please join us for an exclusive New York gallery tour on Friday, April 3, 2009 starting at 11 am to see the solo shows of five talented Artadia Awardees, Mequitta Ahuja (Houston 2008), Jamal Cyrus (Houston 2006), Andreas Fischer (Chicago 2004), Dianna Frid (Chicago 2004), and Trevor Paglen (San Francisco 2007) followed by lunch.
san francisco
3-Day Trip to San Francisco: February 6-8, 2009new york
ARTADIA EVENTS DURING THE ARMORY
ARTADIA ART FAIR GUIDE NEW YORK 2009
Artadia encourages you to learn about Artadia Awardees from around the country by visiting their galleries at the New York art fairs this week.
For a downloadable list of our artists and their galleries click here.
ARMORY STUDIO VISITS WITH ARTADIA AWARDEES, March 7, 5:00-6:30pm
After successful collaborations with Art Basel Miami Beach and Art Chicago since 2006, Artadia is excited to also host exclusive studio visits with Artadia Awardees in partnership with the VIP programs of The Armory in New York this year.ARTADIA'S ANNUAL ARMORY PARTY, March 6
Artadia is pleased to celebrate the inuaugural 2009 New York Artists-in-Residence: Santiago Cucullu, Josh Greene, Angelina Gualdoni, and Mary Ellen Strom at the Annual Armory Party with special remarks by Artadia Board member Chrissie Iles. This is an invitation-only event for Artadia's donor circle members. For more information about this exclusive event and on becoming a patron of Artadia, please contact Artadia's Executive Director, Lila Kanner at lilakanner@artadia.org.
Images at top (left to right):
David Hevel,
A.K.A. Beyoncé,
18” x 14” x 15”,
wall-mounted dog taxidermy form & mixed media,
2006;
Jason Lazarus,
The entire three minute duration of the 'America's Answer' fireworks package, $99.95, Independence Day 2007,
59" x 74",
archival inkjet,
2007;
Angelina Gualdoni,
Given Ground, We Build it Everyday, 42" x 36", acrylic and oil on canvas,
2009.
Gallery Walk Through with Artadia Awardee Nick Cave: January 9, 2009
Artadia is pleased to offer its donor circle members a private tour of Nick Cave's solo exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery with the artist. For more information about this exclusive offer and on becoming a patron of Artadia, please contact Artadia's Executive Director, Lila Kanner at lilakanner@artadia.org.
New York: Artists Talk on Art Panel Discussion Nov. 14, 7pm
Moderator: Christopher Vroom, Founder and President, Artadia
Participants: Amy Blakemore, Artadia Award 2004 Houston,
Angelina Gualdoni, Artadia Award 2001 Chicago,
Arnold Kemp, Artadia Award 2001 San Francisco
Location:
The School of Visual Arts,
Auditorium, 209 East 23rd Street, New York
Atlanta: Info Session Monday, Nov. 17, 8pm
Please join Artadia’s Executive Director, Lila Kanner, to discuss the Artadia Awards 2009 Atlanta and answer questions about the process and online application.
Location: Eyedrum, 290 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr SE, Atlanta
To listen to a recent interview about the Artadia Atlanta program with Nikki Estes, program and touring director of the Southern Arts Federation and Lila Kanner, Artadia Executive Director, please click here.
Atlanta: VIP Reception Nov. 18, 6-8pm
Celebrating the launch of the Atlanta Awards program
Location: Saltworks Gallery, 664 11th Street NW, Atlanta
Miami: Art Basel Miami Beach Artadia Party Dec. 5
Celebrating Artadia Awardees around the country represented at the fairs, co-hosted by Sotheby's
Location: The Standard Hotel, Miami
For press inquiries and information on Artadia, contact news@artadia.org.
For information on becoming a partner or friend of Artadia, contact:
Lila Kanner, Program Manager: lilakanner@artadia.org
(212) 727-2233 x 207
For past news, please click on a link below:
Artadia Awardees 2007 San Francisco Bay Area
Artadia Awardees 2006 at DiverseWorks, Houston