Art Omi International Artists Residency
The International Artists Residency is a three
week residency program for visual artists in upstate New York. Art Omi
provides artists with a studio, living quarters and meals at no cost to
the artists. However, artists are responsible for their travel and art
materials. The Residency takes place for three weeks during the month
of July. We do not offer residency for visual artists at any other time
of the year. Each year, a different critic-in-residence lives on campus
with the artists: they lead discussions and make one-on-one studio visits.
Because of the proximity to New York City, there are also visits by many
prominent critics, gallerists, curators, and artists. Valuable contacts
are made through these informal encounters. In the evenings, after dinner,
the group gathers for lectures, slide presentations and panel discussions.
At the end of the residency, we host an Open Studios day open to the general
public. This is a great chance for the artists to share the work done
during the residency with a broader audience who is made up of professionals,
art lovers, neighbors, friends.
Experimentation is encouraged as is discourse
and collaboration. The annual Art Omi International Visual Artist's Residency
combines uninterrupted time to create with a stimulating atmosphere of
exchange. Participants benefit from the advice and criticism of noted
art critics, gallery owners and prominent artists who are invited to visit.
This direct interaction with the New York City art scene is unparalleled
by other colonies. Each aspect of the residency provides a rich opportunity
for artists.
Art Omi provides its residents
with an opportunity to:
- develop new work
- initiate discourse and collaborations among peers
- exhibit work to the public
- advance careers in New York City and internationally
The Arts Center
The Omi International Arts Center is located
approximately two and a half hours north of New York City in the historic
Hudson River Valley. The facilities, set on 300 acres of rural farmland,
comprise a large two-story barn with ample space for indoor studios, as
well as several large, covered sheds, suitable for sculpture. Housing
is made available on the grounds at three different buildings 5 minutes
walking from the studio area, perched on top of a hill with stunning view
of the Catskills Mountain and of The Fields Sculpture Park.
The Omi International Arts Center is a non-profit foundation supported
entirely by private donations. We provide this experience at no cost to
our residents. Funding comes from a number of sources, including interested
individuals and institutions throughout the world, who wish to contribute
generally or sponsor the participation of an artist from their own nation.
The Application Process
The deadline for the 2010 residency
session has passed.
Please check again our website in the spring for 2011
application's guidelines and form.
Artists who applied for the 2010 residency will be notified by email
no later than March 1, 2010.
A list of the 2010 participating artists will be posted on our website
in April 2010.
2009 Invited Artists
Dorothy
Amenuke, Ghana
Sana Arjumand, Pakistan
Lionel
Bawden, Australia
Behailu Bezabih Ayele, Ethiopia
Alberto Borea,
Peru
Vanessa Chimera, Italy
Kawayan de Guia, Philippines
Dinh Cong Dat, Vietnam
Mario Duchesneau, Canada
La
Toya Ruby Frazier, USA
Debesh Goswami, India/France
Moo Kwon
Han, Korea/USA
Midori
Harima, Japan/USA
Soun Hong,
Korea
Sanghyun Jung, Korea
Amal Laala, Morocco
Lei Yan, China
Anne Lindberg,
USA
Greg
Lindquist, USA
Liat Livni, Israel
Yvonne Lung, USA
Shawne Major, USA
moAA,
Iraq/UK
Machhoya Nirakar, India
Dan
Price, USA
Mimmo Roselli, Italy
Marinella Senatore, Italy
James Sham,
Canada/USA
Orhan Tekin, Turkey
Peterson Kamwathi Waweru, Kenya
click
here to view the 2009 artists biographies and artworks
2010
Critic-in-Residence Sandra
Skurvida
Sandra Skurvida
is an independent curator and scholar based in New York. Her curatorial
projects to date have been catalyzed by social situations and interdisciplinary
approaches: Avant-Guide to NYC (apexart, 2009) focused on the absence
of historical referents in the public space; Custom Car Commandos (Art
in General, 2009) dealt with the crisis in the auto industry; Soap Box
Event by Pia Lindman (Federal Hall National Memorial, 2008) –
with the civil liberties of free speech; several public art projects
in New York City (Art Container, 2002; Waste Management by Alex Villar,
2005) addressed various aspects of public space; and the Third Annual
Exhibition of Soros Center for Contemporary Art in Vilnius, Lithuania
(1995) — post–Cold War conditions and the emergence of global
networks. Skurvida is researching and writing on John Cage’s influence
on contemporary art. She teaches at the Center for Curatorial Studies,
Bard College.
"There
was something immensely nourishing, challenging, and also humbling about
being together with artists from so many different countries and in
such a sustained and vigorous way."
Gregory Volk, Critic-in-Residence
1996
Past Critics
In Residence:
2009 Frances Richard
2008 Martha Schwendener
2008 Micaela Giovannotti
2007 Omar Lopez Chahoud
2006 Kóan Jeff Baysa
2005 Reena Jana
2004 Olu Oguibe
2003 Euridice Arratia
2002 Yu Yeon Kim
2001 Christian Viveros-Fauné
2000 Denise Carvalho
1999 Dominique Nahas
1998 Franklin Sirmans
1997 Lilly Wei
1996 Gregory Volk
1995 Carlos Basualdo
1994 Dan Cameron
1993 Raphael Rubenstein
1992 Robert C. Morgan
How the Artists Are Selected
Each year, Art Omi runs an open call to visual
artists from any corner of the world, walks of life, stage of career.
We equally consider applications from artists already established as well
as emerging professionals. We do not accept applications from currently
enrolled students. A review committee, composed
of the board of directors along with professionals in the field, make
the selection from the applications.
On average, participants are selected from a pool
of six hundred to one thousand candidates who apply yearly for our program.
An approximate thirty artists are invited every year. Each invited artist
is given room and board as well as studio space free of charge for a three
week period every July. Participants are responsible for transportation
and materials costs and are asked to donate a work of art created during
the residency to the Art Omi Collection.
Facilities
Facilities include indoor and protected outdoor
studio spaces, a black and white photography darkroom, basic handtools,
preliminary welding equipment and two light-tight studios for projection
work. The entire center is wireless equipped. in addition, we provide
five computers with internet access and black & white printers. Studio
technicians are available for assistance. Daily trips to suppliers are
also provided. Professional color photography labs are located in Albany,
New York. Bikes are available for residents to explore the surrounding
area.
Pondside Press Monotype Project
Art Omi offers every year 10 to 15 of the resident
artists with the opportunity to work for a half-day with a master printmaker
from Pondside Press to produce an edition of monotypes. Tamarind Institute
Master Printmakers Melissa and Ted Braggins are owners and printers at
Pondside Press, located in nearby Rhinebeck, New York. They have developed
an excellent reputation as printers and for working professionally with
artists and publishers. They create beautifully printed editions of the
highest quality with the very best collaborative efforts of artist and
printer. High quality material is provided for the monotype project: each
participating artist is required to donate one print to the printer and
one to the Art Omi collection.
Studio Visits Program
Each year Art Omi invites up to 30 art professionals
from New York City to join the residency for a day of studio visits. Each
visitor spends 24 hours on campus. The visitors spectrum range from independent
curators to art dealers and consulants, to art historians, to museum professionals,
artists and critics. The Visitors' program is by invitation only, however,
letters of interest from prospective visitors are welcome.
2008 visitors:
Anne Barlow, Executive Director, Art in General
Augusto Arbizo, Eleven Rivington
Barbara London, Associate Curator, Film and Video Dept.,
MOMA
Brian Sholis, Artforum
David Humphrey, Artist and Art Critic
Donald Guarnieri, Executive Producer, Matrix Art Collective,
Inc. Board member, PS122
Edwin Ramoran, Director of Exhibitions and Programs,
Aljira
Felicity Hogan, Independent Curator
Heather Darcy Bhandari, Curator, Mixed Greens
Herb Tam, Associate Curator, Exit Art
Jenny Moore, Elizabeth Dee Gallery
Joyce Korotin, Critic and Curator
Klaus Schafler, Artist
Lauren Ross, Critic and Curator
Linda Weintraub, Art Historian and Critic
Mary Barone, Artnet
Michael Foley, Foley Gallery
Michael Sellinger, Art Dealer and Consultant
Miriam Katz, researcher and writer Artform, 2008-2009
Kitchen Curatorial Fellow
Nathalie Angles, Director, Location One
Pablo Helguera, Artist
Paul Laster, Editor, Artkrush.com
Priska C. Juschka, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art
Renee Riccardo, Independent Curator
Robert Knafo, Founder, NewArtTV; Producer, Studiovisit.net
Rodney Dickson, Artist
Sandra Skurvida, Independent Curator
Sara Reisman, Associate Dean, Cooper Union School of
Art
Shamim Momin, Curator 2008 Whitney Biennial
Shawn Miller, Program Director, American Academy in Rome
Tumelo Mosaka, Associate Curator, Brooklyn Museum
Virgil Wong, artist and director of the RYT online museum
and Paper Veins Museum
Whitney Rugg, Independent Curator
Zach Feuer, Zach Feuer Gallery
2009 visitors:
Alan Gilbert, College Art Association;
Modern Painters; Artforum
Bill Maynes, Director, The Fields Sculpture Park
Christopher Lew, PS1
Claire Barliant, former Editor, Modern Painters
Dan Devine, Artist, Art Omi board member
Domenick Ammirati, Senior Editor, Modern Painters
Dominique Nahas, Critic, Art Omi board member
Elisabeth Akkerman, Curator, Francis Greenburger Collection,
Art Omi board member
Erin Donnelly, Residency Program Director, LMCC
Fred Holland, Artist, Art Omi board member
Hanne Tierney, Artist, Founder and Director, Five Myles
Jeff Kastner, Cabinet; Artforum; NYT
Kathleen Triem, Architect, and Curator of The Fields
Sculpture Park, Art Omi board member
Kenji Fujita, Artist
Koan Jeff Baysa, Curator, Art Omi board member
Larissa Harris, Queens Museum
Lilly Wei, Critic, Art Omi board member
Margaret Evangeline, Artist
Monica de la Torre, BOMB magazine
Nathalie Angles, Founder, Director, Residency Unlimited
Nina Katchadourian, Artist
Peter Franck, Architect, and Curator of The Fields Sculpture
Park, Art Omi board member
Peter Frank, Curator, Riverside Museum
Richard Massey, Richard Massey Foundation
Robert C. Morgan, Critic, Art Omi board member
Robert Curcio, Independent Curator
Sandi Slone, Artist, Art Omi board member
Sandra Skurvida, Art Historian, Independent Curator
Tarik Currimbhoy, Architect, Art Omi board member
Virgil de Voldere, Virgil de Voldere gallery
Art
Omi expresses its gratitude to all of the sponsors for their support.
Antrev Management
Artis, New York
Art Omi Australia Committee
Asian Cultural Council, New York
Ateneo Art Gallery of the Ateneo de Manila University
Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City
Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art
Frances and Benjamin Benenson Foundation
Francis J. Greenburger Foundation
French Cultural Services, Ambassade de France aux Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Israeli Consulate General of New York
K. Square Designs
Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Paradise Culture Foundation
Prana Studios
Time Equities Inc.