National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Thematic Residency

The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) is pleased to announce an open call for a fully-funded residency, plus stipend ($1,500 per month) for an artist working with ideas related to administration. The artist in residence will be commissioned to make new work, and participate in ISCP's program for four months with a private studio space and ongoing professional development opportunities. At the end of the residency, the newly commissioned work will be part of a three-month-long group exhibition of art focussing on bureaucracy in this political and cultural moment, addressing administrative systems, procedures and codes. Emphasizing notions of emancipation and playful resistance, as opposed to disempowerment, the exhibition will focus on the ways artists intervene into the frameworks of contractual procedures, databases and metadata, operating systems, and automation, among other tools of administrative management and production.

Applications will be accepted from visual artists in all disciplines based in the United States (and legally eligible to work in the United States) who have worked with ideas related to administration and who would like to engage with ISCP's unique and dynamic programming and creative community. The residency program includes 24-hour access to a private furnished studio space, regular studio visits from Visiting Critics; Field Trips to museums, galleries and other cultural venues; and participation in Artist Talks. In addition, residents have the opportunity to have a studio assistant and develop projects in the public realm with the support of ISCP staff. 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 practice of the artist and curators in residence.