The New York Arts Practicum went really well this summer, and will be running again this coming summer. I saw so much personal and artistic growth from the 10 participants over the short but super intense 8 weeks. Many of the participants were calling their experience: demystefying, life changing, and an inspirational reality check. The participants spent those 8 weeks meeting with artists and curators, working in their mentors’ studios, and making work for critique without access to their collegiate studio facilities. We met Tuesdays for a critique seminar, and Fridays for all day site visits in artist studios, curator talks, and visits to museums. The goal of the program is to bridge the gap between life as an art student and making art outside of school.
In the inaugural year, participants worked in the studios of David Horvtiz, Eva and Franco Mattes, Caroline Woolard, Sara Greenberger Raffery, Jen Liu, Ricardo Miranda Zuniga, Graham Parker, and Mark Tribe; each of these mentors led a seminar, or was a guest critic. Steve Lambert was a guest critic. Trevor Paglen, Penelope Umbrico and The Yes Men lead seminars. We had site visits with Brody Condon, Pablo Helguera, Marisa Jahn, Kristin Lucas, Jill Magid, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Joe McKay, Lize Mogel, William Powhida, and Kevin Zucker. We met with curators such as Amanda McDonald Crowley at the Austrian Cultural Forum, Risa Needleman at Invisible Exports, Stephanie Pereira at Kickstarter, Steve Sacks at Bitforms, Magda Sawon at Postmasters and Artie Vierkant at Stadium. We visited Christian Marclay‘s clock, galleries in Chelsea, Lower East Side, and Bushwick, and went to MoMA and the Met.
There are blog posts that go into more detail, as well as photos on Flickr.
Ricardo Miranda Zuniga is guest critic for the second critique of the New York Arts Practicum.
Marisa talks to the participants about her Bibliobandido project at the Studio Museum, Harlem
Eva and Franco Mattes lead a seminar for the New York Arts Practicum
New York Arts Practicum participants hang out after Eva and Franco Mattes’ seminar
