hello ILSSA, Sooon: an update on the ILSSA installation at Saint Mary's, which thanks to all of you who participated, is a HUGE SUCCESS!! We're thrilled with how it came together and are very excited to share the results with you. In the meantime: I wanted to pass on to you a very promising residency opportunity... read on! best, Emily for the Co-Operators -- AS MANY HOURS AS IT TAKES ILSSA Operator operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.impractical-labor.org Begin forwarded message: > From: ROBERT CURRAN <woodycurran@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: January 23, 2012 9:57:24 AM EST > To: AlchemyInitiative@xxxxxxxxx, alissaneglia@xxxxxxxxx, > arden.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx, Chuck von <schmidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Crispina ffrench > <crispinaffrench@xxxxxxxxx>, emily@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, j_banaszak@xxxxxxxxx, > jesmcavoy@xxxxxxxxx, keithmantell@xxxxxxxxxxx, kittywales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, > kuo@xxxxxxxxxxxx, larcloud@xxxxxxx, Michael Melle <MMelle@xxxxxxx>, > psnyder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ray <rajen55@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ric Stott > <ric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, wallacearts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Fw: Please let other artists know about our program > > > I have the greatest respect for the creative environment offered to artists > in this Carriage House residency. I am forwarding this hoping that you or > your colleagues would consider applying or passing it along to those you feel > would benefit from this experience. > > Kathy Curran > Director Suffolk County Historical Society > > --- On Sun, 1/22/12, The Carriage House <carriagehousearts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: The Carriage House <carriagehousearts@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Please let other artists know about our program > To: "ROBERT" <woodycurran@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012, 5:37 PM > > Apply for our programs at:www.carriagehousearts.org > April 15 is our Open House > > Summer Studio Residency > Deadline is March 1 > Online application process is user-friendly > The Carriage House staff is now reviewing applications for the Summer Studio > Residency program. All artists are invited to apply for this unique program > that provides spacious studios, stipends and technical assistance for a > three-month period from May 15 through August 15. The application process is > online, and has been streamlined so that artists simply need to upload a > one-page statement describing how they will use their time here and why the > program will help their artistic career. They are invited to attach six > images of representative work or a short video. The application process > assumes that applicants have websites where complete bios, cvs and image > archives can be examined for in-depth information. > > Our Winter Residents are coming > Program encourages artists to create new work > Three artists will begin our Winter Studio Residency at the end of the month. > Amanda Buonocore, Paolo Fortin and Sarah Elise Hall were selected from more > then 100 applications for this unique Carriage House program that provides > space, resources and financial support for emerging artists. Jason Paradis, > the curator of Studio Residency programs, selected the finalists based on the > quality of their work and the way their artistic practices fit together. "All > of these artists share an interest in stripping away to essential elements, > whether in sculpture, painting or installation. I expect there will be a lot > of give and take during the residency, " he said. > > The artists will work in Carriage House studios from February 1 through April > 30. The public is invited to meet them during an Open Studio Day on April 15 > from 2-4 pm. > > Meet Our Artists: > > Paolo Fortin > www.paulfortin.com > While at the Carriage House, I will research and construct work that allows > me to expand my painting practices by developing new techniques and increase > in scale. By utilizing minimal features and mark making I will construct > compositions that allow me to reduce an image to just its essence. Through > this, I would like to develop a thin and weightless feeling in the work and > build upon the ephemeral qualities I have been striving to achieve. > > Amanda Buonocore > www.amandabuonocore.com > I plan to use my time to begin multiple processes that will effectively > create and > expose residue within The Carriage House. To this end, I will install > temporary displays > applied to the surface of the space for a certain period of time. When > removed, the > displays will expose residual forms. The Carriage House, as a space of reuse, > is an ideal location to experiment with these processes. > > Sarah Elise Hall > www.sarahelisehall.com > My work is an evolving fiction about the body and its environment. Skeletal > structures have mutated into new forms that are infused with bright > industrial colors, indicative of warning signals and states of emergency in > both natural and man-made worlds. New organisms inhabit barren, excavated > environments and the ideas of evolution, adaptation, mutation and extinction > are suggested. > follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend > read our blog: carriagehousearts.blogspot.com > Copyright © 2012 The Carriage House, All rights reserved. > Our mailing address is: > The Carriage House > 50 Irish Lane > East Islip, NY 11730 > (631) 456-0466 > www.carriagehousearts.org > The Carriage House program is made possible through generous donations from > the Town of Islip, Heart For Art, Inc., and the New York State Council on the > Arts, a state agency. > unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences > > > > > > > > Sent to woodycurran@xxxxxxxxxxx — why did I get this? > unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences > Carriage House Arts · 50 Irish Lane · East Islip, NY 11730 > >