Art Omi International Artists Residency
Application fee: none
Deadline for submissions: November 30, 2013
Photo Caption: Matthew Cowan, New Zealand/UK, performance at Art Omi, 2011
Ghent, New York – Omi International Arts Center is now accepting applications from visual artists for its summer residency.
Applications are accepted online at www.artomi.org from November 1, 2013 to November 30, 2013. The application is free and fellowships are available for approximately 30 international artists.
Since its beginnings in 1992, Art Omi has hosted visual artists from every continent, representing a wide diversity of artistic styles. In that time, 627 artists from 97 countries have come to Omi to create, experiment, collaborate and share their ideas. The residency takes place in July and offers artists nearly four weeks to concentrate on creative work, cultural exchange and critical appraisal. Artists are provided with a private studio, shared living quarters, and meals at no cost.
Omi is located in the town of Ghent, New York, in the Hudson River Valley, approximately two and a half hours from New York City, and three hours from Boston. The campus consists of over 300 acres of rolling farmland, woodlands and ponds, and includes The Fields Sculpture Park, which exhibits contemporary art year-round. The facilities include a Federal Period farmhouse with views of the Catskill Mountains, a large two-story barn with indoor studios, and contemporary residence buildings designed in the traditional New England vernacular.
In addition, Art Omi's Visitors Program brings artists, critics, gallerists, and curators to meet the artists and offer valuable input and networking opportunities. The Visitors Program enables residents to engage directly with the New York City art world in a fashion unmatched by similar residency programs.
During each session, Omi invites a distinguished critic or curator to participate as a Critic-in-Residence. Recent participants include Dominique Nahas, independent curator and critic; Charlotta Kotik, former Curator and Chair of the Contemporary Art Department at the Brooklyn Museum; and Saul Ostrow, Art Editor for Bomb Magazine, among others.
The residency culminates with Open Studio Day, during which hundreds of professionals, art lovers, neighbors and friends engage with the artists and view their work.
Since its founding Omi International Arts Center has been guided by the principle that artistic expression transcends economic, political, and cultural boundaries. Art Omi reflects that commitment, as do Omi's other residency programs for writers, musicians and dancers.
For more information, visit www.omiartscenter.org
Art Omi International Artists Residency
55 Fifth Avenue, 15th floor
New York NY 10003
www.artomi.org
