ARTISTS AS INNOVATORS
Celebrating Three Decades of NYSCA/NYFA Fellowships
October 26 – December 14, 2019, and
January 27 – February 22, 2020
Reception: Saturday, October 26, 6-8pm
Salon Talk: Monday, November 4, 2:30 PM, Wang Lecture Hall 2
Judith K. Brodsky and Paddy Johnson, moderated by Katy Siegel
Student-led Mini-Tours October 30, 1:30 PM: “Photographic Sculptures” by Yu Xia October 30, 2:00 PM: “Feminism in New York” by Suhji Lee November 6, 1:00 PM: “Masking” by Lyndsay Lambot November 6, 1:30 PM: “Femininity, Sexuality, and Power” by Kippe Gonzalez
Hip-Hop Meditation with Toni Blackman
Tuesday, February 4, 6:30pm, Wang Chapel
Black History Month Program
Intro to Quilting Workshop: Story Quilts & Faith Ringgold
Thursday, February 6, 3-5pm
Black History Month Program
Performance: Carmelita Tropicana
February 18, 2:30 PM, Staller Center Recital Hall
Digital version of the exhibition catalogue available here
Courtesy of theNew Foundation for the Arts.
Participating artists include: Elia Alba, Ida Applebroog, Dawoud Bey, Sanford Biggers, Ross Bleckner, Wendell Castle, Tara Donovan, Carroll Dunham, Chitra Ganesh, The Guerrilla Girls, Barbara Kruger, Christian Marclay, Marilyn Minter, Lori Nix, Tony Oursler, Faith Ringgold, Martha Rosler, Dread Scott, Andres Serrano, Shinique Smith, Carmelita Tropicana, and Fred Wilson.The New York
Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is commemorating three decades of NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships with the landmark traveling exhibition Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships. The fellowship program has supported more than 4,000 artists in various fields in the visual arts, literature, and performing arts at critical stages throughout their careers.
The artists in the exhibition are acclaimed and respected around the world, but what is less known is that they all received support from NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships at crucial points in their careers. Curated by Judith K. Brodsky and David C. Terry with the assistance of Madeline Scholl, Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships features work by more than 20 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows who have gone on to record significant achievements in their artistic careers. The works on display show how the fellows have addressed pressing and often controversial issues through their art, including racism, gender equality, sexual orientation, immigration, and globalization.
Artists as Innovators is curated by Judith K. Brodsky and David C. Terry with the assistance of Madeline Scholl. The exhibition is presented in partnership with the State University of New York. Funding for Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships is provided in part by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) with shipping support from Atelier 4. The exhibition travels to seven SUNY campuses between fall 2017 and summer 2020.
Images top to bottom: Fred Wilson, Globe, 1994, photograph by Kerry Ryan McFate, courtesy Pace Gallery; Chitra Ganesh, How We Do At The End of The World, 2010, lightjet print, courtesy of the artist and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco; Marilyn Minter, Smash, 2014. HD digital video, duration 7:55, image courtesy of the artist; Installation view of ARTISTS AS INNOVATORS at the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery.