Deadline Extended for FABnyc Storefront Artist Residency

FABnyc is pleased to announce our first residency program available to NYC based artists to develop their work on East 4th Street in the Lower East Side from January 1 - March 31, 2018. The Residency is intended for one artist or collective, preferably with a strong connection to the LES. The residency should include at least one public engagement element. FABnyc is prepared to assist projects which seek to partner with a local cultural or community organization. We strongly encourage people of color and residents of the Lower East Side to apply.

About the site
- Location: 61 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery.
- Specifications: 10 x 12' street facing storefront with a tall ceiling.
- The studio space is next to Cooper Square Committee, tenant organizers who developed the first Community Land Trust in NYC on this block, and lies within the East 4th Street Cultural District.

What does this residency provide?
- Access to the storefront during CSC business hours and from 10am-6pm most Sundays.
- Access to Downtown Art's spaces for meetings, small gatherings, or as a venue for projects.
- A stipend of $1000.
- Access to Materials for the Arts.
- Production support from FABnyc staff.
- Access to FABnyc's community of partners in the LES.

Application Deadline: December 11, 2017 - Midnight EST
Finalist Interviews: December 18 and 19, 2018
Results: December 21, 2018.

Learn More

FABnyc's mission is to strengthen the cultural vitality of the Lower East Side. We implement this mission through a range of programs and collaborations with local cultural organizations, independent artists, community-based organizations and neighborhood nonprofits. We work as cultural producers, facilitators, and organizers with an ongoing interest in how arts and culture can advance community health, inclusiveness, and equity.

Ryan Gilliam - Executive Director Kim Golding - Dance Block Associate
Emilio Martinez Poppe - Programs Manager
KT Pe Benito - Dance Block Manager
Dakota Scott - Director of Special Projects
Addison Vawters - Operations Manager

Board: J.Z. Bich, Winston Estevez, Jose Oliveras, Cynthia Pringle FABnyc programs are supported in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, New York City Small Business Services, City Councilmembers Rosie Mendez and Margaret Chin, Mellon Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Harkness Foundation, Con Edison, Association for Neighborhood Housing and Development, La Vida Feliz Foundation, the Beacon Group, and CNY Arts.