By Jess Frazier | Manager, Advancement
As artists everywhere continue to seek affordable working space, YoungArts has launched a new residency program: four local artists have the opportunity to—at no cost—use space within YoungArts’ two-floorgallery to create and share their art with the community. This three-month residency (June-August 2024) gives artists the space and time to create new work or continue pursuing ongoing projects. Selected artists for the inaugural year of this program include James Kaun Balo (2018 Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts), David Correa (2017 Visual Arts), Nichole Caridad Hernandez (2020 Visual Arts) and Isabel Oliva (2017 Visual Arts), each of whom responded to an open call to all YoungArts award winners residing in South Florida. Each artist received a dedicated portion of the gallery for workspace and a $3,500 honorarium.
This opportunity is designed to support artists working in any mediumor subject matter: Balo is creating collaged textile backdrops that will be featured in the set design from “Are There Palm Trees in Heaven?” film adaptation;Correa is questioning the modes of display for his performance work, aiming for theatrical and narrative driven spaces;Hernandez is expanding on her exploration of iron’s alchemical and historical properties by producing a series of large rusted mig-weld drawings; andOliva is creating a series of paintings and handmade tapestries that reflect the wild nature of the artificial realms in her body of work.
During the residency, each artist has been invited to activate the space with a public event specific to their practice and participate in programming opportunities while engaging the local Miami community.
In June, Oliva hosted a natural dyeing and painting workshop where guests got an inside look into the process of creating botanical inks with natural plants, seeds and flowers and had the opportunity to create their own work with the inks created during the workshop.Hernandez’s workshop, which took place in July,invited guests to see her working space and witness a demonstration of her alchemical procedures, ranging from forging heat to conjure color in our natural metals to oxidizing steel to create a big dye print of the composition and dust of Mars.
In August, Balo will host an experience of breaking bread amongst close family and friends where he will speak to his residency experience and perform a reading of select pieces from “Are There Palm Trees in Heaven.” Also in August, Correa willinvite the Miami community to engage in an exhibition-like framework where they will witness the artist’s sculptures and watch the premiere of a short film he has been developing.For details on upcoming public workshops, please visit youngarts.org.
YoungArts is grateful to contribute to our local creative community by supporting these four local Miami artists and looks forward to continuing this program in the fall!
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By Jess Frazier | Manager, Advancement
By Jess Frazier | Manager, Advancement
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