Friends,
2010 was an amazing year. With public art projects happening in Manhattan, Staten Island, Queens, and Jersey City, we are getting ready for an action packed 2011.
We are currently accepting proposals for our 2011 Create Change Public Artist Residency season and will offer 12 artists access to our Create Change professional development series through our new Create Change Professional Development Fellow opportunity. We are also growing our Teaching Artist team for Works in Progress, and we are specifically hiring Harlem and Brooklyn-based teaching artists.
Spread the word and raise a glass to what we know is going to be an amazing 2011.
Happy New Year!
WORKS IN PROGRESS TEACHING ARTIST POSITIONS
The Laundromat Project is expanding its Works in Progress program – we are looking for Brooklyn and Harlem-based Teaching Artists! If this is you, see below for application details.
Artist Shani Peters working with workshop participants at The Laundry Room
Application deadline: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 (received by midnight)
The Laundromat Project seeks Teaching Artists skilled in book making, carpentry, photography, painting & drawing, sculpture & 3D projects, textiles or other creative practices that can be adapted to outdoor drop-in workshops, to participate in our art education program, Works in Progress. The focus of Works in Progress is to make art education more readily available in our community=97regardless of income, age, or background.
DOWNLOAD APPLICATION HERE
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 2011 CREATE CHANGE PROGRAM
2010 Create Change Public Artist in Residence during a professional development workshop
Residency Application Deadline: Thursday, March 24, 2011 (received by midnight)
We understand that creativity is a central component of healthy human beings, vibrant neighborhoods and thriving economies. Every year we mount public art projects throughout New York City. By bringing art to where our neighbors already are (everyone has to do their laundry), we aim to raise the quality of life in our community.
There are two (2) ways in which you can participate in Create Change: the first is as a Public Artist in Residence and the second is as a Professional Development Fellow.
Create Change Professional Development Fellows participate in monthly discussions and workshops designed to help artists deepen their approach to having a socially-engaged creative practice. These monthly sessions, while led by a facilitator or guest speaker, encourage peer learning. They also provide access to information and resources from both the arts and social justice sectors, and offer an opportunity to expand fellows’ personal and professional networks.
The registration window for Professional Development Fellows is not yet open. If you would like to be emailed with registration information, please send an email to info@laundromatproject.org or click “Email” below.
Create Change Public Artists in Residence not only participate in the program=92s professional development component, but also are resourced to apply this learning through a site-specific project in their local laundromat. Each CC public artist is charged with placing art-making in the context of everyday living by creating a project that:
is socially relevant and specific to the unique space of your local coin-op;
engages neighbors and fellow laundry patrons as participants in the creative process, rather than as passive recipients of the work;
taps into what it means to be a neighbor in the area you call home.
DOWNLOAD APPLICATION HERE
EMAIL US FOR THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGISTRATION FORM! <info@laundromatproject>
The Laundromat Project has been made possible through the generosity of individual supporters like you, Echoing Green, the Union Square Art Awards, TIDES Center/Lambent Foundation, the Buddy Taub Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Materials for the Arts, Ford/Partners for Livable Communities, Brooklyn Arts Council Regrant Program, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Puffin Foundation, and the ARTOGRAPHY program of Leveraging Investments in Creativity.
MAKE ART | WASH CLOTHES | BUILD COMMUNITY
