May 13-June 8, 2012
This month-long, 3-credit intensive studio residency program is open to current students (rising sophomores to 2nd year graduate students) at AICAD and NASAD colleges and universities. Submission of a portfolio of artwork is required with the application to this program.
Students live as practicing artists, using New York City as a subject and the art world as a tool for discovery. Students reside in apartment-style housing in the Greenwich Village area of Manhattan. Each suite has a common area with a small kitchenette and double occupancy bedrooms. Studio spaces are located in the vital arts district of DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) in Brooklyn, just across the East River from Manhattan-an attractive neighborhood of cobblestoned streets and industrial buildings converted to restaurants, stores, galleries, artists' studios, and other cultural resources. Nearby subway stations make it easy to access all that New York has to offer.
You'll be immersed in the culture of New York City-and intensely engaged with the art world. In weekly presentations you'll meet practicing artists, curators, and writers. Past presenters have included Matthew Barney, Ellen Gallagher, Andrea Fraser, Matthew Ritchie, Eve Andrée Laramée, Brian Wallis, Frederic Sirmans, and Shimon Attie. Intimate contact with contemporary artists and writers, on site as well as in their studios, is complemented by field trips to major museums and galleries and independent work in your own studio as well as ongoing critiques with instructors and fellow students.
Assignments include keeping a visual and written journal of your experiences and selecting a New York City topic (architecture, performance art, subways, fashion, a specific borough, real estate, dance, ethnicity...the possibilities are endless), researching it, and, in the program's third week, presenting a report to the group. Preparation for the Open Studio at the end of the month is a core focus of the program.
Program Fee
The program fee of $4,500 includes 3 undergraduate credits (in general fine arts), housing, and studio space. Graduate credit is available to qualified students with the approval of the Program Coordinator at an additional cost of $50 per credit. A limited number of merit scholarships are available, contingent on the continued availability of gift and grant funding. To inquire about scholarships or request a detailed itinerary or additional information on this and other MICA programs, contact the MICA Summer Travel Intensives program at: summertravel@mica.edu or by phone: 410.225.2219.
Faculty
Thyrza Nichols Goodeve, coordinator, is a writer, amateur cartoodler, and 25-year New York City resident. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, she holds a master's in cinema studies from New York University and a PhD in cultural studies from the University of California. Art writing and New York City are her two great passions. Over the years she has interviewed and written on numerous artists and walked most of Manhattan. She has been a frequent contributor to Parkett and Artforum and has collaborated with artists on a variety of catalogues and book projects, including Ellen Gallagher (Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London), Matthew Ritchie: Proposition Player (Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston), Tom Friedman (Gagosian Gallery, New York), and Carolee Schneemann (Pierre Menard Gallery, Boston). She also authored How Like a Leaf: An Interview with Donna J. Haraway (Routledge). Goodeve is on the faculty of the undergraduate art history department and the MFA program in art writing and criticism at the School of Visual Arts, and is also a member of the graduate program in digital media at the Rhode Island School of Design.
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