The Ateneo Art Gallery is pleased to announce that Kawayan de Guia is the recipient of the first New York Arts Project residency grant, an international artist-in-residence program presented by the Ateneo Art Gallery, through a generous bequest from art patron Marcel Crespo, Art Omi International Arts Centre and Asian Cultural Council New York.
The 2009 New York Arts Project will enable Mr. de Guia to participate in the Art Omi International Artists Residency, a 3 week program conducted within 300 acres of farmland in upstate New York. It will be held from Sunday, June 28 through Monday, July 20, 2009. De Guia is one of the 30 artists chosen out of 990 applicants from 69 different countries.
Residencies are sought after by artists because it gives them time and space to devote to the contemplation and production of their art. The Art Omi Residency provides artists with exposure to fellow practitioners from different cultures as well as the opportunity for one on one time with Frances Richard, an independent art critic, writer and poet who is this year’s critic in residence. The program also involves an Open Day when hundreds of people flock tothe art center to visit the studios and talk to the artists.
The New York Arts Project Residency Grant is awarded to one of the winners of the Ateneo Art Awards, the contemporary art prize given annually by the Ateneo Art Gallery to artists below the age of 36 that have made a significant contribution to the development of Philippine Contemporary Art.
The 2009 New York Arts Project will enable Mr. de Guia to participate in the Art Omi International Artists Residency, a 3 week program conducted within 300 acres of farmland in upstate New York. It will be held from Sunday, June 28 through Monday, July 20, 2009. De Guia is one of the 30 artists chosen out of 990 applicants from 69 different countries.
Residencies are sought after by artists because it gives them time and space to devote to the contemplation and production of their art. The Art Omi Residency provides artists with exposure to fellow practitioners from different cultures as well as the opportunity for one on one time with Frances Richard, an independent art critic, writer and poet who is this year’s critic in residence. The program also involves an Open Day when hundreds of people flock tothe art center to visit the studios and talk to the artists.
The New York Arts Project Residency Grant is awarded to one of the winners of the Ateneo Art Awards, the contemporary art prize given annually by the Ateneo Art Gallery to artists below the age of 36 that have made a significant contribution to the development of Philippine Contemporary Art.
* Attachment: One of the works from Kawayan's winning exhibition, Incubator
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