OPEN CALL
\nThe Socrates Annual Fellowship 2024 – “Invasive Species”
\nAPPLICATION DEADLINE:\u00a0November 29, 2023 by 11:59 PM<\/p>\n
In 2024, Socrates will pilot an expanded Fellowship, welcoming two separate cohorts to activate the Park throughout the seasons.<\/p>\n
Cohort 1\u00a0(March \u2013 June 2024) solicits artworks that take advantage of the peak spring growing season, focusing on the ecology of the Park and introduce \u201cliving\u201d installations in the form of site-specific ecological interventions that will flourish as part of the landscape.<\/p>\n
Cohort 2\u00a0(June \u2013 September 2024) is an opportunity for early career artists to fabricate and realize large-scale public artworks within the Park\u2019s five-acre waterfront site.\u00a0The Socrates Annual 2024\u00a0will open in September 2024, showcasing work from both Cohorts 1 and 2.<\/p>\n
All applicants are encouraged to respond to the prompt \u201cInvasive Species,\u201d considering the legacies of species migration alongside the sociopolitical themes and myths of invasion related to people, animals, and plants.<\/p>\n
View the full details, FAQ’s, and apply HERE —
\nIMPORTANT DATES:
\nAPPLICATION DEADLINE:\u00a0November 29, 2023 by 11:59 PM<\/p>\n
FELLOWSHIP NOTIFICATION:\u00a0January 2024<\/p>\n
FELLOWSHIP:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Announcement of Cohorts 1 & 2: February 2024<\/p>\n
Cohort 1: March \u2013 June 2024;<\/p>\n
Cohort 2: June \u2013 September 2024<\/p>\n
EXHIBITION:<\/p>\n
Cohort 1: March 2024 \u2013 March 2025;<\/p>\n
Cohort 2: September 2024 \u2013 March 2025<\/p>\n
Opening Celebration for Cohorts 1 & 2; September 2024 ABOUT
\nThe Socrates Annual Fellowship is an opportunity for early career artists to realize new public artworks at Socrates Sculpture Park, a public park in Long Island City, Queens. The Fellowship is a highly competitive program that reflects the Park\u2019s commitment to artistic experimentation and nurturing artistic careers. This important training ground for early career artists allows Artist Fellows to gain experience creating large-scale public art projects. Socrates encourages artists to create proposals that consider the use of materials and scale of projects in relationship with the Park\u2019s five-acre landscape.<\/p>\n
Fellowship recipients receive an $8,000 production grant to support their project, a $2,000 honorarium, and three-months of seven-days-a-week access to the resources and fabrication facilities of the Park\u2019s outdoor artist studio, as well as the technical and administrative support needed to design and install an artwork within the Park. Fellows are responsible for the fabrication, transportation, and installation of their own artworks. The Fellowship culminates in\u00a0The Socrates Annual, an exhibition that showcases Fellows\u2019 completed works, from September 2024 \u2013 March 2025.<\/p>\n
Artists including\u00a0Leilah Babirye\u00a0(2018),\u00a0Sable Elyse Smith\u00a0(2016),\u00a0David Brooks\u00a0(2009),\u00a0Hank Willis Thomas\u00a0(2006),\u00a0Orly Genger\u00a0(2004), and\u00a0Sanford Biggers\u00a0(2001) have participated in the Fellowship program since it was formalized in 2000.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":7508,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event-category":[],"class_list":["post-7507","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/7507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category?post=7507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}