Info Session: 2025 Open Call
Tuesday, October 29, 6:30 PM
Register HERE Learn more about The Socrates Annual Fellowship and application process at our online info session. Questions are encouraged! The information session will be posted online after the event as a resource.
The Socrates Annual Fellowship 2025 – “Up/rooted”
The 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’s commitment to artistic experimentation and nurturing artistic careers. This important training ground for early career artists allows Artist Fellows to gain experience creating ambitious public art projects. Socrates encourages artists to create proposals for new works in disciplines including sculpture, performance, social practice, ecology as well as across multiple and new disciplines.
View the full Open Call, FAQ’s, and apply HERE —
Important Dates
APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 15, 2025 by 11:59 PM
FINALIST NOTIFICATION: JANUARY 2025
FELLOWSHIP:
Public Announcement: March 2025
Project development phase: March – May 2025
On-site fabrication: April 2025 – September 2025
Installation: rolling* May 2025 – September 2025
Public programming window: May 2025 – March 2026
Exhibition dates: On view beginning June 2025; full exhibition opens in mid-September 2025