Transformative Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program names recipients
DUMBO's creative power keeps on 'giving back'
The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program announced on Tuesday the recipients of its 2022-2023 studio program residency, as well as the recipients of the 2022 Philip Pearlstein Painter recipient and the 2022 Irving Sandler Prize.
The recipients of the 2022-2023 residency are aricoco (Ari Tabei), David Atkin, Jeane Cohen, Avram Finkelstein, Jim Gaylord, Yasi Ghanbari, William Kohler, Janice Nowinski, Maia Palileo, Martha Poggioli, Erin Riley, Kathia St. Hilaire, Jonathan Torres, Grace Sachi Troxell, Margaux Valengin, Naeem Mohaiemen, Cherrie Yu. See below for more on each artist.
These 17 artists were selected from a competitive pool of 1,457 applicants by a jury comprising Ellen Altfest, Julie Curtiss, Deborah Kass, Arthur Simms, and Didier William. The residency provides rent-free studio space for a period of one year, lasting from September 2022 through August 2023, with an open studios weekend to be scheduled for spring 2023.