This intensive studio residency, hosted by SVA's MFA Fine Arts Department, has been designed for artists working in both medium-specific and cross-platform modes of production that aim for the intersection of art and ideas. Taught by distinguished members of the MFA Fine Arts faculty, the residency fosters a culture of rigorous practice and contemporary thought.

Each artist will have use of a private studio in a location central to New York City's gallery districts, museums and alternative hubs for culture and technology. Daily studio visits from renowned artists, curators and theorists support an ongoing discourse among an international community of fellow artists. In addition to concentrated work in the studio, artists will attend lectures, gallery walks, museum visits and workshops that support a professional art practice. Through focused creative engagement with the history and criticism of contemporary art, participants will be encouraged by a faculty of leading artists and scholars to take their work to the next level, aesthetically and conceptually. Faculty and guest lecturers will represent a variety of contemporary perspectives.

While the focus of the residency is on content and critical discourse, work in a variety of media is supported and encouraged, including drawing, painting, photography, performance, installation, digital and interactive media, electronics, sound, and all modes of experimental practice. Artists committed to a single form or medium can expect to delve deeper into the material concerns of their practice. Residents are also invited to consider the sociopolitical potentiality of art practices situated outside the paradigm of individual authorship, via forays into social practice and public forms. Ultimately, the goal of the program is to create an inclusive space for artistic research, activated by the spirit of inquiry.

Participants will have access to SVA's Visible Futures Lab and the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art tools for both digital and traditional fabrication. The printmaking studio is available for an additional fee, and provides access to silkscreen, etching, lithography, letterpress and digital facilities. Participants must have a working knowledge of the printmaking process they wish to use in order to be granted access. Artists have access to the studios daily from 8:00 am to 11:00 pm. Overnight stays are allowed with entry to the building prior to 11:00 pm. The program culminates in an open studio exhibition.

Faculty and guest lecturers have included: Dara Birnbaum, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Media Farzin, Mark Thomas Gibson, Miguel Luciano, Angel Nevarez, Juan Puntes, Jacob Rhodes, David Ross, Jerry Saltz, Mark Tribe and Caroline Woolard.

Note: A portfolio is required for review and acceptance to this program.

For further information or questions regarding SVA's Artist Residency Programs, email residency@sva.edu.

SVA’s Artist Residency programs are hosted by the Division of Continuing Education.

For additional courses and workshops please visit https://sva.edu/academics/continuing-education

Hosted by SVA's MFA Fine Arts Department, this internationally renowned program offers artists an opportunity to work intensively in a private studio and receive individual critiques from faculty selected for their diversity, professional achievement and critical engagement. Artists are supported in their painting, drawing, printmaking, installation and mixed-media work, and are encouraged to push their practice to the next level, aesthetically and conceptually. Attention is given to contextualizing resident artists' work within contemporary interdisciplinary discourse.

Each artist has exclusive use of a studio throughout the program. Located in Chelsea, the studios offer privacy, while supporting a community that encourages experimentation and the development of new ideas and directions. Faculty will conduct studio visits and discuss each participant's work on an individual basis. Exposure to the New York City art world complements the on-site residency program. Equally important to the faculty critiques are the special lectures, scheduled approximately once a week. Given by guest artists, critics and gallery directors, these dialogues are designed to offer further insight into the realities of the working artist. Gallery tours are also included.

Participants will have access to SVA's Visible Futures Lab and the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art tools for both digital and traditional fabrication. The printmaking studio is available for an additional fee, and provides access to silkscreen, etching, lithography, letterpress and digital facilities. Participants must have a working knowledge of the printmaking process they wish to use in order to be granted access. Artists have access to the studios daily from 8:00 am to 11:00 pm. Overnight stays are allowed with entry to the building prior to 11:00 pm. The program culminates in an open studio exhibition.

Faculty and lecturers have included Andrianna Campbell, Andrea Champlin, Ofri Cnaani, Gregory Coates, Steve DeFrank, Peter Hristoff, Tobi Kahn, Sharon Louden, Amy Myers, Sheila Pepe, Danica Phelps, Kat Ryals, Jerry Saltz and Jason Stopa.

Note: A portfolio is required for review and acceptance to this program.

For further information or questions regarding SVA's Artist Residency Programs, email residency@sva.edu.

SVA’s Artist Residency programs are hosted by the Division of Continuing Education.

For additional courses and workshops please visit https://sva.edu/academics/continuing-education

Nocefresca is a residency that brings together artists, designers, writers and creative nomads from around the world. We were born in 2020 and our objective is for artists to focus on their projects while experiencing the inspiring environment of Sardinia island, Italy, rich in nature, history and culture.

We have launched a new programme in 2023: we call it Nocefreschissima! Hard to translate, easier to unfold it in a few sentences. It will bring you to Milis (Sardinia island, Italy), to spend a two-week period alongside our monthly artists in residence. A desktop in the communal areas of our studios building will be your working environment, a bedroom in a shared flat your accommodation. Do you enjoy self-directing your work within a rural, community-based setting? Nocefreschissima is great for you who need to:

Enjoy a rural environment

You are a digital nomad who want to work in a quiet community-centred village

Research and work outdoors

You are an artist who wants to get inspired by the Sardinian landscape and community. Working mainly outdoors or at the computer, for you a desktop is enough

Have a break

Your daily routine is making you tired and you want to be surrounded by creative people 

Take a peek

You are curious to see how Nocefresca works, but don't have time to spend a whole month with us 

Join our community

This short-stay initiative runs parallelly to our main residency programme. Therefore, during your stay you will be able to spend time and share activities with the other artists in residence 

Refresh your experience

You have been at Nocefresca previously and now you want to come back to complete your project, further develop it, or just visit old friends!

Artists, architects, writers, art historians, publishers, musicians and other creative professionals,
from all over the world, regardless of race, gender, age and orientation, with open arms
ideas and opinions, can stay and work with temporary participation in programs.
from 3 weeks, 6 weeks
The residences offer conditions that favor creativity and offer their guests a welcoming atmosphere
environment.
The building is a two-story renovated house of 160 square meters on a plot of 250
square meters. It offers private space, in a 35 square meter studio with a double king size
bed, desk, free wi-fi, comfortable sofa-bed, equipped kitchen, private bathroom, balcony,
outdoor furniture and modern design.

Cleaning is provided once a week with a change of bed linen and towels.
Shared sunny and bright 40 square meter workspace with large work table. To
common space, guests can work either alone or together. This facilitates collaboration and
the communication between visitors favoring the exchange of thoughts, ideas and concerns
in various subjects of Art and humanity. At the same time, in the same place,

At the end of the program, you will organize a group exhibition, event, celebration, with music with guests
citizens, fellow artists, publishers and collectors.
Projects created during the hosting period or projects they have with them will be exhibited.