Art on the Block NYC was established with the dual purpose of making art more accessible to the general public and offering practicing artists a venue to create and display their artwork. Through short-term residencies in a New York City storefront, Art on the Block NYC seeks to spotlight these artists. Throughout these residencies, artists will transform the space into their studio and exhibition space, while simultaneously hosting programs for youth, families, and adults. These programs include art-making workshops, artist interviews, and more. The overarching goal of Art on the Block NYC is to support and advocate for artists while providing local communities with opportunities to engage with art.

Art on the Block NYC fosters a vibrant community by offering a dynamic platform where artists and the public unite. We are dedicated to cultivating an environment where art creation and interactive experiences thrive, enabling hands-on engagement and accessible programming for all. Our mission is to empower artists, inspire community collaboration, and enrich lives through the transformative power of art.

Stone Quarry’s Visiting Artist Program focuses on artists’ engagements with the landscape in a variety of materials, approaches, and disciplines. Stone Quarry envisions the park as a boundary object, a space that anyone can imagine, contribute, and collectively shape. The Visiting Artist Program positions responsiveness and collaboration at its center to create inclusive and equitable relationships with artists. Visiting Artists are awarded a stipend to create a project on the grounds. The Program is both process and project-based, which makes each artist’s conversation and time with Stone Quarry designed to fit the needs of the artist and their work. 

We do not accept submissions for this program. Stone Quarry's Artistic Director administers invitations to participate in the visiting artist program. This process is guided by an Art Advisory Committee, a group of independent artists and scholars whose wide-ranging expertise informs the programming and advances the organization's commitment to equitable and inclusive practices. 

Learn more about Teaching Artists, Affiliate Artists, and Commissions at Stone Quarry.

The International Storytelling Center is a nonprofit organization and the premiere educational, arts and cultural institution dedicated to building better lives through the art of storytelling.

It is our organization’s goal to inspire and empower people everywhere to capture and tell their stories, listen to the stories of others, and use storytelling to produce positive change.

SeedKeepers is a nonprofit environmental organization incorporated with the goal to promote environmental conservation, outdoor recreation and historical and cultural preservation.  
We accomplish our goals through two major purposes: To acquire and preserve cultural, historical, and environmental resources for posterity.  To educate and inspire people to appreciate our agricultural and natural history, natural environment and wildlife.

Beaver Island Artist/Naturalist in Residence

SeedKeepers Artist/Naturalist In-Residence Program is designed to foster the creation of artistic works which celebrate Beaver Island’s natural wonders while encouraging their conservation and preservation. The residency requires participants to share their experience with the public via two presentations. Artists are also required to donate a piece of work created during the residency to the SeedKeepers' permanent collection. These works will remain on exhibit at the SeedKeeper Lodge and also viewable via SeedKeepers website.

The Beaver Island Artist-in-Residence Program offers artists/naturalists: (writers, composers, visual and performing artists) a 10-12 day immersion on "Apple Blossom Farm," a 40 Acre regenerative farm and nature preserve leased by SeedKeepers. The preserve, located within biking distance from the village of St. James, includes a historic farmstead (dating to the 1850s) orchard and natural area. The property is adjacent to Conn's Cove Preserve, a 266 acre wilderness area owned by Little Traverse Conservancy.  

This immersion provides time for participants to connect to the island’s landscape which includes 16 unique habitats across the Beaver Island archipelago. Included are globally rare ecosystems, including multiple coastal fens, a high-quality Great Lakes marsh, old-growth yellow birch, abundant sphagnum moss peatlands, and rare, threatened and endangered wildflowers found in but a few places in Michigan. 
 

Shadowcliff is a nonprofit lodge and retreat center dedicated to healing, growth, hospitality, and community. Nestled on the western side of Rocky Mountain National Park, Shadowcliff's mission is to be a mountain sanctuary that holds space for individual and collective transformation

The artist residency program at Shadowcliff brings together a diverse group of artists, creatives, researchers, and cultural caretakers from around the country, providing them with time, space, and access to the rich natural and cultural resources of Grand County.