Engaging Artists Fellowship and Residency

ENGAGING ARTISTS (EA) is More Art’s 2-tiered, Fellowship and Residency program for artists seeking to both develop and sustain their public art and socially-engaged practice. The program curriculum encompasses a professional development series, public art commission opportunities, mentorship, and peer networking.

The twelve-month Fellowship provides an infrastructure and laboratory for eight NYC-based emerging and underrepresented artists (or collectives) to gain a deeper understanding of the history of the field of public art, incubate and develop their early-stage research and project, collaborate with communities in shaping society, and build sustainable careers.

2022 Fellowship theme: This year special consideration will be given to artists interested in addressing concepts related to gates and borders, physical and imaginary, including, but not limited to, mass incarceration, criminal justice reform, policing, gated communities, immigration, border security, and COVID-related barriers. Additionally, fellows will have the opportunity to create programming in conjunction with a new public art project by artist Fred Wilson, addressing the 2022 theme of gates and borders.

The Residency provides an opportunity for one NYC-based early career and underrepresented artist (or collective) to gain a deeper understanding of the history of the field of public art, and is focused on the incubation and commissioning of a public art project. The Residency is a minimum of nine months and carries a $8,000 award to realize the project.