Residency Unlimited (RU) supports the creation, presentation, and dissemination of contemporary art through its unique residency program and year-long public programs. RU provides customized residencies for international and local artists and curators in New York City focused on network support, project/production assistance, and public exposure. Working together with residents and partners, RU develops a tailored residency experience that aims to maximize the potential of the residents by supporting and realizing short term projects and helping to advance long term goals. Residents benefit from the creative and logistical support of RU staff, customized weekly studio visits with art professionals, and RU community and public programing.
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Firas Zreik, performance at Roulette on April 20, 2024. Photo by Daniel Efram.
Firas Zreik, performance at Roulette on April 20, 2024. Photo by Claudia Shaldervan.
Aida Sulova in her studio at RU House on Governors Island, May 2024.
Kabir Mokamel, "Baqara", mixed media (acrylic, mesh, paper, and ink on canvas). 78 x 78 in.
Firas Zreik, performance at Roulette on April 20, 2024. Photo by Claudia Shaldervan.
Firas Zreik, performance at Roulette on April 20, 2024. Photo by Claudia Shaldervan.
Firas Zreik, performance at Roulette on April 20, 2024. Photo by Claudia Shaldervan.
Firas Zreik, performance at Roulette on April 20, 2024. Photo by Claudia Shaldervan.
Firas Zreik, performance at Roulette on April 20, 2024. Photo by Claudia Shaldervan.
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“The terrific range of project proposals we receive each year speaks to the mobile and porous disciplinary boundaries of contemporary art practice, and to the rich and inventive ways writers approach art today. They are alert to the urgent need to expand the conventions of art history and criticism with ideas from other discourses, such as black studies, transnational and diaspora studies, gender and women’s studies, and LGBT studies. The work of lesser known and overlooked artists and art communities continues to be mined, with writers articulating new ways to counter the striking imbalances of race, class and gender that continue to affect the arts and the culture industry.”