2010 Byrdcliffe Artist in Residency Program - Previous AIR Residents - 2008
- APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE
- Deadline was March 01, 2010
- Applicants will be notified by late April/early May
- If you have any questions, please contact us.
- Each four week session is limited to 10 individuals. The cost per session is $300 USD. Candidates may apply for additional weeks in the event a space becomes available. (Learn more...)
2008 Pollock–Krasner Fellows speak with Jake Berhot
Here you will find a list of previous Artist in Residents from the 2008. A list from 2009 is also available.
Session One Residents, June 3 – June 29, 2008
Artists
- Dianne Bowen: Sculptor and painter living in New York, NY.
- Cathy Diamond: Painter from Brooklyn, New York.
- Nathan Green: An Austin, TX based visual artist working on a series of acrylic paintings called, Tears of Joy Are Still Tears.
- Essye Klempner: New York painter/poet of abstract nature.
- Bridget Spaeth: Sculptor and painter living in Bowdoin, Maine.
Musicians
- Bari Koral: Singer songwriter living in New York, NY. Former resident.
Writers
- Lynka Adams: San Francisco based writer, launching a first draft of her novel A Gathering of Larks.
- Barbara Blatner: Playwright, poet and composer living in New York, NY. She is working on a play called Marilyn Monroe in the Desert. Former resident.
- Brooke Shaffner: Writer, currently working on an autobiographical novel entitled Proximity. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
- Amy Veach: Writer living in New York working on her novel Tulip Stew.
Session Two Residents, July 1 – July 27, 2008
All of the visual artists this session are Pollock–Krasner Award recipients.
The Byrdcliffe Master for 2008 was Jake Berthot. Each Fellow had access to Jake for critiques, career opportunities, discussions, and to share insight and offer guidance during the four week residency.
- Brian Michael Dunn: Assembles vividly colored scenes that assimilate icons and elements from popular cultures and daily detritus. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
- Katy Krantz: Painter, currently living in Brooklyn, NY.
- Min Ha Park: An artist who comes from the fourth dimension. She is living and working in Brooklyn for the moment.
- Maya Erdelyi Perez: Her work explores dreams, memories, archetypes, and personal myths. Through animation/video she synthesizes various mediums: performance, shadow puppetry, cut–paper, set design, installation, drawing and painting. She uses drawing/painting/sculpture as extensions of the time and space of the video/animation.
- Amy Talluto: is a painter working with the themes of landscape to explore ideas of mood, color and form. Amy lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Writers
- Sarah Beck: Sarah Beck grew up in southern California. As a New Yorker now, she chases the squirrels off her fire escape and writes fiction and nonfiction. Currently, she is working on a novel about photography and women's basketball in 1939.
- Robert G. Davidson: is the author of Field Observations: Stories (Missouri, 2001) and The Master and the Dean: the Literary Criticism of Henry James and William Dean Howells. (Missouri, 2005). An Associate Professor of English at California State University, Chico, Rob is working on a second book of short stories. Former resident.
- Lisa Interollo: Writer, living in New York, NY. Former resident.
- Demetra Kareman: Playwright from Brooklyn, NY. She is up here at Byrdcliffe developing new ideas.
- Yosefa Raz: Yosefa Raz’s poetry and fiction have been published in Glimmer Train, Tikkun Magazine, Lilith, and ZYZZYVA. Her first book of poetry, "In Exchange for a Homeland", was published in 2004 by Swan Scythe Press. She is spending the summer completing her second book of poetry, after which she will return to Berkeley California, where she is working on her PhD in Biblical Hebrew Poetry.
Session Three Residents, July 29 – August 24, 2008
Artists
- Diane Banks: Sculptor living in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
- Nina Buxenbaum: Painter living in Brooklyn, NY.
- Barbara Laube: Painter living in Riverdale, NY.
- Lynda Ray: Painter.
- Sean Ward: Painter living in Astoria, NY
Writers
- Barton Bishop: Playwright living in Astoria, NY. Winner of this year's Handel Playwright Fellowship.
- Tenaya R. Darlington: Writer living in Philadelphia, PA.
- Sarah J. Gardner: Poet living in Davenport, IA.
- Suzanne Weinert: Screenwriter.
Session Four Residents, August 26 – September 21, 2008
Artists
- Madi Lanier: Painter living in New York, NY.
- Suzanne Lewis: Painter living in Austin, Texas.
- Courtnay Papy: Visual artist living in Brooklyn, NY.
- Mia Pearlman: Visual artist living in Brooklyn, NY. Former resident.
- William Knight: Sculptuor and mixed media artist living in New Jersey. Former resident.
Writers
- Thomas Higgins: Playwright living in New York, NY.
- Tim Steffen: Writer living in New York, NY.
- Sarah Cave: Fiction writer living in New York
- Helen Newman: Memoir writer living in New York. Former resident.
Mixed Media/Video
- Nicole Skletys: Australian filmmaker/musician working in collaboration with Tanya Andrea Stadelmann: Australian filmmaker. They are collaborating on a project called "The Jilted Brides of North America."
