The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts was delighted to receive over 270 applications from artists around the world for the 2017 Residency Program. The independent panel of art professionals was tasked with the difficult decision of choosing among the many talented applicants. On behalf of the Golden Foundation we want to congratulate the following 18 artists:
Katherine Barrie, Susan Connolly, Brandon Dalmer, Rosemarie Fiore, Huey-Chih Ho, Melissa Huddleston, Hyoyoun Lee, Björn Lundell, Ira Mitchell-Kirk, Helen O’Leary, Sarah Pater, Marcy Rosewater, Liz Roth, Rajab Sayed, Joey Slaughter, Tong Zhang, Kate Bae and Kirstin Lamb
Click here to see the 2017 Artists’ websites
The 2017 Residency Program begins in February and will run through the end of October. Residents live and work in a completely renovated chicken barn for 4 weeks and have access to an unlimited supply of acrylics, oils, watercolors and custom materials. Additionally, an educational component of the program includes such topics as frugal use of water in the studio, varnishing, best practices in studio waste management and packing and shipping ones artwork.
Thank you to all who applied this year! Happy Holidays!