Friday, June 18, 2021

4-8 PM

We turn Opening

Join us for the opening of the SHIFT Residency for Arts Workers 2020/21 Culminating Exhibition, with 2020/21 SHIFT Residents: Ezra Benus, Barrie Cline, Anaïs Duplan, Clarinda Mac Low, Isaac Pool, Jeannette Rodríguez Píneda, Stephen Sewell, Río Sofia, Margaret Rose Vendryes. The exhibition will be curated by danilo machado.

EFA Project Space's SHIFT Residency provides peer support, mentoring, and studio space for artists who work in arts organizations (as curators, educators, administrators, etc) to boost their personal creative practices. SHIFT recognizes the work of arts workers for whom their livelihood isn’t just a day job, but a passion and responsibility, demanding high amounts of creativity, stamina, and sacrifice. The SHIFT Residency honors these artists’ commitment to the arts community with a supportive environment to revitalize their creative practices. Each year, residents are selected through a competitive nomination process based on the excellence of their work, their strong potential for artistic growth, their need to "shift" (however they might define this), and the outstanding contributions they have made to New York's cultural institutions. Since its inception in 2010, SHIFT has hosted over sixty artists working in a range of media, from sound and installation to painting, performance, and social practice. In addition to its role as a support network, SHIFT promotes advocacy for arts workers and seeks to increase equity and representation within the field.

Timed entry (EventBrite), RSVP required.