Exhibitions Project Space Residency
The Project Space is a studio workspace residency at VSW for artists working primarily but not exclusively in photography, film, and media art.
The Project Space is a studio workspace for artists working primarily but not exclusively in photography, film, and media art. Each year, a committee of VSW staff and outside artists and curators review applications and select up to 20 artists for 4-week terms.
The Project Space provides artists the opportunity to experiment with new work and new display strategies, and to have discussions with VSW staff, critics, curators, and the community-at-large about works-in-progress. An introductory event within the VSW community and a public talk or open studio are organized to engage the public with the visiting artist’s work and ideas.
Two artists are usually in residence at a time: a local/regionally-based, and a national/international artist who is housed in an apartment within walking distance to VSW. Each artist receives 24hr access to a private studio, a stipend of $1000, a $500 travel budget for those from outside the region, and a supplies budget of $250. Residents receive the support of VSW’s digital printing technician, program assistants, consultations with curators on staff and research support in VSW’s collections.
The residency is open to all adults except those enrolled in higher education programs at the time of the residency. This policy is due to restrictions of our funders. We do not offer residencies to current VSW staff or board.
Fee to apply: $10
Call: Closed (To open early 2024)
Deadline: TBD
Notification: TBD
Guidelines and submission form
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VSW Project Space Residencies are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the New York State Legislature, Monroe County, and Joy of Giving Something. Photography artists participating in the program receive support from the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation.
Project Space Podcast
Sonja Thomsen
August 14 – August 30, 2024
Barbara Justice
July 10 – August 7, 2024
Željka Blakšić
June 5 – July 3, 2024
Sarah Friedland
May 1 – May 29, 2024
Rianna Jade Parker
March 27 – April 24, 2024
Sophie Schwartz
February 21 – March 24, 2024
Robert Doyle
February 21 – March 24, 2024
Peggy Ahwesh
January 10 – February 7, 2024
Le’Andra LeSeur
November 29 – December 13, 2023
Saint Piñero
November 15 – December 17, 2023
Michael Darcy
October 11 – November 8, 2023
Colleen Mullins
October 11 – November 8, 2023
Claudia Claremi
September 6 – October 4, 2023
Louis Chavez
September 6 – October 4, 2023
Asli Narin
July 19 – August 16, 2023
Samantha Box
June 14 – July 17, 2023
Shireen Seno
May 10 – June 7, 2023
Joshua Tonies
April 5 – May 3, 2023
Eduardo L Rivera
March 1 – March 29, 2023
Anna Kipervaser
March 1 – March 29, 2023
Martin Krafft
February 3 – February 26, 2023
Margaret LeJeune
January 11 – January 25, 2023
Raymond Thompson
November 30 – December 21, 2022
Odette England
November 9 – November 23, 2022
Dan Boardman and Aspen Mays
November 9 – November 23, 2022
Ahndraya Parlato
October 5– November 2, 2022
Priya Kambli
October 5–October 19, 2022
Lydia Smith
September 7 – October 2, 2022
Kelli Connell and Natalie Krick
August 3 – 17, 2022
Ligia Bouton
August 3 – September 4, 2022
Lili Chin
June 29 – July 31, 2022
Bárbara Oettinger
June 29 – July 31, 2022
Jodie Mack
May 25 – June 26, 2022
Işık Kaya and Thomas Georg Blank
April 20 – May 22, 2022
Ambarien Alqadar
April 20 – May 22, 2022
Salome Kokoladze
March 19 – April 17, 2022
Meredith Davenport
February 9, 2022 – March 13, 2022
Jenn Poggi and Josh Meltzer
February 9 – March 13, 2022
India Johnson
January 5 – February 6, 2022
Maya Ciarrocchi
January 5 – February 6, 2022
Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby
December 8 – 21, 2021
Keliy Anderson-Staley
December 8 – 21, 2021
Rashaad Parker
November 8 – December 3, 2021
Savannah Wood
November 10 – 23, 2021
Rebecca Aloisio
October 6 – November 7, 2021
Kelly Sears
October 6 – November 7, 2021
Granville Carroll
September 1 – October 3, 2021
Corporate Kinship, Queer Friendship, and Chemical Bonds at Eastman Kodak by Ali Feser
August 3 –31, 2021
Black Alchemy by Aaron Turner
July 5 – July 31, 2021
A Whisper in Lieu of a Scream (Un Susurro en Lugar de un Grito) by Andres Janacua
April 13 – 30, 2021
Pressure Gradient by Martin Hawk
April 1 – May 31, 2021
“…new love.” by Hernease Davis
February 1 – 28, 2021
KODAK | For outstanding contribution to freedom in South Africa by Casey Asprooth-Jackson
February 1 – 28, 2021
Ephemeral Chance by Nancy Bernardo
January 4 – 31, 2021
SLP by Benjamin Lovell
November 4-29 2020
Underneath The Surface by Lee Cannarozzo
October 1 – 31, 2020
Pierre Janet’s Measure by H.R. Buechler
September 2-27 2020
Patterning, Points and Paths by Michael Haleta
July 1-31 2020
Borderlands by Hannah Smith Allen
June 3-June 28, 2020
Wooly Bully by Martin Freeman
May 6-May 31, 2020
Future From Inside by Dani and Sheilah ReStack
May 13-June 13, 2020
Rochester’s Abolitionist Parking Lots by Hinda Mandell
April 6-May 2, 2020
Cancer & Love by Kathy Hettinga
April 6-May 2, 2020
Reprographic Understanding by Adam Kujawski
February 12-March 8, 2020
Mine Eyes Have Seen by Amanda Chestnut
February 12-March 8, 2020
Cecily Culver
January 8-February 2, 2020
Evening Album by Christine Elfman
January 8-February 2, 2020
Encore by Courtney Asztalos
December 4-22, 2019
The Velvet Noose
November 6-December 22, 2019
The Journey by Marilia Destot
November 6-24, 2019
Moonrise by E Bobrow
October 9-November 3, 2019
Post Masters by Crystal Z Campbell
October 9-November 3, 2019
Breathing the Everyday by Judith Thorpe
September 23-October 6, 2019
The Polaroid Project (Community Project #2) by Ephraim Asili
August 7 – September 1, 2019
Finding Balance by Joe Ziolkowski
June 26 – July 28, 2019
Baby’s on Fire and Any Idiot Should Know That by Kristin Reeves
June 26 – July 28, 2019
The Disassembled Book by Louie Palu
June 11-26, 2019
Sex Lives of Animals Without Backbones by Rachel Fein-Smolinski
May 22 – June 9, 2019
Books of Knowledge by Alicia Taylor-Austin
May 5 – June 9, 2019
Speed Run by Cody Filardi
April 3-27, 2019
Lemniscate Track by Matt Wellins
April 10-27, 2019
Jarmo (and its Consequences) by Emma Piper-Burket
May 1-19, 2019
Backward Ran Sentences Until Reeled The Mind by Elizabeth Moran
March 11 – April 6, 2019
I Am a Man by Joshua Rashaad McFadden
December 10, 2018 – January 6, 2019
Source of Light by fivebyfive, Missy Pfohl Smith and Josh Thorson
November 5 – December 8, 2018
Apocalypse Me: Ways of Envisioning the Final End by Andrea Průchová and Tomáš Hrůza
November 5 – December 1, 2018
Sanctuary City by Rigoberto Díaz
October 8 – November 3, 2018
The Memory Thief by Beina Xu
September 10 – October 6, 2018
Gender Transgression Before the Internet by Jeffrey Cougler
Media Ontologies by Michael Morris
July 16 – August 11, 2018
Lost Color of God and Man by Matthew Gamber
June 25 – July 14, 2018
Eyes Swollen Shut by Johnson Bowles
May 28 – June 23, 2018
Photosites by Lisa McCarty
May 14 – June 9, 2018
The . after by Lytton Smith
April 30 – May 26, 2018
Women Living in a Shelter by Ann Rosen
April 2 – 28, 2018
The Walkers by Alyssa M Dewitt
March 5 – 31, 2018
Vision of the Voice by Joel Dow
March 5 – 31, 2018
The Idio Visualization Project by Nicholas Gurewitch
February 5 – March 3, 2018
Lovingly Begun by Patti Russotti
January 10 – February 3, 2018
A History of the Idea of Progress by Nando Alvarez-Perez
November 6 – December 2, 2017
Political Prints by Adam Maida
October 9 – November 4, 2017
While We Are Here by Nancy Topolski
August 21 – September 16, 2017
Deconstruction and Destruction by Nur Balkir
August 21 – September 16, 2017
Animated Lantern Slide Poem by Nicky Tavares
July 10 – July 30, 2017
White Rush of Experience by Alysia Kaplan
June 5 – July 8, 2017
Through the Lens of Desire by Kris Sanford
May 9 – June 4, 2017
43 by Scott McCarney
April 10 – May 6, 2017
Ephemeral Record by T. Foley
March 6 – April 8, 2017
In Xanadu by Joshua Thorson
March 6 – April 8, 2017
The Slow TV Crafting Cycle by Andrew Salomone
January 30 – March 4, 2017
Take Me To The River
October 24 – December 3, 2016
Lyons over Leo by Blair Bogin
August 29 – October 7, 2016
The Nature of Pencils by Dylan Nelson
June 6 – June 25, 2016
Temporary Surface by Sage Lewis
May 9 – June 3, 2016
Standing Open
April 4 – May 6, 2016
Still Visible: after Gezi by Roberley Bell
February 22 – April 1, 2016