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| NYC SUMMER RESIDENCY DATES |
| August 18 – 29, 2014 |
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| REGISTRATION DEADLINE |
| Thursday, July 17, 2014 |
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| ELIGIBILITY |
| Open to all Visual Artists |
| Beginning & Advanced Level Artists Accepted |
| 12 Artists Accepted |
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| Dacia Gallery is pleased to announce its Artist Residency program for Summer 2014, in the art capital of the world, New York City. This two-week painting intensive program will comprise of figurative and plein air painting, guest lecturers, gallery and museum visits, and a final group exhibition at Dacia Gallery. Artists will meet daily at its Chelsea Artist Studio under teacher instruction. The Art Studio is located in the heart of the Chelsea Art District and is centrally located amongst all the major galleries in New York, providing maximum exposure to today’s contemporary art. Students will draw the model from life in the mornings and paint the figure in the afternoon. On days when landscape and cityscape classes are held, artists will explore Manhattan by painting the historical Financial District, residential streets in West Village, the gardens of The Highline Park along the Hudson River and Central Park. Art walks will be taken throughout Chelsea and Lower East Side during opening receptions to explore today’s contemporary art scene. Weekends will include visits to several of New York’s esteemed art museums, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim and the Frick Collection. Additionally, Dacia Gallery will host a week-long group exhibition for resident artists at its gallery in the hottest area for the arts today, the Lower East Side of Manhattan. |
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| Invitation to Artists: Dacia Gallery invites emerging and established artists to participate in an exciting summer Artist Residency program in New York City. Dacia’s Artist Residency provides an academic program to inspire, refine and redefine the creative direction of artists in a painting intensive two-week program. The application is open to visual artists worldwide, including all mediums and styles of artwork. The residency is on a first come, first served, basis, with a limit of only 12 available spots for artists to participate. We are accepting artists that want to dedicate their time to painting, learning the ins and outs of the New York art world and exploring all the wonderful opportunities that the city has to offer artists. Art classes will alternate between figurative and plein air painting, the business of art, guest speakers and lecturers. We will explore the contemporary art galleries of Chelsea and the Lower East Side and visit the great museums of New York. Additionally, a week-long exhibition and opening reception will be held for the participating resident artists at Dacia Gallery. This is a wonderful opportunity to study and paint in NYC, if you are interested in participating registration is now open. |
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| NYC ARTIST RESIDENCY COURSES & ITINERARY |
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| Mondays & Tuesdays |
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| Figure Drawing & Painting Intensive: Morning classes are structured on drawing the model from life to strengthen basic drawing fundamentals of composition, line, proportions, depth and movement of the human figure. Afternoon classes are geared towards painting the model from life using oil paints and other preferred mediums. Artists will explore the nature of oil painting techniques by creating flesh tones, values, visual perception and the proportions of compositional structure in figure painting from life. This is an intensive figure drawing and painting course, the instructor will be present during all classes, assisting each artist based on their needs and skill level. Studio easels will be provided for each resident artist. |
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| The Business of Art: Monday evenings we will hold a lecture course on The Business of Art, explaining the inner workings of the art world and how to successfully market one’s artistic career to achieve representation by a gallery or an arts institution.We will discuss how to advertise and market your work, price it, and how to approach a gallery to get into group and solo shows in NYC. Presentation is of utmost importance and we want to prepare you for all the ups and downs of what it takes to exhibit your work in New York City. |
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| Guest Speakers: Tuesday evenings we will invite guest speakers and lecturers to the art studio. They will be prominent New York artists and gallerists. Each speaker will talk about their New York experience and what it took to make it as an artist or a gallerist in Manhattan. They will cover a wide array of subjects that will be helpful to artists by giving an inside view of how the New York art world really works. Questions and answers will take place after the lecture. |
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| Wednesdays & Thursdays |
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| Landscape & Cityscape Plein Air Painting: Experience plein air painting of landscapes and cityscapes by painting on location in New York City under teacher instruction. Discover Manhattan’s cityscapes by learning perspective, color theory and depth as you draw and paint the skyscrapers in downtown’s financial district. Or you might find yourself painting a panoramic of the city from a New York rooftop with an incredible view. Create dynamic compositions of the landscape in impressionist and realism methods by using alla prima painting techniques and learn how to organize visual elements forming the image of the landscape in Central Park. |
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| Gallery Walk NYC: Each Thursday is gallery walk night in New York City. We will explore the galleries of Chelsea and the Lower East Side to attend opening receptions, meet artists, gallerists, collectors and fine art connoisseurs. Thursday is networking in the arts night and we will take center stage at the best galleries that New York has to offer. See what is currently being exhibited and selling at NYC galleries and experience the fun and thrill of an adept opening reception. |
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| Fridays |
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| Open Studio: Friday’s are designated as an open studio day to complete your paintings. The instructor will be present to give full support and instruction to the resident artists to complete all artwork for exhibition the last week of the artist residency. |
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| Art Exhibition: Residency Exhibition Dates: August 29 – September 5, 2014. On Friday, August, 29, Dacia Gallery will host a formal Opening Reception and week-long Exhibition of all the participating resident artists work at the gallery. Additionally, Lee Vasu, the founder and curator of Dacia Gallery, will be present to assist each resident artist in preparing for the group exhibition and opening reception. All participating artists will give an Artist Talk at the exhibition and present your work to collectors, artists, gallerists and the admiring public. |
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| Saturdays & Sundays |
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| Weekends: Artists are expected to arrive in New York City by Sunday, August 17. In the evening we will meet at Dacia Gallery where we will hold formal introductions and a Welcome to New York Party. During the weekends and free time, we will visit most of the major museums in NYC, such as, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim and the Frick Collection. By exploring these remarkable museums we will have a well-rounded art history lesson from the old masters to the contemporary artists of today. At the end of the residency program a commencement celebration will be held for the resident artists with an exhibition at Dacia Gallery in New York City. |
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| The NYC Residency will be hosted at New Century Artists, 530 West 25th Street, (between 10th & 11th Avenues), New York, NY, 10001 |
