HVCCA: Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art

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1701 Main Street
PO Box 209
Peekskill, NY 10566

tel: 914.788.0100
fax: 914.788.4531

email: info@hvcca.com

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EDUCATION PROGRAMS

LEAP PROGRAM • GUIDED TOURS • SERIES EVENTS • ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

The goals of our Artist-in-Residence program are characterized by the following inquiries:

How can we create an environment in which artists have the freedom to explore and experiment?
How can we create an environment that allows artists the luxury of sustained time in order to investigate ways of thinking, to focus ideas and to test vision?
How can we structure programs and community outreach that give audiences an opportunity to observe and interact with artists who are engaged in their work while not imposing on artist's time and privacy?
How can we establish residency guidelines that encourage a wide-ranging application pool?
How can we support and nurture emerging artists at a crucial point in their career?

The program offers studio space, living quarters and a stipend for extended periods of concentrated on-site studio work and community discourse. Residents are chosen on the basis of merit with an emphasis on highly promising emerging artists who have an interest in public dialogue. Each residency period is between two and four months depending on the artist and the scope of his/her projects and practices. During the course of the residency, artists are asked to present a series of informal talks and dialogues that promote discussion and open the language of contemporary art to artists and a broad and challenging public.

2007 Artist in Residence
ANIMAL SPIRIT: Maider Bilbao
September 16, 2007 - December 16, 2007
HVCCA's Summer '07 Artist-In-Residence.
A site-specific installation and performance.
With collaborative support from Sala Rekalde, a non-profit art space in Bilbao, Spain.

Echeverria is an interdisciplinary artist who combines sculpture, photography, performance, video and sound in site-specific installations. Often working outside in natural environments, she documents experimental performative actions using video and photography. She then reinterprets these actions in the gallery context using biomorphic constructions made of elastic textiles onto which images are projected. In preparing for her residency, the artist writes “The essence of my artistic creation is open experimentation…in the new environment of the Hudson Valley, I am sure I will find new resources to expand and empower my artistic production.”
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2006 Artist in Residence
Itziar Barrio
COINCIDOCONTIGOENLOOTRO (I coincide with you in the other)
June 10th - August 20th, 2006

2004 Artist in Residence
Sandra Tomboloni
Lost and Found - Oggetti Smarriti
September 18th - December 18th, 2004