From Roots to Arts: Artist Open Call
From Roots to Arts: Celebrating NYCHA’s Cultural Heritage is an innovative artist-in-residency pilot program designed to enrich and expand culture, heritage, and art narratives within public housing by placing local artists and residents at the forefront of this endeavor. The program aims to redefine how stories are told and the type of art produced and featured in public housing.
Harnessing the framework of the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Cornerstone Program across five NYCHA campuses spanning all five boroughs, this 20-month residency endeavor offers dedicated spaces within community centers, fostering an environment where artists can immerse themselves and interact with residents and the community.
The program will support five artists at locations in each borough through the artist-in-residency program from 2024 to 2026. One selected artist will be placed in residence for 20 months in each borough within a DYCD-funded Cornerstone program! In March and April 2024, the Fund and partners hosted community days in all five boroughs to hear from NYCHA residents about what types of public art programming they would like to participate in. These interactive, fun sessions engaged nearly 200 residents, and over 170 surveys were collected to help inform the artist-in-residence Open Call released in April 2024.
Learn more and apply by visiting https://www.communityfund.nyc/fromrootstoarts.
