International Studio & Curatorial Program

International Studio & Curatorial Program
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Name	International Studio & Curatorial Program
Formation	1994
Type	Nonprofit arts organization
Headquarters	Brooklyn, New York
Leader title	Director

International Studio & Curatorial Program

The International Studio & Curatorial Program is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit artist residency and exhibition organization that supports visual artists and curators through international exchange, studio practice, and public programming. Founded in 1994, it operates within a network of cultural institutions and artists that includes museums, galleries, foundations, and universities across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The organization has been engaged with major figures and institutions from the contemporary art world while maintaining ties to local communities and artist-run initiatives.

History

The organization's early years intersected with networks surrounding Robert Rauschenberg, Marina Abramović, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Damien Hirst, Yayoi Kusama, Ai Weiwei, Olafur Eliasson, Kiki Smith, Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Gerhard Richter, Jasper Johns, Louise Bourgeois, Christo, Alexander Calder, Jannis Kounellis, Joseph Beuys, Bruce Nauman, Donald Judd, Richard Serra, Claes Oldenburg, Eva Hesse, Frank Stella, David Smith, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Louise Nevelson, Barbara Kruger, Hans Haacke, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Andy Warhol through curatorial dialogues and visiting scholars. Throughout the late 1990s and 2000s its programming reflected shifts tracked by exhibitions and conferences involving Tate Modern, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Centre Pompidou, Guggenheim Bilbao, Serpentine Galleries, Walker Art Center, Institute of Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Stedelijk Museum, Ludwig Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Frick Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery, London, Rijksmuseum, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Gallery of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Rubin Museum of Art, and Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Mission and Programs

The program's mission aligns with international cultural exchange as pursued by entities such as UNESCO, UNICEF, European Cultural Foundation, Ford Foundation, Polaris Project, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Open Society Foundations, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, Ford Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Knight Foundation, Princeton University, Yale University, Columbia University, New York University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles, CalArts, Goldsmiths, University of London, Royal College of Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Cooper Union, Bard College, Parsons School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, The New School, Brooklyn College, and Columbia College Chicago through fellowships, seminars, and collaborative exhibitions. Programming has included lecture series, workshops, and public talks featuring curators and scholars from Hans Ulrich Obrist, Okwui Enwezor, Thelma Golden, Massimiliano Gioni, Klaus Biesenbach, Nicholas Serota, Joan Jonas, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Hito Steyerl, Santiago Sierra, Gilbert & George, Adrian Piper, Kara Walker, Shirin Neshat, Yoko Ono, John Baldessari, Laurie Anderson, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Paul Chan, Rashid Johnson, Sarah Sze, Tauba Auerbach, Kehinde Wiley, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, and Marina Abramović.

Residencies and Curatorial Support

Residency structures have been compared with programs at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Montalvo Arts Center, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Lightwork, Civitella Ranieri, ISCP–International Studio & Curatorial Program (note: see rule) and university-based residencies linked to Princeton University, Duke University, Brown University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, SOAS University of London, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of the Arts London, Tokyo University of the Arts, Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, National Institute of Design, India, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Museo Tamayo, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Palais de Tokyo, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, Kunsthalle Basel, Documenta, Venice Biennale, São Paulo Biennial, Sharjah Biennial, Istanbul Biennial, Berlin Biennale, and Liverpool Biennial. Curatorial support has included partnerships with curators from Hans Ulrich Obrist, Christine Macel, Okwui Enwezor, Nancy Spector, Deborah Willis, Jessica Morgan, Rita McBride, Mark Godfrey, Bice Curiger, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Thelma Golden, Massimiliano Gioni, Klaus Biesenbach, and Yuko Hasegawa.

Facilities and Location

Located in Brooklyn neighborhoods associated with cultural change such as Bushwick, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Dumbo, Brooklyn, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, and near institutions like Brooklyn Navy Yard, Industry City, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Smack Mellon, BRIC Arts Media, SculptureCenter, Wave Hill, The Kitchen, Chashama, Gowanus, Red Hook, Brooklyn, and New York University sites. Facilities have included studio spaces, project rooms, and exhibition galleries comparable to spaces at Studio Museum in Harlem, MoMA PS1, Queens Museum, Queens College and artist-run spaces such as ABC No Rio.

Partnerships and Collaborations

The organization collaborates widely with museums, galleries, foundations, and cultural agencies, including Tate Modern, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Centre Pompidou, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Kunstmuseum Basel, Kunstverein Hannover, Stedelijk Museum, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Museo Tamayo, Museo de Arte de Lima, Inhotim, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Museo Jumex, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, MACBA, Fundación PROA, Serpentine Galleries, Victoria and Albert Museum, Rijksmuseum, Galleria degli Uffizi, MAXXI, Palazzo Grassi, Fondazione Prada, Lisson Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Pace Gallery, Gagosian Gallery, David Zwirner, Gladstone Gallery, White Cube, Galerie Perrotin, Skarstedt Gallery, Lehmann Maupin, David Roberts Art Foundation, Henry Moore Foundation, Artangel, Chisenhale Gallery, Channel 4, BBC Arts, Sedition, Artnet, Artforum, Frieze, ArtReview, Art Basel, Armory Show, Fiac, TEFAF, and biennials including Venice Biennale, Documenta, Sharjah Biennial, Istanbul Biennial, São Paulo Biennial, and Berlin Biennale.

Notable Alumni and Fellows

Alumni and fellows have gone on to visibility within institutions and market contexts associated with figures and entities such as Catherine Opie, Kerry James Marshall, Rashid Johnson, Kehinde Wiley, Tauba Auerbach, Titus Kaphar, Ai Weiwei, Shirin Neshat, Wangechi Mutu, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Julie Mehretu, Mark Bradford, Nick Cave (artist), Cornelia Parker, Tacita Dean, William Kentridge, Marina Abramović, Kara Walker, Sarah Sze, Lorna Simpson, Zanele Muholi, Hank Willis Thomas, Isaac Julien, Cecily Brown, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Tracey Emin, Rachel Whiteread, El Anatsui, Yinka Shonibare, Theaster Gates, Hito Steyerl, Pierre Huyghe, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Tino Sehgal, Adrian Piper, Michael Rakowitz, Walid Raad, Doris Salcedo, Mona Hatoum, Anri Sala, Pipilotti Rist, Olafur Eliasson, Carsten Höller, Ed Atkins, Cildo Meireles, Tania Bruguera, Doris Salcedo, Yoko Ono.

Governance and Funding

Governance models align with nonprofit boards and advisory councils similar to those at Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, Serpentine Galleries, Brooklyn Museum, National Endowment for the Arts, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Open Society Foundations, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Trust for Mutual Understanding, Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, Goethe-Institut, British Council, Japan Foundation, Pro Helvetia, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Instituto Cervantes, Danish Arts Foundation, Swedish Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Australia Council for the Arts, Korean Cultural Centre, Taipei Cultural Center, and private patrons connected to galleries such as Gagosian Gallery, Pace Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner, and White Cube. Financial support includes grants, private donations, residency fees, program-specific endowments, and benefit auctions hosted in contexts like Armory Show, Art Basel, Frieze, and TEFAF.

Category:Arts organizations based in New York City