THE ANNOUNCEMENT
The call for applications for the 16th edition of Premio New York offers two young Italian artists the chance to live for six months in the Big Apple. The initiative is promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America and DGAAP (former acronym of the current Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture). The initiative is reserved for emerging Italian artists with an adequate knowledge of English, who work in the visual arts sector and have at least one solo exhibition to their credit.
In addition to airfare, the two winners will receive a monthly stipend of $4,000 (for accommodation and board), as well as a space at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn. During their stay, the artists can also participate in a series of initiatives organised by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York and the Italian Academy and attend classes in art history, film theory, visual arts and architecture at Columbia University.
Deadline for applications: 10 June 2018 at 24:00
Premio New York – Announcement 16th Edition
THE WINNERS
Fatma Bucak and Antonio Fiorentino are the two young Italian artists who won the 16th edition of Premio New York. Both are offered the opportunity to spend a period of 6 months in New York, in order to develop their creative skills in contact with the cultural and artistic environment of the United States. The selected artists can participate in the cultural activities organised by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Academy and attend, as auditors, some lectures at Columbia University in art history, film theory, visual arts and architecture. At the end of their stay, the artists organise an exhibition of their works at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) exhibition spaces in Brooklyn.
Selection Committee: chaired by the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, Giorgio Van Straten, and composed by Anne Pasternak, Director of the Brooklyn Museum, New York; Ylinka Barotto, Assistant Curator Guggenheim Museum New York; Allison Jeffrey, Italian Academy, Columbia University; Susan Hapgood, International Studio & Curatorial Programs, New York.