The Sharpe-Walentas Studio is the new face of the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program, developed for artists, by artists in 1991.
In 2014 the program was renamed the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program to honor the legacy of Marie Walsh Sharpe and reflect the new sponsorship and commitment of the Walentas Family Foundation.
In the News
Nobutaka Aozaki, Beverly Acha, Jane Benson, Kim Brandt, Theresa Daddezio, J.A. Feng, Ronald Hall, Heidi Hahn, Athena LaTocha, Jeffrey Meris, Cy Morgan, Ebecho Muslimova, Louis Osmosis, Marianna Peragallo, Amelia Saul, D’Angelo Lovell Williams, and Andrew Paul Woolbright were named 2021-2022 residents at the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program.
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The recipients of the 2019–20 Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program are Yasi Alipour, Patricia Ayres, Dana Buhl, John Edmonds, Jonathan Paul Gillette, Glenn Goldberg, Buhm Hong, Anthony Iacono, Case Jernigan, Tom McGlynn, Nicholas Moenich, Zoe Avery Nelson, Joan Oh, TARWUK, Jason Saager, Mira Schor, and Don Voisine.
— HYPERALLERGIC
This year the 17 artists who get free studio space in DUMBO were selected by jurors Ellen Altfest, Phong Bui, Deborah Kass, Philip Pearlstein, and Daniel Turner from (gasp) 1700 applicants.
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Randy Wray was awarded the inaugural Irving Sandler Prize by the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program.
— HYPERALLERGIC
The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, one of our neighbors in DUMBO, announced the artists they’ve selected for the 2017 residencies last week.
— TWO COATS OF PAINT
The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program has announced their 2017-2018 artists and we couldn’t be more thrilled.
— ARTFCITY
DUMBO Open Studios is this weekend, May 13 & 14, 1 to 6 p.m. daily.
— PAPER
In case you thought Trump wasn’t going to come for the artists, think again.
— BROKELYN
The 2016 residents selected for the Sharpe Walentas Studio Program include a lot of representational painters this year.
— TWO COATS OF PAINT
