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.
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The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025-2026 award of a year-long rent-free studio space in DUMBO, Brooklyn.
The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024-2025 award of a year-long rent-free studio space in DUMBO, Brooklyn.
The recipients for 2023 are Simon Benjamin, Gaby Collins-Fernández, Joy Curtis, Luba Drozd, Danielle Gottesman, Jesse Greenberg, Carl E. Hazlewood, Esteban Jefferson, Mo Kong, Shaun Pierson, Shikeith, Elaine Stocki, Jason Stopa, Kevin Umaña, Kemar Keanu Wynter, Oscar yi Hou, and Mie Yim.
The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program 2022 recipients are aricoco (Ari Tabei), David Atkin, Jeane Cohen, Avram Finkelstein, Jim Gaylord, Yasi Ghanbari, William Kohler, Janice Nowinski, Maia Palileo, Martha Poggioli, Erin Riley, Kathia St. Hilaire, Jonathan Torres, Grace Troxell, Margaux Valengin, Naeem Mohaiemen, Cherrie Yu.
The artists of the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program are pleased to announce the return of our in-person open studio event.
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 Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021-2022 award of year-long rent-free studio space in DUMBO, Brooklyn.
With tremendous sadness, we write with the news of the passing of Jane Walentas, executive director of the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program.
