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Quick study: Residency News
The 2016 residents selected for the Sharpe Walentas Studio Program include a lot of representational painters this year.
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Sharpe Walentas Studio Program Announces 2016-17 Awardees
The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program has announced its 2016-17 award recipients — 17 artists who will receive rent-free studio space in Dumbo for a year.
— ARTINFO.COM
Picks: Sharpe-Walentas Open Studios
Two years ago the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Space Program joined forces with the Walentas Family Foundation, the philanthropic element of Two Trees Management Company (my landlord).
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Highlights From the Sharpe-Walentas Open Studios
Located in Dumbo, the studios are in a converted industrial space with tall windows opening out to cobblestone streets, old factory buildings, and the underbelly of the Brooklyn Bridge.
— ARTINFO.COM
Weekend Edition: 7 Things To Do in New York’s Art World Before May 23
The Sharpe-Walentas Program, which awards rent-free studio spaces to 17 artists for one year, is celebrating their 2015-16 selections with an open studio reception down in the tiny Brooklyn hamlet of Dumbo (a.k.a. Walentasville).
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11 Must-See Art Shows this Week
The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program holds their annual open house this weekend, May 20 to 22, at 20 Jay Street, Suite 720, Brooklyn, with an opening reception on Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. and then open Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m.
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Save the Date: Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program Spring Open Studios
The Artists of the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program are pleased to announce the program’s annual open studio event with a reception for the artists on Friday, May 20 from 6-9pm
Calling all Sharpies 2002-2015! Contribute to Artists to Artists, Volume 2
Since 1991, the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program has offered studio space grants to outstanding American artists.
How to Select an Artist Residency Program: Advice from Artist Rosemarie Fiore
NYFA: How do you evaluate artist residency programs?
RF: I understand what a particular residency program is all about. I look at a residency as a mini-marathon. I arrive with a goal and focus on reaching it.
— NYFA
Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program Announce 17 New Residents
This marks the 25th year of the studio program, which has awarded private studio space to over 350 American artists.
— ARTINFO.COM
2015 Residency Awards announced at Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program
Seventeen talented artists have been awarded rent-free studio space at 20 Jay Street in DUMBO thanks to the generosity of the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program.
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Announcing 2015 Residency Awardees
The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2015-2016 space award of a yearlong rent-free studio in DUMBO, Brooklyn.
Save the Date: Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program Spring Open Studios
The Artists of the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program are pleased to announce the program’s annual open studio event with a reception for the artists on Friday, May 1 from 6-9pm
Announcing 2014 Residency Awardees
Seventeen artists from five states will come to DUMBO this fall for celebrated residency program.
SNAPS: Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Open Studios
Originally in Tribeca and now located in DUMBO, the Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Program has been granting free studio space to visual artists since 1991.
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Open Studio Weekend at Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program has been going strong since 1991.
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Summer in DUMBO: A Visit to the Sharpe Foundation
Strikingly, the Sharpe Foundation program seems to place less of an emphasis on networking opportunities than similar residencies offer.
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A Day with The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Space Program
“This is a program created by artists, for artists,” Joyce Robinson says, “and not for artists who tell themselves that they’re all alone, but artists who are deeply interested in community.”
— BROOKLYN RAIL