laboratory for creative concepts
Residency
2025 open call is now closed. Next open call will be published in Spring 2026.
What we offer to mid-career artists who create conceptual and socially engaged work:
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Honorarium in the amount of $1,000.
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Professional development credit of $200.
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Public engagement opportunities, with additional $250 honorarium per event, virtual if needed.
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Studio visits with art world professionals such as curators and art historians, virtual if needed.
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Monthly virtual curatorial and production consultancy with KODA’s team.
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Networking and collaboration opportunities.
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Access to Materials for the Arts.
Spring 2025: Peace-Building
Bahar Behbahani, River Goddess, 2021
Fall 2024: Mental Health
Nicoletta de la Brown
Melanie Crean
Melanie Crean, Ellipses, 2016, film still.
Spring 2024: Healing
Renée Cox
@reneecoxstudio
Renée Cox, film still from Soul Culture: A film by Renée Cox, 2015
Rowan Renee
www.rowanrenee.com
@brooklyntintype
Rowan Renee, Stilt City work in progress, 2024.
Fall 2023: Borders + Boundaries
Toisha Tucker
@tuckermisra
Toisha Tucker, Behind the Mask of Infinite Energy: A Play in Two Acts (Act II), 2021. Velvet curtain, abandoned theatre, repurposed high school, filament, poster paper, all the women in me, 40 x 60 in.
Alex Mari
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@__marimari_
Alex Mari, Slow Hunting//The Retreat. Performance photo, dimensions variable, 2021.
Spring 2023: Borders + Boundaries
Sa'dia Rehman
Images courtesy
of the artist.
www.sadiarehman.com
@sasasare
There isn’t a stone I don’t remember, 2022. Video still.
Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow
www.jodielynkeechow.com
@lynkeeart
Fall 2022: Racial Justice
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@maredematos
Photo courtesy
of the artist.
Racismo, 2019-. Digital photograph, 150 x 100 cm
Cynthia Tobar
www.cynthiatobar.net Twitter: @latona12
Reclaiming the Hall: Amplifying Community Voices.
Image courtesy of the artist.
Spring 2022: Racial Justice
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2020
Fall 2021: Land + Environment
2020
Spring 2021: Trauma + Healing
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Ewa Harabasz
@ewaharabasz
Photo courtesy
of the artist.
Rescuers in Quana, July 2006, 54 x 36 in.
Farideh Sakhaeifar
www.faridehsakhaeifar.com @faridehsakhaeifar
Halabja, 1988, 2018. Film still. Image courtesy of the artist.
2020
Fall 2020: Identity + Justice
Lina Puerta
@linapuertaart
Photo courtesy
of the artist.
Close up of work
in progress, 2020.
Hidemi Takagi
@hidemi_takagi
@bedstuysocialphotoclub
Photo courtesy
of the artist.
Summer interviews with neighbors, in progress, 2020.
