Emerging Artists Commissions 2011

2011 Emerging Artists Commission recipients include Alex Chechile, Natacha Diels, Laura Vitale, Doron Sadja, Enda Bates, Ben Vida, Michelle Nagai, and Backbreakerneckbrace.

Established in 2008, ISSUE Project Room’s Emerging Artists Commission program focuses on transdisciplinary practices with a special attention to contemporary political, aesthetic, social and technological concerns. Each year, ISSUE’s curators select artists in conjunction with a committee of artists and curators from peer arts organizations representing a diverse cross-section of disciplinary fields. Special attention is given to ambitious and imaginative projects otherwise lacking in strong institutional support. Selected artists receive a stipend and rehearsal space for the development and free presentation of a new work.

ISSUE Project Room’s Emerging Artists Commission program is made possible, in part, through generous support from: the Greenwall Foundation; the Suzanne Fiol Memorial Fund; Meet the Composer; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts; with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.