Residencies + Commissions

ISSUE offers year-round opportunities for experimental artists to develop and present challenging new works through residencies and commissioning opportunities.

Upcoming

Artists-In-Residence 2025

Ongoing Series

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of interdisciplinary artists Qiujiang Levi Lu, Jackson-Pratt, Anna RG, and Zosha Warpeha as Artists-In-Residence presenting new works in the 2025 season. 

Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2025

Ongoing Series

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of Kenneth Jiménez as 2025 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. The artist will present a curated series of events that engage artists from the Caribbean, Central and South America, discussing music and folklore's complex relationship to tradition and genre.

Past

Distant Pairs: Oleksii Podat & Suzanne Thorpe

Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo

ISSUE and Time Based are pleased to stream a new collaboration between composer Oleksii Podat and Suzanne Thorpe as part of ongoing activations of the Distant Pairs Series. Throughout May 2025, ISSUE and Time Based will co-present three digital commissions uniting artists based in Kyiv and New York.

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Distant Pairs: Eden Girma & Maryana Klochko

Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo

ISSUE and Time Based are pleased to stream a new collaboration between multi-instrumentalist Eden Girma and film composer Maryana Klochko as part of ongoing activations of the Distant Pairs Series. Throughout May 2025, ISSUE and Time Based will co-present three digital commissions uniting artists based in Kyiv and New York.

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Distant Pairs: Madison Greenstone & Anton Saenko

Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo

ISSUE and Time Based are pleased to stream a new collaboration between musician Madison Greenstone and installation artist Anton Saenko as part of ongoing activations of the Distant Pairs Series. Throughout May 2025, ISSUE and Time Based will co-present three digital commissions uniting artists based in Kyiv and New York.

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Artists-In-Residence 2025

Ongoing Series

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of interdisciplinary artists Qiujiang Levi Lu, Jackson-Pratt, Anna RG, and Zosha Warpeha as Artists-In-Residence presenting new works in the 2025 season. 

Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2025

Ongoing Series

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of Kenneth Jiménez as 2025 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. The artist will present a curated series of events that engage artists from the Caribbean, Central and South America, discussing music and folklore's complex relationship to tradition and genre.

Sold Out! Joni: Surge: Intricate Things and Dangerous Tools

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

ISSUE is pleased to present Surge: Intricate Things and Dangerous Tools (previously "Performance #1"), the first commission from 2024 Artist-In-Residence Joni. The artist will present work-in-progress showings and new compositions of incredibly revealing, intimate and visceral sound work, alongside new ceramic pieces.

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Sold Out! Axine M: Adriana

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

2024 Artist-In-Residence Axine M presents her first commission Adriana, a multichannel piece for voice, sampled corpus, and machine.

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Sold Out! Katie Porter: Malosma / 18 Flowers in a Row

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

ISSUE is pleased to present Malosma / 18 Flowers in a Row, the first commission from 2024 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Katie Porter. The clarinetist and composer presents new chamber music works inspired by microcosms and macrocosms of change: both in our personal narratives and the world around us.

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Sold Out! Blind Date: Tiny Conversation Hearts

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

Just a few days before Valentine’s Day, 2024 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow and interdisciplinary artist Lina Azalea Dahbour presents the first program in her “Blind Date” series—Tiny Conversation Hearts.

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Artists-In-Residence 2024

Ongoing Series

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of interdisciplinary artists Axine M, Joni, Katie Porter and Kwami Winfield as Artists-In-Residence presenting new works in the 2024 season.