Residencies + Commissions

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

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Artists-In-Residence 2026

Ongoing Series

In 2026, ISSUE Project Room celebrates the 20th anniversary of its Artists-in-Residence program. We’re proud to announce the 2026 Artists-in-Residence Webb Crawford, Eden Girma, and rocío sánchez, and invite audiences to join us in celebrating the next generation of boundary-pushing artists.

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Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2026

Ongoing Series

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of Isabella Thorpe-Woods as 2026 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. Thorpe-Woods will present a curated series of events that explore the idea of letters as a curatorial prompt, and the ways they both fail and succeed in transmitting meaning or reaching their desired destination.

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Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2020

Ongoing Series

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of Leyya Tawil as 2020 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow, presenting "NOMADIC SIGNALS," a vessel for sonic performance operating in what she refers to as the “diasporic imaginary,” a description of how sounds change in the diaspora.

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Artists-In-Residence 2020

Ongoing Series

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of writer and performer Justin Allen, vocalist, composer, and performance artist Holland Andrews, and composer and performer John McCowen, as Artists-In-Residence presenting new works in the 2020 season.

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With Womens Work

ISSUE is pleased to present With Womens Work, an online series commissioning artists to create new works inspired by scores included in Womens Work, a magazine edited and self-published by Alison Knowles and Annea Lockwood in the 1970s.

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Elysia Crampton Chuquimia / Embaci & Dasychira

Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo

Thursday, January 28th, ISSUE and Abrons Arts Center are pleased to present a new video piece by Elysia Crampton Chuquimia, as well as the premiere of Seasons in a Quasar, a new collaborative work by Brooklyn-based vocalist and producer Embaci and South African via NYC artist Dasychira.

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Artists-In-Residence 2021

Ongoing Series

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of composer, poet, and performer JJJJJerome Ellis, sound/visual artist, improviser, and performer Austin Sley Julian, and violist Joanna Mattrey, as Artists-In-Residence presenting new works in the 2021 season.

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Artists-In-Residence 2020

THERE YOU ARE: Personalized Micro-performances by Holland Andrews

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2020 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Holland Andrews presents There You Are, a series of micro-performances taken place over the phone. Andrews will email a work to each participant to be played in an available speaker or sound system in their home while Andrews' then calls them to sing and speak to them.

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Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2021

Ongoing Series

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of Sami Hopkins as 2021 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. Next year, Hopkins will present "Propositions from the deadWIP," a multidisciplinary performance series that balances considerations of knowledge and fallibility.

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Eva Davidova: GLOBAL MODE >

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ISSUE and Harvestworks are pleased to stream a commissioned residency project from multidisciplinary artist Eva Davidova. Global Mode > is an interactive, experimental online performance on ecological disaster, inertia, and manipulation of information.

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The Drexciyan Empire: A. Qadim Haqq with Dopplereffekt

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DeForrest Brown Jr. (2017 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow) returns to curate “The Drexciyan Empire,” a collection of audio visual montages by illustrator and futurist A. Qadim Haqq and soundtracked by Dopplereffekt + conversation between Brown & A. Qadim Haqq on the legacy of Drexciya.

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