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 Programs
ISSUE Project Room's 20th Anniversary Series
This Fall marks ISSUE Project Room’s 20th Anniversary to be celebrated with a series of commissioned programs, orbiting around our annual Gala and affiliated Benefit events. Between Friday, September 29th and Saturday, Nov 4th, ISSUE invites audiences to experience a special series of twenty limited-capacity programs including new commissions and restaging of programs specifically designed for ISSUE’s unique environment.
Artists-In-Residence 2023
ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of interdisciplinary artists BINT, Jean Carla Rodea, and Keke Hunt as Artists-In-Residence presenting new works in the 2023 season.
Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2023
ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of evil dentist (Alice Gerlach and David Farrow) as 2023 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. Next year, the duo will present Corporate Retreat, a curated series of performances appropriating the banality of office space.
Artists-In-Residence 2022
ISSUE is pleased to announce producer, DJ & artist Dion McKenzie (TYGAPAW), sound artist & musician Sydney Spann, choreographer & composer Tatyana Tenenbaum, and multi-disciplinary artist, musician, and designer Selwa Abd (Bergsonist) as Artists-In-Residence presenting new works in the 2022 season.
Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2022
ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of Theodore Kerr as 2022 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. Kerr will present THE BODY POPULAR, a curated series of gatherings and broadcasts, propelled by artists, podcasters, writers, and others in NYC across the U.S.
Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2020
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.
Artists-In-Residence 2020
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.
Artists-In-Residence 2021
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.
Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2021
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.
Artists-In-Residence 2019
ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of musician Charmaine Lee, multimedia artist Ying Liu, interdisciplinary performer Rena Anakwe, and light and color improviser Lindsay Packer, as Artists-In-Residence presenting new works in the 2019 season.
Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2019
ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of Benedict Nguyen as 2019 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow, presenting "soft bodies in hard places," a series of trans-disciplinary events circling planetary events over the 2019 season.
Regenerative Feedback: On Listening and Its Emancipatory Potential
ISSUE is pleased to open Regenerative Feedback: On Listening And Its Emancipatory Potential, a three day symposium of talks, presentations, discourse, and performances centered around biological, social, political and cognitive negotiations in music.