Field Projects is an artist run project space and online venue dedicated to emerging and mid-career artists. Centered on long term curatorial projects, Field Projects presents monthly exhibitions at their Chelsea location in addition to pop-up exhibitions throughout New York City, and Art Fairs.
Solo Show & Residency Fellowship 2025
+ Up to a 4 week residency in Southern Vermont at In Situ Polyculture Commons
+ 5 week solo exhibition at Field Projects Gallery
+ $1000 stipend
Field Projects (NYC) is teaming up with In Situ Polyculture Commons, an arts residency and eco-cultural catalyst (Southeastern Vermont) to offer our inaugural 2025 Solo Show & Residency Fellowship.
This opportunity includes a 2-4 week art residency in Vermont, plus a 5-week solo exhibition for an individual artist or collaborative group of up to 4 people, as well as a stipend of $1000 to be used as the artist sees fit.
We are two artist-run organizations, and for our first-ever collaboration, we have created a fellowship opportunity that we would want!
Ideal candidates for this opportunity may include, but are not limited to;
- Artist with an in-progress project or body of work that would benefit from time in retreat and productive residency in preparation for an exhibition
- Interdisciplinary collaborations (trans-academic, independent researchers, visual artists + other fields, etc) *Collaborator groups of up to 4 people may apply with a single application
- An artist who has been impacted, neglected or rejected due to politicization of identity, political or social marginalization, loss of funding / exhibition opportunities due to current events, etc.
Ideal projects;
- Are in-progress or in a polishing stage. The work would be finished in residency for the exhibition.
- Make a strong political statement about the zeitgeist
- Involve a strong visual art component but also may include writing & poetry, performance, research (independent, academic, scientific, or else)
- Involve immersive installation or experimental work
- May involve collaborators (up to 4 people may attend residency)
Notes about the curatorial perspective;
- At Field Projects (FP), we want to push stronger left-leaning politics and immersive installation.
- In Situ Polyculture Commons (ISPC) embraces place-based and context-aware [read collapse-aware] modalities— ecology-interested work. What will artists and art do as society melts down and things like ecosystem collapse, mutual aid, and ancestral skills become inherent partners to creative work? How is this artistic practice bridging the studio to the world context?
Important Dates:
- Open Call Application: 2/28/25 - 4/21/25
- Applications close EOD Monday 4/21
- SemiFinalist will be asked to video-interview between 4/27-5/3
- Awardee will be notified by 5/5/25 at the latest
- *Residency Session Window: June 13 - July 14th
- **Installation Window: Sunday July 13th - Wednesday July 16th
- **To be coordinated with Jacob Rhodes & FP
- **Exhibition dates: July 17 - Aug 21, 2025
- Opening reception: Thursday, July 17th, 2025
- Launch application open call: end of February
*Artist can choose their best arrival / departure dates at the residency within their window, for anywhere from 2-4 weeks, which do not need to be consecutive. In Situ is happy to be flexible for artists, whose calendars are often managed tyrannically by institutional calendar preferences.
**Installation dates & exhibition dates are firm
Resources included in Fellowship:
- -2-4 week residency in S. VT at In Situ Polyculture includes ample studio space & accommodations in a bucolic setting with access to a full kitchen for self catering
- -5-week solo exhibition in NYC at Field Projects Space
- -Stipend: $1000 to be used as the artist sees fit
- -Studio visit with Jacob Rhodes for exhibition planning / installation support. (In-person in NYC metro area, remote meeting if further afield).
- -Pre-installation preparatory support at residency (ex: preparation of cleats for hanging panels, packing work safely for transport to gallery, etc).
- -Installation support at Field Projects
*See full details of facilities at the bottom of the page.
Awardee responsible for:
- Any travel to and from residency or gallery
- Attending the residency
- Grocery / self-catering expenses at residency (kitchen is fully stocked with all cookware and appliances on has many staples on hand)
- Participating / working with Field Projects to install the show
- Exhibiting at Field Projects
- Donating 2 small works, for the residency & gallery collections
Jurors:
- Candace Jensen (Creative Director & Cofounder, In Situ Polyculture)
- Jacob Rhodes (Founder & Director, Field Projects)
- Melissa Joseph (Artist, Curator & Writer, Member of the Board of Directors at In Situ Polyculture)
Bios for Jurors:
- Candace Jensen is cofounder and Creative Director of In Situ Polyculture Commons, an arts residency and regenerative culture catalyst. She also serves as Letterpress Director at Ruth Stone House in Goshen, VT and Art Editor for their poetry & art quarterly, Iterant Magazine. She lives and works on unceded Abenaki land in Southern Vermont, Turtle Island.
A multidisciplinary visual artist, writer, calligrapher, curator and organizer, Jensen’s work is grounded in animism, deep ecology, and building creative community. Represented by Amos Eno Gallery in Brooklyn, NY from 2018-2024, Jensen has also exhibited in New York City, San Francisco & Oakland, Antwerp, Southern Vermont and Hillsborough, NC. Reviews and interviews have appeared in Whitehot Magazine, Art New England, the Adroit Journal, Ante Mag and Studio Visit Magazine. Her art and writing have been published by the Dark Mountain Project, Index Press Quarterly, Eratio Postmodern, Iterant Mag, the Earthkeepers' Handbook (ecoartspace), and two forthcoming publications: Disobedient Futures via University Press of Kentucky, and a special issue of Regeneration: Environment, Art, Culture, an open-access, double anonymous peer-reviewed journal.
www.insitupolyculture.org / iterant.org / www.candacejensen.com
- Melissa Joseph is a New York based artist. Her work considers themes of memory, family history, and the politics of how we occupy spaces. She intentionally alludes to the labors of women as well as experiences as a second generation American and the unique juxtapositions of diasporic life. Her work has been shown at the Brooklyn Museum, Delaware Contemporary, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA Arlington, ICA San Francisco, and List Gallery at Swarthmore College. She has been featured in Hyperallergic, Art Forum, Artnet, Artnews, New American Paintings, WNYC, Le Monde, Vogue, CNN, Whitewall, Family Style, and participated in residencies including Artpace, Dieu Donné Workspace Residency, The Textile Arts Center, BRIC, Fountainhead, the Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts, the Museum of Arts and Design and upcoming at Greenwich House Pottery. She is the recipient of the 2025 UOVO Prize and a regular contributor to BOMB Magazine.
www.melissajoseph.net
- Jacob Rhodes is the Co-Founder/Director of Field Projects (est. 2011), one of a very few artist-run spaces in Chelsea, NYC. Focusing on creating opportunities for artists, Rhodes has fostered a community through open call exhibitions, art fairs, artist residencies, podcasts, magazines, and recently an annual Summer outdoor sculpture exhibition. Rhodes has curated exhibitions in various venues, including MoMa, NY, MoMa, Arlington, VA, Museum of Sex, NY, Material, CDMX, Volta, NY, SPRING/BREAK, NY, Driscoll Babcock Gallery, NY, C24 Gallery, NY.
Rhodes holds a MFA from Yale, BFA from Otis College of Art, and has attended Skowhegan Residency, as well as the AIM Program at the Bronx Museum.
www.fieldprojectsgallery.com / www.jacobrhodes.net
Info about the Residency
Where is it Location? In Situ Polyculture is located just outside of the village of Saxtons River, VT. We are 12 minutes drive from the Bellows Falls Amtrak station (with direct service to NYC Penn Station), 35 minutes drive North from Brattleboro, VT, 4-ish hours drive North from NYC.
-Amtrak from Penn Station NYC to Bellows Falls is approximately 5:30 and runs daily.
How long is the stay?: 2-4 weeks within your designated residency window
What exactly are the accommodations:
Check out our facilities page here! Will be updating soon with more pics of finished facilities from 2024.
Notes about accessibility and facility descriptions here
Off-grid Yurts
provide a serene live-work space with comfortable bed (all linens included). 1-2 people per yurt, for collaborations.
Folks should be comfortable walking on woodland and grassy pathways that are maintained but may have some uneven footing. Yurts are not wheelchair accessible but are navigable for folx with canes or similar walking aids.
Art media in yurts are limited to “no-mess” — Watercolor, pencil, fiber-work and small non-heated metal, basketry. Anything that can be swept up with simple broom and dustpan, or wiped down with a moist rag.
Kitchen & Bath
Kitchen with all appliances and tools necessary for baking, cooking and food prep. Many staples are stocked such as basic spices, dry goods and maple syrup. Includes wifi, access to washer and dryer, and an indoor bathroom and shower. These facilities are shared amongst all simultaneous residents.
The Art Barn & The Commons
Approx. 800’ square feet of flexible studio space with garden access includes 10’-high moveable studio walls, studio sink and composting toilet. Studio has concrete floors.
A spacious 600 sq ft hayloft salon with pine floors, tea and coffee and comfortable tables and chairs for writing, reading, planning and napping.
Air conditioned / heated space. Yoga mats and blocks, loads of cool books, a guitar and Adirondack chairs compliment the space.
Also: 10 acres of meadow and woodland to explore, move, make artwork in and rest in, in a bucolic setting. We have a campfire ring, gorgeous stars, and a beautiful viewing deck from which to sunbathe, work, or enjoy the view!
Media
Media is not limited in the Art Barn, however we do not have infrastructure for metal working or an established wood shop. We encourage the use of ecologically mindful materials, reduction or elimination of plastics and polymers, etc, as well as foraging with reciprocal, responsible practices, and the use of found objects.
In Situ cofounder Owen Schuh is available to support in any small woodworking needs, or to help make occasional saw cuts.
Media that fare well at In Situ Polyculture: Installation, painting, drawing, dancing, curatorial, writing, performance, acoustic music, found sculpture, clay (no firing facilities but pit-fire and self-made garden kilns are welcome), “kichen-table” printmaking, cyanotype, photography, research, navigation, social practice, botanical & earth mineral based practice, pigment work
While we do not have dark-room or printmaking facilities, we do have local resources & partners that can enable these media. We would be happy to help our residents make the connections to access these:
Vermont Center for Photography: https://vcphoto.org/
First Proof Press community printshop: https://www.firstproofpress.com/
THANK YOU for applying to Field Projects Summer Open Call 2025!
All submissions will be considered for
- The Exhibition Opening June 12, 2025
- The Online Exhibition
- Future Solo Exhibitions at Field Projects
- Future Group Exhibitions at Field Projects
- Future Art Fairs
- Future Off Site Exhibitions
- Featured on our Social Media
Use the form below to upload your 5 images, Artist Statement and CV.
Looking forward to seeing your work!
Your friends at Field Projects
For the past two years we have curated an outdoor sculpture exhibition at Mother-In-Law's Gallery Estate Grounds in Germantown, NY (15 acres). The exhibitionsPARLEY 2023 and ENDS WELL 2024 have both received press from The New York Times, Art News, Hyperallergic and many more. This year we want to open up the field to other artists.
Dates: July -Sep, 2025
Install : Last 3 weekend in June, 2025
Opening: Upstate Art Weekend, 2025
Theme: The curtilage of our homes has always been a space where we negotiate with Nature. We plant, prune, uproot, foster, weed, govern and curate this space. Nature, in turn, does everything possible to reclaim, reroot and rewild it, reminding us that for now we may manipulate nature but we are also governed by Nature. This exhibition will brings together a group of artists under the arch of this negotiated space and examines different methods of living with and parallel from nature.
“ In history as in nature, decay is the laboratory of life.” -Karl Marx
- All types of exhibitions are welcome: Group and solo exhibitions.
- All art disciplines are welcome: painting, sculpture, new media, audio, film, etc
- We except submission on a ongoing basis.
- We plan a year or so in advance.
- We are looking for conceptually rigorous projects, and themes that are innovative, challenging, and engaging.