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- EIN 11-3375393
- 92 Plymouth St Brooklyn NY 11201-1002 USA
- smackmellon.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts Services
Mission: To nurture and support emerging, under-recognized mid-career and women artists in the creation and exhibition of new work, by providing exhibition opportunities, studio workspace, and access to equipment and technical assistance for the realization of ambitious projects.
Programs: Studio program - provides artists with private studio space and access to shared workspace, including a digital production lab and fabrication studio, and a $5,000 fellowship. A panel of arts professionals select the artists from more than 500 applicants to receive this one-year residency.
exhibition program - the center of the organizaiton, it was designed to advance public interest in the viusal arts. The focus of the program is on creative technology-based projects, as well as traditional art forms, and seeks to expose the works of emerging artists, women, and underrepresented mid-career artist.
art ready is a mentorship program designed to give high school students the opportunity to experience first hand what it is like to be a professional working in a visual arts discipline. Participating students will meet a wide range of artists from emerging to well known. Students who complete smack mellons art ready program will be well informed, educated and prepared to make a decision about pursuing a future career in the arts. "summer art intensive" is a four-week long studio program for fourteen middle school and high school students. Every summer smack mellon's 6,000 sq ft gallery becomes a giant studio to house the four one-week long intensive art-making workshops led by profesional artists. The program culminates with an exhibition of the students work the last weekend of august.