The Queens Museum announces the studio program recipients for the inaugural year in the newly expanded museum opening in October 2013. The expansion includes eight new studios in the Queens Museum's north wing. Artists applied for a subsidized studio at the museum, available for one year, with possible extension for a second year. The studios will open on August 1 to the artists and will be open to the public during the museum's opening weekend in October.
The artists were selected by a jury comprised of guest curator Regine Basha, who chaired the selection process; Tom Finkelpearl, Executive Director of the Queens Museum; Larissa Harris, Curator at the Queens Museum; Prerana Reddy, Director of Public Events at the Queens Museum; Jason Yoon, Director of Education at the Queens Museum; Chuck Close Rome Prize-winning artist Daniel Bozhkov; and Anthony Huberman, Director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts.
Artist recipients include:
Juan Betancurth (Colombian-born), Onyedika Chuke (Nigeria), Shahab Fotouhi (Iran), Caitlin Keogh (Alaska), Mike Kenney(Pennsylvania), Filip Olzewski (Varsovia, Polonia) and Bunny Rogers (Huston), Jewyo Rhii (Seul) and Caroline Woolard (Rhode Island).
For more information, please visit www.queensmuseum.org.