Collar Works is excited to announce valiant return of The Great Art Swap- The game where everyone wins!
Come one, come all to the Great Art Swap of Troy, NY on Saturday, June 8th from 6-8 PM! You’d be a fool not to join in!
We invite all local artists to participate! Bring 1-2 pieces from your own studio, and leave with 1-2 new pieces of art. It’s a great way to build new connections and your collection!
HOW IT WORKS:
- Take a look through your studio and find 1-2 works of art that you are ready to part ways with. Please keep all works under 24”x24” inches!
- Submit your work! It’s totally free to participate! Submit early for the chance to have your work featured on our Instagram!
- Drop off your work during the week of June 1st (location and drop off times to be announced). Your work will be arranged and hung by the CW team.
- Come party with us on April 15th from 5 to 8 PM! We will have food, bevs, and live music. You will be assigned a number that will be entered in a lottery- when your number is called, you get to pick what work you want to take home!
The 50 4th Street Studio Residency
by Collar Works in partnership with ChaShaMa
The 50 4th Street Studio Residency is designed to provide emerging and underrepresented Capital Region artists with space and community to develop new work. Located in the former Union Bank in downtown Troy, NY, the urban studio residency program is open to the public and embeds artists in their community while providing them with no-cost studio space. Six artists will be selected for each 3-month residency session, during which they will have 24-hour access to large shared studio spaces with natural lighting in the heart of downtown Troy.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis and will be reviewed for the first session (June- August) on May 28th, 2024. Reviews for the second session will be held on July 11th.
In exchange for free studio space, artists will be asked to welcome the public into the gallery space during open hours, as well as participate in potential public events such as open studios and Troy Night Out events. Each artist will be responsible for gallery sitting for 2.5 hours a week during their residency.
Our goal is to provide space and access for all, regardless of differences of race, age, color, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, migratory status, disability/abilities, political affiliation, veteran status and/or socioeconomic background.
About Collar Works
Collar Works is a nonprofit contemporary art space located in Troy, New York. Our mission is to support emerging, underrepresented artists and curators working in any media, creating provocative and culturally relevant artworks as a way of enriching the cultural life of the region. Collar Works provides a venue for community dialogue focused on serious and spirited artworks, educating the public through exhibitions, gallery talks, lectures, workshops, residencies, and community outreach activities.
Restrictions:
Residents cannot use any of the following mediums, equipment, or processes:
Any chemicals, liquids, or materials with a flashpoint of 100 degrees Farenheit or lower, Aerosols of any kind, including spray paint, spray glue, and spray fixative, Acetone, Acids, Aromatic epoxies and aromatic epoxy paints, Bondo and similar fillers, Benzene (found in some solvents, paints, and thinners), Asbestos laden stone (such as some alabasters and soapstone), Candles, incense, or anything with an open flame, Toluene, xylene, and/or industrial paint thinners, Fiberglass, Kerosene, petroleum, gasoline, Turpentine, Turpenoid, Oil paints, Contact cement (except water-based), Mineral Spirits, Hazardous pigments, Any process which creates hazardous or noxious fumes, Spray painting and spraying aerosols of any kind, Welding, Brazing or burning, Drycarving/rasping/sanding which creates excessive amounts of airborne particles, Encaustic, Hotplates, hotpots, and hot-knives, Kilns, Propane or butane torches, Pneumatic tools, Incandescent, Halogen, Neolite or Purelite lights or other high-temperature light bulbs.
About The Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency by Collar Works
The Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency (EMAR) program by Collar Works is designed to provide emerging, underrepresented, and established artists an immersive, supportive, productive, and communal atmosphere for art-making and dialogue on a bucolic 77-acre farm in Granville, NY. The summer residency offers 2 and 4-week residencies for individual artists and 1-week residencies for families.
In 2017, the Murray- Holman family partnered with Collar Works to design a summer residency program for visual artists, with unique opportunities for individuals and families. Dedicated to supporting the legacy of Elizabeth Murray, Collar Works believes there is a kindred connection between its mission and what Murray’s story symbolizes to emerging artists, to those who are artists as well as parents, and to individuals who overcome adversity to achieve their vision.
EMAR aims to create opportunities for artists to take risks and develop new contemporary works across many art forms, primarily visual and literary arts while engaging in meaningful dialogue with fellow residents and arts professionals.
Our goal is to create a residency program that responds to the critical needs of emerging and underrepresented artists and artists as parents while offering a program that reflects the rich cultural environment of today through an active commitment to diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. Since its inception, creating an environment that stands out as a safe space for creative risk-taking, personal growth and respite has been the core goal of the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency.
The late, visionary artist Elizabeth Murray believed that each person deserves an opportunity to make their art and for their art to be visible on equal platforms. With that in mind, our goal is to provide space and access for all, regardless of differences of race, age, color, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, migratory status, disability/abilities, political affiliation, veteran status and/or socioeconomic background.
For more than two decades, Elizabeth Murray and her husband Bob Holman, together with their children, split their time between a TriBeCa loft and a classic farmhouse in Washington County, New York. Murray, who passed away in 2007, was a groundbreaking artist. Her many honors include a Skowhegan Medal in Painting in 1986, a MacArthur “genius” grant in 1999, and a career retrospective at MoMA in 2005. Holman, a poet and arts activist, founded the Bowery Poetry Club in 2002 and produced the PBS series The United States of Poetry (1996) and Language Matters (2019). In 2017, the Murray-Holman family partnered with Collar Works to design a summer residency program for artists.
For many years, the farm served as both a summer home for the Murray-Holmans and a creative retreat for Elizabeth Murray, whose studio was located in the large, cathedral-like dairy barn. Given the history, location, and amenities, the family felt that the creative use of the property and its natural surroundings would carry on Elizabeth Murray’s legacy.
For more information about the residency, please visit www.collarworks.org/murrayresidency
About Collar Works
Collar Works is a nonprofit contemporary art space located in Troy, New York. Our mission is to support emerging, underrepresented artists and curators working in any media, creating provocative and culturally relevant artworks as a way of enriching the cultural life of the region. Collar Works provides a venue for community dialogue focused on serious and spirited artworks, educating the public through exhibitions, gallery talks, lectures, workshops, residencies, and community outreach activities.
2025 Residency Information
Application Deadline: September 1, 2024
2025 Individual Artist Residency Dates:
Session 1: May 24- June 7, 2025
Session 2: June 11 -June 25, 2025
2023 Family Residency Dates:
Session 3: August 1-8, 2025
About the Individual Residency Program
The summer residency program is designed to accommodate up to 5 artists in residence per session, including onsite artist-staff members. Artists can apply to be considered for a 2 or 4-week experience. Artists are provided with 24-hour access to semi-private studios in the large cathedral-like barn, which houses the late Elizabeth Murray's studio, private bedroom accommodations, and shared bathroom facilities in the large farmhouse, with communal living room spaces, kitchen, and a library featuring Elizabeth Murray's personal art book collection. Property amenities include a swimming pool, pond, and 77 acres of fields and wooded areas. Daily meals are prepared by a chef, with dinner served in a communal atmosphere to foster dialogue between residents. Artists will have the time and space to work in their studios to develop new works, with the opportunity to share in conversation with peers, meet with visiting curators (COVID protocols permitting), and engage with the surrounding art communities. Accepted artists will receive a $250 stipend to be used at their own discretion towards travel, materials, or other associated costs related to this opportunity.
About the Family Residency Program
The Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency by Collar Works will invite up to 5 artists together with their families to spend one week in residence at EMAR. Artists and their families will be provided a private bedroom (families may need to room together) with shared bathrooms in the large farmhouse, as well as communal living room spaces, kitchen, and a library featuring Elizabeth Murray's personal art book collection. In addition, artists have a semi-private studio in the same barn that Elizabeth Murray worked in during summers with her family. The property also features a 'Kids Studio' for children and family members. Property amenities include a swimming pool, pond, and 77 acres.
The 2025 Elizabeth Murray Family Residency is a fully-supported opportunity available for up to 3 artists and their families during August 1-8, 2025. There is no cost to participate for accepted artists in the Family Residency program. Meals will be provided by a Chef-in-Residence. Accepted artists will receive a $500 stipend to be used at their own discretion towards travel, materials, or other associated costs related to this opportunity. An integral aspect of our program is that we provide full-day (9AM-5PM) child care in the form of a parallel creative residency for children ages 5 through 12, that focuses on art and nature programming. While parent artists have uninterrupted time in the studios, their children and families are spending time in their very own EMAR Kids Art Studio, engaged in meaningful art projects, outside exploring nature through guided activities, playing, swimming, reading, and at times, going on guided field trips to local farms and museums. Although we welcome partners to join and participate in the care of their children if desired, we are committed to fully supporting artists and families who want or need to attend solo with their children. Given the rural nature of the program, Collar Works will work with each artist on a case-by-case basis to ensure the necessary support and equipment is in place prior to arrival as much as possible.
The goal of the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency for Families is to provide the time, space, and connections parent artists desire, together with an immersive, enriching experience for the entire family.
Important COVID Protocol
Collar Works will be taking serious safety precautions to minimize as much risk as possible for residents and staff. We are requiring all staff, artists, and families in residence to be vaccinated and boosted for COVID. Protecting each other and our families is our utmost priority. Therefore, we will be requiring all participants, regardless of vaccination status to receive a negative COVID PCR test within 72 hours of arrival. All staff will be tested regularly. There are private bedrooms and studios for artists (families may need to room together), but shared bathrooms, kitchen, and common areas in the historic farmhouse. Meals will be prepared safely by a chef. Once on-site, we ask artists to limit their travel off-site as much as possible and wear masks in public to mitigate risk and community spread.
Travel Restrictions and Quarantine: Collar Works will require all EMAR participants to produce a negative COVID PCR test within 72 hours of arrival to EMAR. Keeping our artists, their families, and staff safe and healthy is our utmost priority. We acknowledge that situations around restrictions, guidelines, and access to testing and vaccination may change and impact our planning and/or requirements. We will keep an open dialogue between administrators and artists to ensure appropriate planning.
To submit your application for EMAR 2025, you will need to provide the following:
•Artist Information
•Statement of Intent (250-500 words)
• Artist Biography (250 words)
• 10 examples of Recent Works
(Visual Arts: .jpeg image file size: 150 ppi, 1200 pixels max length. If applicable, please provide a .pdf with links to video/media files or a curated URL page. Please include passwords for password protected works.)
(Literary Arts: Up to 3 poems, max 6 pages; Prose 10 pages max)
• List of Works (title, medium, date, size)
Questions or need technical assistance? Please email us at info@collarworks.org
We will be offering the first four weeks of the application period be FREE to apply. Beginning July 15, there is a $25 application fee. If the application fee is prohibitive, please contact info@collarworks.org to waive it.
Emerging and underrepresented artists and curators, working in any media, exhibiting challenging and culturally relevant contemporary artworks are invited to submit artworks for consideration in exhibitions. Both artists and individual curators interested in submitting curatorial proposals, must fill out a submission form and adhere to guidelines. Submissions will be reviewed on an ongoing basis by an exhibition committee of artists and arts professionals.
Emerging and underrepresented curators, working in any media, exhibiting challenging and culturally relevant contemporary artworks are invited to submit curatorial proposals. Curators interested in submitting curatorial proposals, must fill out a submission form and adhere to guidelines. Submissions will be reviewed on an ongoing basis by Collar Works staff and an exhibition committee of artists and arts professionals.