Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts

05/29/2026

🥳 Our 2026 juried residency season begins!!

Today - Friday, May 29, we welcome five artist- and writer-parents for a one-week residency! This is the first of two one-week residencies designed for artist- and writer- parents and caregivers.

They are (l-r above):

Athesia Benjamin, visual artist, Rochester
Ryan Black, poet, Jackson Heights
Neil Kramer, photographer, Queens
Elizabeth Tolson, visual artist, Brooklyn
Genevieve Yue, writer, NYC

To our artist- and writer- parents and caregivers, we hope your stays are peaceful and rejuvenating!

05/14/2026

So excited to share that last Saturday, we had an incredible turnout for the opening reception and gallery hours of the first-ever solo exhibition of Trumansburg artist Judy Barringer.✨

Gallery hours continue this Saturday and Sunday, May 16 & 17 from 1-4pm at the Saltonstall Foundation, 435 Ellis Hollow Creek Road. Judy will be doing all the gallery-sitting and would love to see you!

j.m. barringer: paper & ink -35 years of prints, collage and books. will be on view for only two more weekends. Believe us when we say - you do not want to miss it!

Remaining exhibition hours:

Saturday & Sunday, May 16 & 17, 1-4pm
Saturday, May 23, 1-4pm
Closing Reception: Sunday, May 24, 1-4pm

05/06/2026

We are excited to share ⭐️ j.m. barringer: paper and ink ⭐️ the first solo exhibition of Trumansburg artist Judy Barringer. Opening this SATURDAY, May 9, 5-8pm with an artist talk at 7pm.

This is a celebration of the artist’s work as a printmaker. You’ll see more than 60 prints, collages, and handmade books created over the last 35 years.

Judy is a phenomenon - an illustrator, photographer, painter, and chef. She is one of the original founders of , a leader at , and a former director of Saltonstall.

We are so proud of this exhibition, proud to show some never-before-seen work, and proud to honor the creativity and ingenuity of a local artist and friend.

04/24/2026

🥳Congratulations, 2026 Fellows! We’re so pleased to share with you and celebrate the 35 New York State artists and writers who have been awarded residencies at Saltonstall this year. Please join us in congratulating them!👏👏

(The slides that follow are not cohorts, just collages! Artists/writers below are listed clockwise from the upper left.)

And every year we forget that IG only allows 20 tags (!) so everyone’s handles are also listed below.

Slide 1:

Quinn Franzen, (K^nikanlahtá:sa’) Tonya L. Shenandoah, Terry Plater, Sylvie Harris, Ryan Black, Iris (Yi Youn) Kim, and Kelsey Francis
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Slide 2:

Nathan Fitch, Athesia Benjamin, Andrea Kastner, Jon Mills, H.E. Fisher, Jessica Alazraki, and Elizabeth Tolson





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Slide 3:

Carrie Hall, Nadia Sablin, Genevieve Yue, Neil Kramer, River 瑩瑩 Dandelion, Kate diRienzi, Melanie Vote









Slide 4:

Vanessa Mártir, Beka Goedde, Danielle Draik, Michael William Palmer, Allison Gildersleeve, Brent Thomas Whiteside, Viktoriya Basina









Slide 5:

A.K. Herman, Simeon Youngmann, Sasha Burshteyn, Itala Aguilera, Sheryl Saly Touré, Spandita Malike, Daniel Hymanson
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04/23/2026

✨Announcing our 2026 Fellowship recipients!✨ 35 outstanding visual artists and writers from across New York State will be joining us for residencies this year between late-May and late-October. Congratulations, all! We look forward to welcoming you!

This link takes you to our most recent newsletter where we also celebrate the talented runners-up in each category, something we began doing last year. We hope you'll take a look!

Local and regional friends, please mark your calendars and plan to join us at FIVE open house events occurring throughout the season (and noted in the link below.)
https://maildart.saltonstall.org/t/r-18B2D5A7BB3A04622540EF23F30FEDED

01/24/2026

🥳 Alumni reunion! So lovely to catch up with these sweeties this week as they coordinated a week-long winter retreat. (And ducked out a day early to beat this winter storm.) l-r: Marilla Cubberley ‘24, Debbi Kenote ‘22, and Alyssa McClenaghan ‘25.



p.s. NYC friends, save the date! Debbi has a solo show opening April 10 in Tribeca at Cristin Tierney Gallery. You might even see this new painting! (swipe >>)

01/13/2026

Friends in the Hudson Valley, we strongly encourage you to check out the group exhibition, A Gnawing Thought, which closes THIS SATURDAY, January 17! They just got a shout-out in Hyperallergic, in their article "10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate NY This January!"

Thoughtfully curated by alum Mandolyn Wilson Rosen ('23) who is also showing work in the exhibition, and featuring two more Saltonstall alums, Amy Talluto ('18), and Natalie Beall ('22), A Gnawing Thought includes paintings, drawings, prints, collage, sculpture and mixed-media works that toy with the convention of symmetry in different ways.

You can read the Hyperallergic article here: https://hyperallergic.com/10-exhibitions-to-see-in-upstate-new-york-this-january-5-2026/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPSRH5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFqbktubXZPZDc4cmZ6dEpMc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHh4MW4fI9pMDkUtKXaCeEFWYtkdqXFBU-d9oROz1BEnLMFCy6CDxmgSZcxjt_aem_fP0ZD0rrSOAxCj-8sNDBsQ

Check out the full press release here:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/674fdc9b71829965d5603a7d/t/690b9f1a7f9d82477cdd0d42/1762369306424/Utopia+-+A+Gnawing+Thought+-+Press+Release.pdf

Joyce Kozloff’s tenacious spirit, Nina Katchadourian’s eccentric universe, Linda Mussmann’s political stance against passivity, and more.

12/28/2025

That’s right, friends, the application deadline for all 2026 residencies is ONE WEEK from tonight: 11:59pm, Sunday, January 4. Don’t delay! Get those applications started. 👍

Link to Submittable in our bio above. 👆

Open to NYS artists and writers. Wheelchair friendly, private accommodations. Free to apply and attend. Stipend supported. Vegetarian dinners! 😋

Our categories this year are Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Photography & Filmmaking, and Painting, Sculpture, and Visual Arts

Located in the beautiful Finger Lakes region, 7 miles from downtown Ithaca. Believe in yourself. Apply!