iscp - International Studio & Curatorial Program

iscp - International Studio & Curatorial Program ISCP is a residency-based contemporary art center for emerging to mid-career artists and curators
(1)

The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) is a leading, nonprofit residency-based contemporary art center in the United States for emerging to mid-career artists and curators from around the world. Founded in 1994, ISCP has hosted over 1,000 artists and curators from more than 50 countries, including the United States. In 2008, ISCP moved from Manhattan to East Williamsburg, Brooklyn to

the former factory of the Sackett & Wilhelms Lithography Company, an 18,000 square-foot building constructed in 1901. This move expanded ISCP's facilities to 36 studios, an exhibition gallery and a project space. To advance its core mission of supporting artists in producing and exhibiting a wide range of contemporary, often experimental, artistic approaches, ISCP recently launched a series of innovative exhibitions and public programs both on- and off-site. ISCP’s programming engages audiences in meaningful ways while fostering the institution’s relationship to its community. Each year, over 100 artists and curators are in residence at ISCP and approximately 10,000 individuals attend ISCP’s public programs.

“Art helps us make sense of the world. It challenges us to see differently, and strengthens the bonds that connect us to...
06/17/2026

“Art helps us make sense of the world. It challenges us to see differently, and strengthens the bonds that connect us to one another.” – Susan Hapgood, ISCP Executive Director

ISCP brings together artists and curators from around the world to share ideas, take creative risks, and build meaningful connections. A recent performance by Danish artist Filip Vest during ISCP’s Spring Open Studios exemplified this spirit, bringing artists, curators, and audiences together in a shared experience of dialogue, curiosity, and exchange. These moments of connection and discovery are at the heart of what happens every day at ISCP.

Today, 12 ISCP alumni are representing their countries at the Venice Biennale, demonstrating how the ideas nurtured at ISCP contribute to cultural conversations around the globe.

As we approach the end of our fiscal year, we are working to raise $10,000 by June 30 to sustain:

• International residencies for artists and curators
• Free public programs and exhibitions
• Opportunities for creative exchange and dialogue
• Space for experimentation, collaboration, and discovery

If you believe in the power of artists to bring people together, please consider making a contribution today through 🔗 in bio.

Image: Filip Vest's performance during Spring Open Studios 2026 at ISCP. Photo by Tess Mayer

The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) is pleased to present ‘Conspirare,’ a new site-specific sound insta...
06/16/2026

The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) is pleased to present ‘Conspirare,’ a new site-specific sound installation by Finnish artist Hans Rosenström inspired in the ecological tension between industry and nature at one of the most contaminated waterways in the United States.

Join us for the Opening Reception on Tuesday, June 30 from 6–8pm.

Rosenström draws on field recordings of mussels at the Creek to create an immersive sonic environment attuned to subtle acts of breathing, filtration, and movement. Developed in response to ISCP’s former factory building and East Williamsburg neighborhood, the installation and accompanying photographs reflect the fragile yet resilient coexistence of nature and industry in a landscape continually shaped by urban transformation.

Rosenström’s practice centers around installations that are carefully produced in relation to the sites where they are experienced. He’s interested in inviting the viewers to become part of the work and reflect upon their interconnectedness with the world around them. He’s been featured in exhibitions at the 2025 Helsinki Biennial, Frieze Sculpture London, and the 2018 Riga International Biennial, and solo shows at Helsinki Contemporary and Atelier Nord in Oslo. Since his residency at ISCP in 2024, his trajectory has also extended to New York, with his most recent project, the public installation ‘Out of Silence’ at on Roosevelt Island, currently on view.

🗓️ June 30–October 9, 2026
📍1040 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn

Image: Hans Rosenström, ‘Untitled,’ 2025

Meet the June residents 👋Chris Zhongtian Yuan, Nivi Alroy, Saemundur Thor Helgason, and Hadassa GoldvichtThank you to th...
06/15/2026

Meet the June residents 👋

Chris Zhongtian Yuan, Nivi Alroy, Saemundur Thor Helgason, and Hadassa Goldvicht

Thank you to the generosity of our residency sponsors:

Welcome to ISCP! 🧡

First image: Saemundur Thor, ‘Police Infestation,’ 2025, 4K video, 34 min.

06/12/2026

“I wanted to take advantage of The New York Community Trust’s Edward and Sally Van Lier fellowship to develop a body of work that expands beyond assemblage and really shows my interdisciplinary practice.”

Listen to artist and ISCP alum Bryan Fernandez (Bryan Fernández) and Facilities Manager Ezra Campelli to learn more about Fernandez’s first institutional solo exhibition, ‘En tránsito,’ on view at ISCP through August 7 ⭐

: Exhibition proposals to realize a funded exhibition at ISCP.ISCP is excited to announce an inaugural open call for ex...
06/10/2026

: Exhibition proposals to realize a funded exhibition at ISCP.

ISCP is excited to announce an inaugural open call for exhibition proposals from curators of all stages of their careers. Early-career curators who have had fewer opportunities to realize exhibitions are especially encouraged to apply. Selected curators will present exhibitions in ISCP’s Second Floor Gallery in Spring and/or Fall 2027.

What is included in this opportunity?
• An honorarium between $1,500 to $2,500
• Budget that covers artist honoraria for participating artists, art shipping, installation materials, some fabrication, professional install photography, exhibition promotion
• Support from ISCP’s Director of Programs and Exhibitions and ISCP’s staff
• An opening reception and possibly one public program

Proposal guidelines:
• Applicants are welcome to submit proposals for both solo and group exhibitions
• They should feature the work of ISCP alumni or current residents who will be alumni in 2027. For group shows, applicants are welcome to propose artists who are not alumni to be shown alongside works by alumni
• Group show should include the work of about 3-5 artists, with consideration of geographic diversity
• Proposals should present works and ideas that are inventive, challenging, and experimental
• ISCP encourages proposals that are flexible and can be further developed and refined in collaboration with the team

Important details:
• Application deadline: June 22, 2026
• Notification: Selected curators will be notified by early July
• Eligibility: Applicants must hold U.S. citizenship or have permanent or temporary residency status that offers eligibility to be paid in the United States. Applicants must be able to accept a 1099 U.S. government form. The applicant must live in the greater New York area or be able to travel to New York two to three times during the planning and presentation of the exhibition.

Click 🔗 in bio for more details!
______
📷: Curator-in-residence Asal Andarzipour in her ISCP studio, 2025

Introducing our new staff member, Bo Hubbard, who has joined the team as Financial and Administrative Manager at ISCP 👋B...
06/04/2026

Introducing our new staff member, Bo Hubbard, who has joined the team as Financial and Administrative Manager at ISCP 👋

Bo is an artist and arts administrator based in Brooklyn, New York. Through his work, he explores color, shape, and composition to create surreal artworks and environments. He earned an MA in Arts Administration from Baruch College, where his thesis examined artist residency structures and their cultural implications. Bo brings over a decade of experience working with artists, nonprofits, and institutions including Columbia University, Kansas City Art Institute, and Mid-America Arts Alliance.

Join us in welcoming Bo! 🧡

We're kicking off the summer at ISCP with an Artist at Work! Next Tuesday, join us from 6:30–7:30pm for a conversation ...
06/03/2026

We're kicking off the summer at ISCP with an Artist at Work! Next Tuesday, join us from 6:30–7:30pm for a conversation between artist-in-residence Ruthi Helbitz Cohen and curator Marlise Van Der Jagt.

Helbitz Cohen will present on her practice and speak with Van Der Jagt about her recent exhibition “The Sky Fell On Her” at Dat Bolwerck in Zutphen, The Netherlands, which engaged with feminist themes and the archetyping of women through an interdisciplinary dialogue between philosophy, art, and music. Their discussion will also focus on her ritual performance, “A Silent Conversation,” and the development of new musical compositions created in response to artworks in the exhibition.

About the speakers 🗣️

Ruthi Helbitz Cohen is an Israeli artist and professor whose multidisciplinary practice explores the female body, identity, mythology, and the emotional complexities of the human condition. Through paintings, installations, sculptures, and works on paper, she creates haunting and poetic worlds in which beauty and discomfort coexist, challenging viewers’ perceptions of femininity, vulnerability, and power. Her work has been exhibited internationally in museums and institutions across Europe, Israel, China, and the United States.

Marlise van der Jagt is a Dutch artistic director, curator, and producer with extensive experience in the arts and cultural sector in both the Netherlands and France. Since 2022, she has been the artistic director of Dat Bolwerck in Zutphen, Netherlands, where she leads the artistic vision, programming, fundraising, and production of multidisciplinary exhibitions and public programs. She has previously held positions at the Dutch Embassy in Paris, Studio Renzo Martens, the Institut Néerlandais and several documentary film productions. Her work is driven by a deep passion for art and music, a strong international network, and a collaborative approach that values quality, enrichment, diplomacy, and humor.

📍 Tuesday, June 9, 6:30–7:30pm, 1040 Metropolitan Avenue

May alumni spotlight ✨📌 2010 resident Richard Lewer is the recipient of the 2026 Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of N...
05/29/2026

May alumni spotlight ✨

📌 2010 resident Richard Lewer is the recipient of the 2026 Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales! He received the award for his portrait of Iluwanti Ken, a Pitjantjatjara Elder and ngangkar (traditional healer). The Archibald Prize is Australia’s most prestigious annual award for portraiture, presented to a portrait of a distinguished figure in the arts, sciences, or politics.

📌 2025 resident Jude Griebel and 2020 resident LaMont Hamilton are both recipients of the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship! They are among 223 pioneering artists, scholars, and scientists that make up the 101st class of the Guggenheim Fellowship program, selected out of a pool of nearly 5,000 applications.

📌 2023 resident Joiri Minaya and 2017 resident Martine Gutierrez are featured in the new exhibition “Taking Back Our Space: Photographic Perspectives” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The show features the work of German photographer Marianne Wex in conversation with contemporary artists and Black, q***r, 21st-century feminist perspectives. On view through May 2, 2027.

📌 2018 resident Benjamin Hirte is one of 15 artists featured in “Ornament & Information” at the Chicago Culture Center. The exhibition features work from artists living or working in Chicago or Vienna, who engage in the historical dialogue of the two cities. On view through July 19, 2026.

Congratulations to our alumni for these remarkable accomplishments!

Cover image: Jude Griebel’s studio for 2019 Spring Open Studios. Photo by Tess Mayer

05/28/2026

Next Tuesday❗Join us from 6:30–7:30pm at ISCP for Artists at Work with artist-in-residence TZUSOO and curator and art critic Eana Kim. They will speak about how TZUSOO’s practice constructs speculative worlds of metamorphic and sensuous life forms while engaging with questions of gender, sexuality, and psychoanalytic embodiment. They will discuss TZUSOO’s interest in desire, intimacy, leakage, and fragmentation, and how her work blurs distinctions between organism and image, attraction and discomfort, virtuality and flesh.

TZUSOO (추수, 秋水) is based between Seoul and Berlin, and her practice, spanning digital media, installation, and sculpture, is rooted in drawing. She builds the world of Agarmon—an entity born in the moment of orgasm—to address motherhood, reproduction, and the shifting relationship between the digital and the physical. TZUSOO taught at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, Germany, and leads the animation studio Princess Computer. She has exhibited work at National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) South Korea; Hessel Museum of Art, New York; and Art Museum Stuttgart, Germany, among others.

Eana Kim is a curator, critic, and art historian whose practice examines contemporary art at the intersection of technology and science, with a focus on posthumanist theory, more-than-human forms of life, and artificial intelligence. She recently joined the Vilcek Foundation as Curator and has held curatorial positions at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Grey Art Museum, NYU, both in New York, where she contributed to projects including Jack Whitten: The Messenger (2025) and Signals: How Video Transformed the World (2023). She has published widely in Artforum, ARTnews, The Brooklyn Rail, Flash Art, and Frieze, among others.

📍Tuesday, June 2, 6:30–7:30pm, 1040 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn

Video: TZUSOO, ‘The Eight Spirits of Flesh—GAN,’ 2025, video with sound, 13:06 min. Music and sound design by Maarten Vos. Commissioned by MMCA x LG OLED

Address

1040 Metropolitan Avenue
New York, NY
11211

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm

Telephone

+17183872900

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when iscp - International Studio & Curatorial Program posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to iscp - International Studio & Curatorial Program:

Shortcuts

Featured

Share