{"id":9379,"date":"2020-03-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/2020\/03\/11\/ten-artists-awarded-the-2020-socrates-annual-fellowship-to-create-monument-projects-for-socrates-sculpture-park\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T03:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T03:26:52","slug":"ten-artists-awarded-the-2020-socrates-annual-fellowship-to-create-monument-projects-for-socrates-sculpture-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/el\/2020\/03\/11\/ten-artists-awarded-the-2020-socrates-annual-fellowship-to-create-monument-projects-for-socrates-sculpture-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Artists Awarded \u2018The 2020 Socrates Annual\u2019 Fellowship to Create Monument Projects for Socrates Sculpture Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
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*Due to the Conoravirus pandemic, certain aspects of the exhibition have been altered from what was originally published in the Press Release. For up-to-date information please visit the exhibition page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Media Contact<\/h4>\n

Sara Morgan\nsm@socratessculpturepark.org<\/a>\n718.956.1819<\/p>\n

Download Press Release \u2013><\/a><\/p>\n

Download Press Packet \u2013><\/a><\/p>\n

Ten Artists Awarded \u2018The 2020 Socrates Annual\u2019 Fellowship\nto Create Monument Projects for Socrates Sculpture Park<\/h3>\n
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Bel Falleiros, (UN)MONUMENT SERIES, 2018-present, drawing on paper, 9 x 12 inches, Courtesy the Artist.<\/h5>\n

Artist Selection Process<\/h3>\n

New York City, March 11, 2020 \u2013 Fellowship applicants were asked to adhere to the topic of monuments. Over 200 proposals were submitted through a competitive open-call<\/a> and reviewed by Socrates Director, John Hatfield and Socrates Curator, Jess Wilcox, as well as two Curatorial Advisors \u2013 Aim\u00e9 Iglesias-Lukin, Director and Chief Curator of Visual Arts at the Americas Society<\/a> and Legacy Russell, Associate Curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 2020 Artist Fellows<\/h3>\n

We are thrilled to announce the ten artists selected for \u2018The 2020 Socrates Annual\u2019 fellowship and the \u2018MONUMENTS NOW: Call and Response\u2019 exhibition.<\/p>\n

Daniel Bejar<\/a><\/p>\n

Fontaine Capel<\/a>*<\/p>\n

Patrick Costello<\/a><\/p>\n

Dionisio Cortes Ortega<\/a><\/p>\n

Bel Falleiros<\/a><\/p>\n

Jenny Polak<\/a><\/p>\n

Aya Rodriguez-Izumi<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrea Solstad<\/p>\n

Kiyan Williams<\/a>*<\/p>\n

Sandy Williams IV<\/a>*<\/p>\n

*2020 New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellows<\/h5>\n

Fellowship & Exhibition<\/h3>\n

Each Artist Fellow receives a $5,000 production stipend, $1,000 honorarium, three months of access to Socrates\u2019 outdoor studio, and the administrative and technical support needed to realize their ambitious outdoor sculptures for public exhibition in the Park\u2019s landscape.<\/p>\n

The 2020 Artist Fellows\u2019 completed projects will be incorporated into the Park\u2019s year-long exhibition on the topic of monuments, \u2018MONUMENTS NOW<\/a>,\u2019 which evolves over three cumulative phases. A robust offering of artist-driven public programming and opportunities for visitor engagement accompany the exhibition in acknowledgement of how monuments are shaped not just by their creator but also by the public.<\/p>\n

1) \u2018MONUMENTS NOW: Jeffrey Gibson, Paul Ram\u00edrez Jonas, Xaviera Simmons\u2019\nOpens May 16\n<\/del>Opens Summer 2020<\/h4>\n

New commissions for contemporary monuments by \u03a4\u03b6\u03ad\u03c6\u03c1\u03b9 \u03a4\u03b6\u03ad\u03b9\u03bc\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>, \u03a0\u03b1\u03cd\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u03a1\u03b1\u03bc\u03af\u03c1\u03b5\u03b6 \u0393\u03b9\u03cc\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2<\/a>, and \u039e\u03b1\u03b2\u03b9\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1 \u03a3\u03af\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03c2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2) \u2018MONUMENTS NOW: Call and Response\u2019\nOpens September 12\n<\/del>Opens October 10, 2020<\/h4>\n

The Artist Fellows\u2019 projects for \u2018Call and Response\u2019 take various archetypal monumental forms such as the arch or the column and dedicate them to underrepresented peoples and histories \u2013 from the civil servants who deliver fresh drinking water to the everyday struggle for self-determination by the country\u2019s descendants of chattel slavery.<\/p>\n

What unites these various approaches is a focus on collective agency and power, departing from the hero narrative of traditional monuments. Much of the works\u2019 impact relies on public participation and reception by actively inviting visitors to take part in creating the meaning of the monument.<\/p>\n

3) \u2018MONUMENTS NOW: The Next Generation\u2019\nOpens October 10<\/h4>\n

A monument and accompanying \u2018zine collectively realized by local high school students.<\/p>\n

Support<\/h3>\n

\u2018MONUMENTS NOW\u2019 is organized by Socrates Sculpture Park and curated by Jess Wilcox, Curator & Director of Exhibitions.<\/p>\n

It is made possible with generous support from the Ford Foundation, VIA Art Fund, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Lily Auchincloss Foundation, The Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, The New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellowships and the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation. Additional support for an accompanying publication is made possible by the Henry Luce Foundation. Socrates\u2019s Exhibition Program is funded by the Charina Foundation, The Sidney E. Frank Foundation, Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation, Agnes Gund, Lambent Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Smith, Mark di Suvero and Spacetime C.C.<\/p>\n

Funding for Socrates\u2019 visual arts programming is provided in part by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, & the National Endowment for the Arts.<\/p>\n

About Socrates<\/h3>\n

For more than 30 years Socrates Sculpture Park has been a model of public art production, community activism, and socially inspired place-making. The Park has exhibited more than 1,000 artists on its five waterfront acres, providing them financial and material resources and outdoor studio facilities to create large-scale artworks on site. Socrates is free and open to the public 365 days a year from 9am to sunset. It is located at 32-01 Vernon Boulevard (at Broadway) in Long Island City, New York.<\/p>\n

Socrates Sculpture Park is a not-for-profit organization licensed by NYC Parks to manage and program Socrates Sculpture Park, a New York City public park.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

*Due to the Conoravirus pandemic, certain aspects of the exhibition have been altered from what was originally published in the Press Release. For up-to-date information please visit the exhibition page. Media Contact Sara Morgan sm@socratessculpturepark.org 718.956.1819 Download Press Release \u2013> Download Press Packet \u2013> Ten Artists Awarded \u2018The 2020 Socrates Annual\u2019 Fellowship to Create Monument […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9381,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9379\/revisions\/9381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}