BRIClab Residency Program for Visual Artists and Media Makers (United States)

Deadline: 14 March 2024

Applications are now open for the BRIClab residency program that offers emerging to mid-career artists essential support and opportunities to share their work.

All residents receive a $2,500 stipend, mentorship, skills-based learning and professional development, and documentation of their work. Additional support, in the form of funding, space, access to equipment and media classes, and other resources vary according to tracks. BRIClab artists will also have the opportunity to share their work through public programming that will take place in Spring and Summer 2025.

Program’s Track

The program’s three tracks are Contemporary Art, Film + TV, and Video Art. Each track offers unique resources and opportunities designed to meet the needs of varied artistic practices.
- BRIClab Contemporary Art Residency
  - BRIClab: Contemporary Art is an interdisciplinary, community-oriented residency program that provides emerging and early-career artists with studio space and professional support to develop and advance their practice.
- BRIClab Video Art Residency
  - The BRIClab: Video Art is a year-long residency through BRIC’s Media Education and Contemporary Art Departments to support the creation of a video or film short or a longer work-in-progress.
- BRIClab Film + TV Residency
  - The BRIClab: Film + TV residency track incubates innovative and ambitious documentary filmmakers working on short form, episodic, or feature length non-fiction films.

What they offer?

BRIClab Contemporary Art Residency
- 24/7 access to a free, semi-private 150-square foot studio space on the Mezzanine level at 20 Jay Street in DUMBO from August 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025.
- Each studio has a worktable and chair, three walls (including load-bearing walls and eight-foot partition walls), and overhead fluorescent lighting. Two of the five studios have large, operable windows with natural light.
- The building has a wheelchair-accessible street-level entrance. The building amenities and studios are accessible by one (1) street-level passenger elevator, three (3) passenger elevators, and one (1) freight elevator.
- Communal resources and amenities include:
  - Electricity
  - Heat and air conditioning
  - Wi-Fi
  - Kitchenette with microwave, mini fridge, water filter, and electric kettle
  - Wheelchair-accessible, multi-stall, men’s and women’s restrooms on each floor
  - Hallway slop sinks
  - Conference Rooms
  - Roof Deck
  - Mother’s Room
  - Bike Storage
  - Mail Room
  - Freight Elevator
  - Loading Dock
- A $2,500 stipend.
- A peer advisor chosen by the resident to support the development of their work.
- Studio visits with BRIC curatorial staff, leading curators, scholars, and practitioners, and artists in neighboring residency programs.
- Opportunities to participate in regularly scheduled (at least once monthly) cohort gatherings and workshops tailored to the cohort’s interests and needs.
- An Open Studios event.
- Photographic documentation of work completed during the residency.
BRIClab Video Art Residency
- Free courses at BRIC House through BRIC’s program and access to.
- 80 hours of access to BRIC’s community media studios and editing suites.
- A stipend of $2500.
- 20 hours of one-on-one production support.
- A peer or artistic advisor chosen by the artist with relevance to your project.
- Consultations with BRIC curatorial staff and past residents.
- A public screening of your work upon completion of the program.
- A collaborative cohort with community-building opportunities, group critiques, access to BRIC networking opportunities, and workshops tailored to the cohort’s interests and needs.
BRIClab Film + TV Residency
- A stipend of $2,500.
- Up to $6,000 towards production cost (expenses must be pre-approved and documented via invoices and receipts).
- Access to courses through BRIC’s program at no fee.
- Access to rent equipment from BRIC’s media center at no fee.
- Access to BRIC production studios and post-production resources.
- A mentor with industry experience relevant to your project, selected in collaboration with BRIC staff.
- A collaborative cohort community with group critiques and access to BRIC networking events.
- A public presentation of your work upon completion of the program.
- Professional development workshops tailored to the cohort’s interests and needs.

Eligibility Criteria

BRIClab Contemporary Art Residency
- They are interested in:
  - Emerging and early-career artists, artist collectives, and collaboratives based in New York City, 18 years or older, who are enthusiastic about:
    - Developing work that expands their practice in a new and compelling way
    - Building community within the cohort by actively participating in regular (at least once monthly) cohort gatherings and workshops tailored to the cohort’s interests and needs.
    - Hosting regular (at least once monthly) studio visits with BRIC curatorial staff, leading curators, scholars, and practitioners, and artists in neighboring residency programs.
    - Cultivating a relationship with a peer advisor who will offer support and feedback on the resident’s works-in-progress and larger practice.
    - Sharing work with the public during the two-day Open Studios event in Spring 2025.
    - Preparing finalized work for documentation at the end of the residency.
    - Joining the network of BRIClab artists and alumni working across Contemporary Art, Video Art, Film & TV, and Performing Arts.
- They cannot consider applications from:
  - Artists who are enrolled in a degree-granting program during the residency period (August 2024-June 2025).
  - Former BRIClab: Contemporary Art residents and/or BRICworkspace residents.
  - Emerging and early-career artists may be recent graduates of BFA or MFA programs; may have been featured in solo or group shows at lesser-known art spaces; and/or received some press recognition. Emerging and early-career artists have not had solo exhibitions at well-known institutions, nor have they received consistent press or production opportunities.
BRIClab Video Art Residency
- You must be:
  - A New York City based creative, 18 years of age or older.
  - Willing to become a certified community producer, and enroll in at least three classes.
  - Willing to present work and participate in the final screening event in Fall 2025.
  - Not currently enrolled in an educational institution.
  - Not a previous BRIClab: Video Art resident or BRIC Media Arts Fellow.
  - Not proposing a marketing, commercial, or purely journalistic project.
- They are interested in:
  - Artists with a strong desire to explore and grow in using video & audio as distinct mediums, or part of an interdisciplinary approach.
  - Artists that have a solid plan of work.
  - Artists that want to participate in the Community Media center and contribute work to the Free Speech Channel past the residency.
  - The relevancy of your work to a diverse Brooklyn audience.
  - Residency goals that align with the facilities and technical resources.
  - Work that reflects thoughtful, creative, and/or innovative processes.
BRIClab Film + TV Residency
- You must be:
  - An emerging to mid-career documentary filmmaker based in New York City, 18 years of age or older, with completed work samples to share. By emerging to mid-career, BRIC means an artist at the early stages of their career with at least one professional film/project completed, not including student films.
  - Willing to present work and participate in the final screening event, in Spring 2024.
  - An individual artist and/or a creative team of two.
  - Either not employed by BRIC full-time, or a non-salaried BRIC staffer who works fewer than 500 hours/year.
- They are interested in:
  - Documentary projects of all lengths (short/feature/series).
  - Thoroughly-researched, original concepts.
  - A detailed breakdown of budget and the various ways that the project will maximize the use of BRIC facilities and resources, including edit rooms and editing computers, screening room, desk space, and meeting space.
  - A specific production timeline leading up to a public screening in Spring 2024. This can be the final project or a works in progress cut.
  - Films can be in any language; if not in English, work must be subtitled.