Saltonstall Fellowship

Saltonstall Fellowship, November 2023

Transborderart Fellowship

TransBorder Art Fellowship, Residency Governors Island, NY, September 2023.

September 23, 2023 #406A Colonels Road, Fellow Resident Brigitta Varadi Solo Shows, Hunia

MacDowell Fellowship

Link to MacDowell ProfileMacDowell Fellow, February 2023 Interdisciplinary Art-Multimedia Installation

Wassaic Art Residency Award

So, so honoured to be awarded a 2 months, September-October 2015, residency at the Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, New York. I can't wait to be a part of the Wassaic community, and for some upstate sunshine.

Jurors for 2015 residency award 

Arden Sherman, Curator of Hunter College's East Harlem Gallery
Eric Gleason, Director at Paul Kasmin
Jodi Waynberg, Executive Director of Artists Alliance
Kim Drew, Founder of Black Contemporary Art Blog
Mitch Miller, Artist + Previous Resident
Meredith Drum, Artist + Previous Resident

 

See all summer Wassaic resident awardees: click here 

MarkingS

Opening Reception 5 pm 10th April 2015,

Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Co.Leitrim

Exhibition runs until Monday 27th April 2015.

Exhibition and Residency Fellowship supported by the Leitrim Sculpture Centre and the Arts Council of Ireland, Leitrim County Council.

Curator Sean O'Reilly 

The MARKINGS exhibition at the Leitrim Sculpture Centre gathers together and explores the different marks used by farmers to identify their sheep in the North West region. Works made with local wool are accompanied by a short video that explains the different markings, their meanings and symbolic use. Creating a dialogue with farmers and place the project opens on to a broader reflection concerning the signs and forms of identification humans use to identify animals, plants and territories. 

Brigitta Varadi is recepient of the Leitrim Sculpture Centre Fellowship Award 2015.

 

Please read more: Visual Artists Ireland & Leitrim Sculpture Centre

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LOCIS Book Launch

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE LAUNCH OF A PUBLICATION ARISING FROM THE LOCIS PROGRAMME BY ORLAITH MCBRIDE, DIRECTOR OF THE ARTS COUNCIL.

THURSDAY MARCH 26TH, 2015, 6PM.

EUROPEAN UNION HOUSE, 18 DAWSON STREET, DUBLIN 2.

Locis is a collaborative programme, co-funded by the Culture Programme of the European Union, between Leitrim County Council Arts Office, Ireland; the Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu in Toruń, Poland; and Botkyrka Konsthall/Residence Botkyrka, Sweden. Locis was designed to provide knowledge, resources and opportunities for artists to engage internationally and to reinforce the principle that a vibrant arts practice should, and can, be maintained from anywhere and that networking across borders can occur from anywhere and with anyone.

As well as documenting the six residencies which made up the programme, the publication also contains essays by three writers who were asked to reflect on the programme in their country and to consider how residencies relate to their contexts and/or provide developmental opportunities for artists in a particular location. In addition, three other writers – Doreen Massey, Anik See and Saša Nabergoj were invited by the three curators to write essays on broader topics of specific interest to the three partners.

For further information, please visit www.locis.eu

Leitrim Sculpture Centre Art Residency Award & Fellowship

Residency takes place between 23. February - 10 April 2015 at the Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Ireland. 

Situated in the North West of Ireland within a rich and diverse rural landscape the Leitrim Sculpture Centre (LSC) provides one of the most comprehensive visual arts resources in Ireland.

Space and technology can be flexibly resourced at affordable rates for artists, local communities and international practitioners. We support research and experimentation in both the production and display of compelling and challenging new work and in the acquisition of traditional and contemporary skills and knowledge.

Our programme includes exhibitions, artists residencies, workshops, training, research, masterclasses, talks, symposia and additional projects that explore the local landscape and alternative and sustainable models of arts practice through trans-local networking and collaboration. LSC works with the wider community and values and supports innovation and increased training opportunities in art, design and communication for all.

VISUAL ARTISTS IN PRISON SCHEME AWARD,

The Award is co-funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and the Department of Justice, Equality and Reform and administered by the Prison Education Service.  Residency at the Castlerea Prison, Co.Roscommon Ireland , November 2014.

'in conversation'

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LOCIS Seminar

THE DOCK, CARRICK ON SHANNON, CO. LEITRIM
Friday 28^th and Saturday 29^th November 2014

The two-year Locis programme concludes at the end of November with a seminar on Saturday 29^th preceded the Friday evening before with a tour of the exhibition LOCAL by the five artists participating in the 2014 residency in Ireland and a talk about the historical context which underpins the work.

Chaired by critic and lecturer Declan Long the seminar on Saturday features – Natalia Cieślak; Dobrila Denegri ; Sarah Kim; Joanne Laws; Audrey Keane; Sam Moore; Sasa Nabergoj; Seamus Nolan; Joanna Sandell; Anik See; Dominic Stevens; Johan Thurfjell; and Aleksandra Wasilkowska.

The five artists who are taking part in this year’s Locis residency in Ireland – Johan Thurfjell, Julia Adzuki, Linda Shevlin, Brigitta Varadi and Karolina Żyniewicz introduce the background to their work and the resultant exhibition LOCAL.

see more details http://locis.eu/seminar/

LOCAL

http://locis.eu/locis-2014/ireland-2014/ 

An exhibition by Johan Thurfjell, Julia Adzuki, Linda Shevlin, Brigitta Varadi and Karolina Żyniewicz

BRIC Contemporary Artists Working in Textiles

Short list curator: Jordana Munk Martin writes about BRIC Contemporary Artists Working in Textiles.

''In my approach to highlighting artists from the BRIC Artist Registry, I sought to feature those who are directly employing either the medium or the processes of textiles to amplify their concepts. I found an inspiring grouping of artists, each exploring a unique aspect of textiles to identify something about our environment, our psyches, or our relationships.''

''The works of artist Brigitta Varadi are composed of textile processes such as dyeing and felting, and are often community-based, meaning the artist at times engages with the community to facilitate the making of a piece. This tactic serves as a nod to the rich social component and collaborative element in the history of textile-making. We are thrilled at Textile Arts Center to welcome Brigitta as our 2014 Sewing Seeds Artist in Residence, wherein the artist will incorporate similar themes in her proposed project.''

See full Article:  BRICK Arts Media

Sewing Seeds is proud to announce the Sewing Seeds Artist in Residence for 2014:

Brigitta Varadi, a Hungarian-born, Brooklyn-based artist incorporates textile processes such as dyeing, felting, and sculptural manipulation into her practice. During her residency with TAC, Brigitta plans on constructing a site-specific installation for the Green Acres Garden  involving various light-sensitive felted and naturally dyed banners and running lines. We are very excited to have her with us and hope that you are there to join us with the completion of her project at the end of the summer.

For more information and images of the artist’s work or more information about TAC’s Sewing Seeds residency program please to visit either the artist’s website, or Sewing Seeds!

http://textileartscenter.com/blog/sewing-seeds-artist-in-residence-2014-brigitta-varadi/

LOCIS 2014 Art Residency

LOCIS: a two-year program of artistic residencies and cultural exchanges between Poland, Ireland and Sweden. The programme is funded under the EU Culture Programme and managed by the three project partners,Leitrim County Council Arts Office, the Centre of Contemporary Art in Toruń, and Residence Botkyrka.

LOCIS is designed as a knowledge-sharing project which seeks to create opportunities for artists to work together, regardless of their place of residence, and to enable them to establish collaborative relations and dialogue with internationally renowned artists who will also be involved in the project. Each residency program will engage artists from Poland, Sweden and Ireland.

LOCIS in 2014 will be thematically oriented towards exploration of our physical, social and political environment and alternative or self organized forms of artistic and social interaction.

Being located in places where artistic communities share the need for having a high degree of cultural activity and exchange, this collaborative project offers an opportunity to contemplate how artists help us consider new possibilities for social organization, our understanding of place, and ways to transcend physical, cultural and political boundaries.

The three artists/curators who will be leading residencies in 2014 are:

Ola Wasilkowska (Poland) who will lead a residency with Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm in Sweden.
Seamus Nolan (Ireland) who will lead a residency with the Centre of Contemporary Art in Torun, Poland
Johan Thurfjell (Sweden) who will lead a residency at The Dock in Carrick on Shannon, with Leitrim County Council Arts Office in Ireland.

Parallel Shift, NARS Foundation, NY

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Visual Artists Ireland

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 30 from 6-9pm 

The New York Art Residency & Studios (NARS) Foundation is delighted to present Parallel Shift, where Residency Artists simultaneously explore new work created during their residency and revisit previous work to investigate their foundation. The exhibition features selections from the work of 2014 Season I & II Residency

Artists: 

Elodie Abergel, Tai Hwa Goh, Ronald Hall, Delphine Hennelly, Tadasuke Jinno, Sophie Kahn, Liliya Lifanova, Ann Oren, Nicola Page, Esther Simmonds-MacAdam, Carly Snoswell, Kate Stone, and Brigitta Varadi.

3rd Annual Benefit & Silent Auction, NARS Foundation, NY

The New York Art Residency & Studios Foundation is delighted to announce Secret Garden, our 3rd Annual Spring Benefit and Silent Auction. Join us on April 8, 2014, NARS Foundation, 201 46th Street, 4th Floor, Sunset Park, Brooklyn. http://www.narsfoundation.org/event_benefit2014auction.php

NARS Foundation, Open Studios

Open Studios at NARS Foundation

March 7, 2014

2014 NARS Foundation International Residency Open Studios
Saturday, March 15, 3-7 PM

New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation is delighted to invite you to join our 2014 Season I Residency Artists Open Studios on Saturday, March 15 from 3-7pm.

Enjoy an opportunity to get a look inside the otherwise private work space of the artist, and see a glimpse of the art that is being created in Sunset Park.  As a result, artists can gain feedback and support for their work while visitors gain entry to the artistic haven. 

Featured Artists: Delphine Hennelly, Brigitta Varadi, Esther Simmonds MacAdam, Tai Hwa Goh, Sophie Kahn, Kate Stone, Tadasuke Jinno, Ronald Hall, Ann Oren, Guy Ben-Ari, Lilya Lifanova and Kyoung Eun Kang.

Interview by Maria Stefanoni at the NARS Foundation

Please click to link to read 

http://narsfoundation.tumblr.com/post/77104649222/brigitta-varadi

NARS Foundation, New York

Selected 3 months International Artist Residency Program at The New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation - is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit arts organization committed to supporting artists and curators on an international level as well engaging the local community in Brooklyn and the Greater New York area.

The residency has been assisted by the Irish Government through the Arts Council of Ireland and Leitrim County Council and generously funded by the public through Fund:it.

fund:it for the International Artist Residency Program at NARS Foundation

I have created a fundraising campaign through Fund it for my art residency at the NARS Foundation. The fundraising will help towards the cost of travel, materials, accommodation, food and exhibition.I am offering my work in return for your support.The created works for fund:it supporters will be based on the work I develop in my New York residency.

To support, please click on the link: http://www.fundit.ie/project/art-residency--new-york-nars-foundation

Thank you for your support and for being part of this adventure!