2022 Application Guidelines
Eligibility
Artists, art historians, curators, designers, and writers who have a persuasive need to use the archival materials housed at the Tony Smith Foundation in New York City.
Spring Research Timeframe
April 15 to June 15, 2022
Application Deadline
December 15, 2021
Fellowship Announcement
January 15, 2022
Support
Roundtrip travel to New York City; one-week accommodation in New York City; one-week meals and incidentals per diem; $2000 commission
Submission Guidelines
Email required application materials as a single PDF to James Voorhies, Executive Director (jvoorhies@tonysmithfoundation.org) with subject line “Research Residency Fellowship”
TSF Research Residency Fellowship
The Tony Smith Archive is the most comprehensive collection of items related to the artist’s life, work, and exhibitions. It encompasses a wealth of holdings from unpublished writings, interviews, correspondence, drawings, and models to printed and audiovisual materials associated with Smith’s wide-ranging work in architecture, drawing, painting, and sculpture. The archive is an unparalleled resource for studying the work of Tony Smith.
The newly inaugurated TSF Research Residency Fellowship seeks to make this resource accessible as part of the Foundation’s mission to place Smith’s legacy in dialogue with the contemporary arts and design. The fellowship supports and encourages innovative scholarly, creative, and interdisciplinary inquiries into Smith’s practice. It supports and encourages new perspectives and readings of his legacy, not only artworks but his interests in science and mysticism and commitment to teaching, as well as the modernist era in which he worked.
Application Criteria
The fellowship application is open to all individuals, U.S.-based and international.
Applicants submit a written proposal of about 750 words providing a narrative about their project and why research in the archive is important to their work, describing how Tony Smith’s practice relates to their scholarly or artistic pursuits. Applicants should include statements about how they envision the research contributing to their work, thoughts about ways it might manifest in future projects.
Provide a C.V. with links to relevant website, social media, publications, or digital projects.
Provide proposed dates of travel within the Spring research timeframe (April 15 to June 15, 2022).
Application Evaluation
Applications are evaluated based on the clarity with which a case is made for the need to conduct research in the archive including how the research will enhance the applicant’s practice.
Fellowship
The Foundation covers roundtrip economy airfare to New York City and one-week accommodation. Recipients receive one-week meals and incidentals per diem, plus a $2000 commission.
Fellowship Expectations
Recipients are required to produce a work for publication on the Foundation’s forthcoming new website. The work can take the form of text, image, audio, or video (or combination thereof) that expose some introductory insights into the initial findings and / or direction of their research.
Recipients are asked to credit the Tony Smith Foundation in future iterations of work resulting from the Research Residency Fellowship.
Tony Smith Foundation
The Tony Smith Foundation supports the contemporary arts by placing the legacy and work of the acclaimed American artist and architect in dialogue with visual art, curating, writing, and design. The Foundation’s programs seek to advance engagement with Smith’s wide-ranging interdisciplinary and intellectual pursuits fostering new perspectives, scholarship, and interpretations of his creative practice and the modernist era in which it developed.
The Foundation provides access to the Tony Smith Archive and stewards the Tony Smith Catalogue Raisonné Project.
Please contact James Voorhies, Executive Director, with questions (jvoorhies@tonysmithfoundation.org).
