Residency
Become a Resident
An affordable, centrally-located creative space in downtown New York can and should exist. The residency is how we prove it.
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We dream of a space where art is everyday life; where doing the impossible is kind of fun; where money doesn't determine value; where acknowledgement conquers discouragement; where you deserve what you want; where we can be our most unedited selves.
Greetings from Chinatown Soup!
Here's a quick recap of what you already know: we're an art place located on Orchard Street at the border of New York's Lower East Side. Our brick-and-mortar home draws from the Stone Soup folk parable and artist-run collectives of 1970's New York to experiment with expressing how we want to be in the world.
Community…y tho? What does that even mean? Showcasing emerging artists, producing public programs, and running a cafe/shop are living parts of this concept, but our artist residency program is designed to demonstrate that yes, an affordable, centrally-located creative space in downtown New York can and should exist.
Who are we looking for? You are an artist with more pointed adjectives at hand to describe yourself. You’re curious, compassionate, and collaborative. Your best and highest answer is “both.” You love to love New York, especially when it’s bringing you down.
The arrangement
Here's a logistical overview of what it means to be a resident at Soup.
What you give
- Monthly contribution (please inquire)
- Flexibility
- Ideas
- Initiative
- Friendship
What you get
Access to
- personal workspace
- storage space
- slop sink
- refrigerator
- coffee and tea
- WiFi
- Materials for the Arts warehouse
Opportunity to
- share your work on the regular with friends
- present your work to artists, curators
- feature your work through Soup social media & shop
- exhibit your work solo in the upstairs gallery after completing a four-month commitment
- sell your work
In the studio
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Pleased to meet you…
Does this sound like somewhere you belong? If so, please reach out by completing our questionnaire, and thanks for your interest in the Soup community.
