Patchogue Arts Council • Museum of Contemporary Art L.I. is honored to announce the award and fiscal sponsorship of NYSCA funding for four artists from across Long Island for 2023!
4 Artists awarded support for Artists grants from NYSCA
Funding of $40,000 for their special projects.
Artists:
Andrea Cote in the category of Visual Arts | Installation
Anu Annam in the category of Interdisciplinary
Benny Migliorino in the category Folk and Traditional Arts
Han Qin in the category of Film, Media, and New Technology
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Each artist will receive a $10,000 grant from the NY State Council on the Arts ( NYSCA ) under their Support For Artists program. This opportunity was made possible with fiscal sponsorship of Patchogue Arts Council • Museum of Contemporary Art L.I. and each artist will have the opportunity to realize their projects with this exceptional and completive fiscal award. PAC• MoCA L.I. will be working with each artist to help support them and develop projects.
Follow the journey as these projects unfold and keep an eye out for calls for participation, community engagement workshops, exhibits and other related events the artists will be sharing with the community.
We are so grateful to Governor Kathy Hochul who recently announced nearly $45 million in grant awards through the New York State Council on the Arts. Through a record level of state funding for the arts, these grants will support over 1,200 arts organizations and 426 artists as they return to pre-pandemic levels of capacity and creation.
"For hundreds of years, artists from around the world have called New York their home because of our culture, diversity, and creativity," Governor Hochul said. "Their innovations fuel our economy, our tourism industry and the health and well-being of our communities, and this year's historic commitment will spur our continuing recovery from the pandemic and set the course for a stronger future."
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Hear more from our NYSCA 2023 Support for Artists grantees! |
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The Support for Artists grants will provide $4,260,000 to 426 artists across NY. “The Patchogue Arts Council’s service and leadership in the arts on Long Island made it possible to be in the position to support artists in their applications and provide professional project support to continue advancing contemporary artists on L.I. We have so many artists that are living and working here, contributing to the arts community and to be able to support them, give them visibility, a platform for their work and see them fiscally supported is why we continue to advocate and create opportunity. It’s an honor we will be able to help 4 of the 13 artists who were awarded this grant on L.I.” said Beth Giacummo, Patchogue Arts Council • MoCA L.I. Executive Director.
"The Patchogue Arts Council was created 15 years ago with the mission of bringing contemporary art to an underserved community. The artists and their projects awarded this NYSCA grant will help bridge the divide between the local community and contemporary practices in art." said John Cino, Patchogue Arts Council • MoCA L.I. Program Director / Curator.
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Andrea Cote Anu Annam Benny Migliorino Han Qin |
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Read more about their projects below! |
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Andrea Cote
“This is my body / Éste es mi cuerpo”
This is my body / Éste es mi cuerpo” is a community art project and installation for Patchogue, NY using printmaking and empowering women to share the joys and traumas of their bodies as vessels for memory.
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Anu Annam
CONTEXT 2 CONTENT: (im)material girls | Spiritual, rather than physical. "we have immaterial souls”
Interdisciplinary and intersectional, participatory experience exploring invisible identities in disabled & queer communities through synesthetic art-making. 2023 deepens understanding of drag, burlesque and trans artists, culminating in a showcase.
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Benny Migliorino
Portraits with a Purpose
Wet Plate Collodion portraits will highlight underrepresented creatives through traditional photography and keep this cultural form of expression alive.
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Han Qin
Cultural Fluidity – A Floating Identity Print and 3D portraits of Asian immigrants on L.I, NY An interactive and collaborative art-tech installation portraying layers of diasporic identity
shaped by immigration experience, located on Long Island, NY. The concept is built paralleled with layered techniques of printmaking, 3D scanning & VR.
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PRESS CONTACT:
Beth Giacummo | PAC• MoCA L.I. Executive Director
Info@patchoguearts.org
(631)8064722
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PAC • MOCA L.I. | (631) 627-8686 | 20 Terry Street, Patchogue NY 11772 PatchogueArts.org
ABOUT THE PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL
The mission of Patchogue Arts Council, Inc. is to ambitiously educate, support, and elevate the arts- community on Long Island. This includes artists at all stages of their careers as well as supporting the development of new works and public projects through exhibitions and innovative programming that emphasize community engagement while aiding in the revitalization and sustainability of the community. The Patchogue Arts Council, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation whose programming supports arts across all of Long Island. We welcome local, national, and international artists.
The collective impact from all our programming, collaborators, partnerships, artists, elected officials, colleges, and schools means that over 950,000 community members of all ages and backgrounds from across L.I. have been given access to free and impactful arts experiences. This includes the 1,000’s of people that are met with art when visiting Patchogue during one of our signature events like MoCA L.I.ghts – an open air museum concept or annual events such as Arts on Terry, Rat Grrl Vendor Circus and satellite exhibitions like Lobby Arts at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts. Follow us @patchoguarts on FB & Instagram or visit Patchoguearts.org for more information.
ABOUT MOCA L.I.
Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island (MoCA L.I.) is the main exhibition space of the Patchogue Arts Council (PAC).By redefining PAC’s exhibition space from Gallery to Museum, opportunities for the community and the artists we serve grows exponentially. PAC has always been unconventional in comparison to other arts councils. Our primary focuses are to make current and contemporary art accessible to everyone and to serve artists across Long Island. We work to create inclusiveness in all of our opportunities for Long Island’s artistic communities. We do this by creating opportunities that have no financial barriers to participation, providing professional development, and advocating for the support of artists. Through our programming, we support, promote, and encourage early, mid-career, and established artists working in all media and all walks of life.
ABOUT NYSCA NYSCA preserves and advances the arts and culture that make New York State an exceptional place to live, work and visit. The Council upholds the right of all New Yorkers to experience the vital contributions the arts make to our communities, education, economic development, and quality of life. To support the ongoing recovery of the arts across New York State, NYSCA is awarding record funding in Fiscal Year 2023, providing support across the full breadth of the arts.
NYSCA further advances New York's creative culture by convening leaders in the field and providing organizational and professional development opportunities and informational resources. Created by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1960 and continued with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the Council is an agency that is part of the Executive Branch. For more information on NYSCA, please visit http://www.arts.ny.gov, and follow NYSCA's Facebook page, Twitter @NYSCArts and Instagram @NYSCouncilontheArts.
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