Film still from "Human Energy" by US artist Jessica Segall, Art Prospect Residency at Salaam Cinema in Baku, Azerbaijan. Crude oil is not only central to Azerbaijan's economy but also used in traditional medicine.
CEC ArtsLink is pleased to announce the Art Prospect Residency Fellows 2022. 18 artists and curators from USA, Ukraine, and Belarus will conduct research, create new work, and collaborate with arts communities at Art Prospect Network partner arts organizations in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus/Germany, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, and Uzbekistan.
The Art Prospect Residencies focus on transnational collaborations in socially engaged and public art. The 2022 Art Prospect Fellows creatively work with host organizations and communities to address a spectrum of critical current issues, including forced migration, the transformation of the social environment, contested public monuments, energy infrastructure and climate change.
Arts Prospect Residency Fellows 2022
Adrian Aguilera, conceptual multiform artist, TX, USA
Host: Silk Museum, Georgia
Annie Albagli, multimedia social and environmental artist, CA, USA
Host: Oberliht, Moldova
Bazinato (Bazil Stachievich), artist, researcher, social and environmental activist, Belarus
Host: Art and Creative Solutions Public Foundation, Kazakhstan
Natasha Chychasova, curator and researcher, Ukraine
Host: Suburb Platform, Armenia
Kevin Doyle, writer and director, NY, USA
Host: Art and Creative Solutions Public Foundation, Kazakhstan
Meredith Drum, interdisciplinary artist, VA, USA (residency completed)
Host: Structura Gallery, Bulgaria
Nicolás Estévez, multimedia artist and performer, NY, USA
Host: ArtEast, Kyrgyzstan
Lance Johnson, visual artist, OH, USA
Host: The Ilkhom Center for Contemporary Arts, Uzbekistan
Nastia Khlestova, curator, Ukraine
Host: Oberliht, Moldova
Tatiana Kochubinska, independent curator, writer and lecturer, Ukraine
Host: Structura Gallery, Bulgaria
Aliona Makhnach, multimedia artist, Belarus
Host: Oberliht, Moldova
Jill Miller, visual artist, CA, USA
Host: Suburb Platform, Armenia
Daria Pugachova, artist, performer and art activist, Ukraine
Host: Salaam Cinema, Azerbaijan
Sasha Razor, curator, researcher and author, CA, USA (residency completed)
Host: Ambasada Kultury, Belarus/Germany
Nadya Sayapina, interdisciplinary artist, Belarus (residency completed)
Host: Ambasada Kultury, Belarus/Germany
Jessica Segall, multidisciplinary artist, NY, USA (residency completed)
Host: Salaam Cinema, Azerbaijan
Kateryna Taylor, Ukraine
Host: ArtEast, Kyrgyzstan
Bogdana Voitenko, artist and educator, Ukraine
Host: Silk Museum, Georgia
Image: Film stillfrom"Human Energy", by USartist Jessica Segall. During her recentArtProspectResidencywith Salaam Cinema in Azerbaijan, Jessica focused on our addictiveandintimate relationship with oil. Azerbaijan, one ofthemost prolific oil producing countries, has a unique culture of using crude oil as a medicinal bathandsalve. In her performance forthevideoartwork, Jessica Segall considered oil's toxic legacy as well as its materiality as a medical salve.
The Art Prospect Network Residencies are supported by the Kettering Family Philanthropies, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Trust for Mutual Understanding.