Writers Residency (January – June 2022) Winter/Spring application is open to emerging and established LGBTQ+ Writers. As we head into read more…
Don’t Touch The Art| Roxanne Lim
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Why I Don’t Write | Aimee Herman
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Visual Artists Works | Emma Anne Johnson
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Spotlight
Welcome to Velvetparks’ Spotlight Page, here we will be featuring the tremendous talent of our applicants from previous residencies. Featured read more…
Excerpt from “To Translate is Not to Teach The Meaning of a Word” | Yamilette Vizcaino Rivera
During her time of her residency, Yamilette Vizcaino Rivera, has been working on a piece titled “To Translate Is Not read more…
2021 – Artist In Residence
The 2021 Velvetpark Artist Residency has been awarded to Gabrielle Randall. She begins her residency this week in Brooklyn at Crown read more…
Yamilette Vizcaino | Writer in Residence
We would like to introduce, Yamilette Vizcaino Rivera, our current writer in residence! Watch the full video as she talks read more…
Visual Artist Residency Announcement | Summer/Fall 2021
We are excited to announce our Visual Artist Workspace Residency for Summer/Fall 2021! Velvetpark welcomes LGBTQ+ artists of all visual read more…
FAQs
Application FAQsDo I have to identify as a queer woman to apply?No, Velvetpark’s Residency is open to anyone identifying as read more…
Checklist
Application Checklist: Before filling out your residency application please have the following materials prepared and/or ready to upload. After you read more…
Wangechi Mutu’s Fantastical Journey, Dripped, Dipped and Left to Bled
**originally published Oct 16, 2013** Wangechi Mutu’s mid-career survey of works at the Brooklyn Museum, is a meditation on the read more…
Velvetpark’s Official 25 Queer Women of 2016
We would be remiss not to acknowledge that 2016 has been a deeply tumultuous year for many obvious social and read more…
Velvetpark’s Top 25 Queer Women of 2015
It is with great pleasure thatVelvetpark announces our
Julia Kunin @ Sandra Gering
Julia Kunin’s latest work at her first one-person show at Sandra Gering reflects her mastery over material and an evolution read more…
New York Armory Show 2015 Edition
We were back at that New York artworld institution the Armory, a show we love to hate and hate to love.
Chris Ofili Retrospective at The #NewMuseum
If you waited until the last minute to see the Chris Ofili retrospective “Night and Day” at the New Museum,
Toshi Reagon’s Parable
Toshi Reagon’s latest musical project,
Velvetpark’s Official Top 25 Significant Queer Women of 2014
It is with great honor that Velvetpark announces our Top 25 Queer Women of 2014.
Yoga Acharya BKS Iyengar 1918 – 2014
It is safe to say that there is not one Yoga Asana teacher that has not studied with or studied read more…
Tenacious as Hell, Vividly: Wanda Ewing
Exactly four years ago, I noticed some small prints at a salon on the Upper East Side, the last place read more…