Welcome to Velvetparks’ Spotlight Page, here we will be featuring the tremendous talent of our applicants from previous residencies. Featured read more…
Artist Spotlight 2023 – Bradley Weyandt
About Twinkler Forever, Sparkler Forever: The featured images are from a recent solo exhibition at Skylab Gallery. The exhibition, Twinkler Forever, read more…
Artist Spotlight 2023 – Chris Cortez
About the Works: There are levels in life that are more difficult to complete than initially imagined. As a kid read more…
In Conversation with Steven Anthony Johnson
We are excited to feature the first of our two residents this year, Steven Anthony Johnson! We caught up with read more…
Visual Artist Resident 2023 | Emma Bergman
We are excited to announce our second of two Visual Artists Residents this year, Emma Bergman! She will be with read more…
Visual Artists Resident 2023 | Steven Johnson
We are excited to announce the first of two Visual Artists Residents this year, Steven Johnson! He will be with read more…
Writer-In-Residence (2023) | Sarah DePaul (Interview & Reading)
We are excited to feature our Writer-in-Residence for 2023, Sarah Drepaul! We caught up with Sarah a couple of weeks read more…
The Good Victim | Gloria Oladipo
About Me: Gloria Oladipo is a playwright, critic, and journalist based in New York, proudly hailing from Chicago, IL. She read more…
you don’t get to love me | Corrine Jasmin
About Me: Corrine Jasmin is a poet, multidisciplinary artist, and musician. Through solo and collaborative efforts she creates thought narratives, read more…
Fate on Either End | Lauren Anders
About Me: Lauren Anders is a writer and visual artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. View more of Lauren’s read more…
Writer’s Spotlight | Ty Little
About Me: Ty Little is a poet and performance artist. She is currently an MFA candidate in the Milton Avery read more…
Buried Placenta | Alexander Cavaluzzo
About Me: Alexander Cavaluzzo is an East Village-based writer and artist. His work has appeared in Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine, read more…
Writer In Residence – Sarah DrePaul
About Sarah: Sarah Rohani Drepaul merges poetry and filmmaking to rethink sexuality, spirituality and how memory resides in the body. read more…
Artist In Residence – Darryl Babatunde Smith
We are excited to feature Darryl Babatunde Smith as our Visual Artist in Residence for 2022! We caught up with read more…
Visual Artist Works | Azita Moradkhani
About Azita Moradkahni: Azita Moradkhani was born in Tehran where she was exposed to Persian art, as well as Iranian read more…
Visual Artist Works | Opal Ecker DeRuvo
About Opal Ecker DeRuvo: Opal Ecker DeRuvo is a transfeminine transdisciplinary artist and collaborative printmaker. Using historic photo-processes, large scale read more…
Visual Artist Spotlight | Denisse Griselda Reyes
Griselda (Episode 1) 2018 – 2020, 22:12, color, sound, animation, home video, HD Video In this mockumentary short comedy, upcoming read more…
Writers Spotlight | Emma Bushman
About Emma Bushman: Emma Bushmann is a hybrid-genre writer based in Queens, New York. She is currently an MFA candidate read more…
Visual Artist Works | Vincent Chong
About Vincent Chong: Vincent Chong is a Queer mixed-race Chinese-American community-based painter, performance artist, and Chinese calligrapher. They paint portraits read more…
Vincent Chong – Everlasting Love 永恆之愛
About Everlasting Love 永恆之愛 永恆之愛 Everlasting Love (highlights), 2019 Choreo, Movement, & Calligraphy: Vincent ChongMusic (Guzheng): Clara LuCostume (Clara): Shawna read more…
Visual Artist | Dana Zinsser – Tender Shepherd
Pieces Featured (in order of appearance): About the Piece: “Tender Shepherd” explores the concept of shrines. I consider my body read more…