The Convening<\/a> is Feb. 7.)<\/p>\n\u201cThis is one of the more consistent and long-standing programs of its kind in New York City,\u201d said Biennial co-curator Nell Klugman, who, until May, was the museum\u2019s associate director of education and public engagement (she now works at Dia Art Foundation). AIM, she added, \u201cis fairly unique in terms of its specific focus on building early career skills as opposed to being an art-making and studio program.\u201d<\/p>\n
Most city programs fit neatly into a traditional residency, studio or school format, in which accepted artists are granted space, a stipend or an education to focus on creating. But AIM emphasizes being part of a cohort, which Klugman says is critical for artists \u201cas they embark on what can be, I think, a solitary or isolating creative profession.” This remains perhaps as unique today as it was when the program started 46 years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn artist program that was designed around professional development was unique in its early days and, I think, paved the way for similar programs,\u201d said Biennial co-curator Patrick Rowe, who is also the Museum\u2019s director of education and public engagement. \u201cI believe that now there’s actually a great need for these programs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brooklyn-based performance artist Asia Stewart took part in the 2024 AIM cohort and will be showing an installation at the upcoming AIM biennial called \u201cthe money is in the blades\u201d involving a tattered American flag hung beside a monitor.<\/p>\n
Speaking from her Financial District studio space, which she uses for free through the nonprofit Silver Art Projects, Stewart underscored AIM’s importance, especially in a city that has become increasingly unaffordable for artists.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe program offers a picture of how to build a sustainable life as an artist in New York City, a place that’s increasingly unlivable,\u201d she said. \u201cThe AIM fellowship was really transformative for me.”<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s theme, \u201cForms of Connection\u201d \u2013 meant to inspire conversation about communal experiences \u2013 is thus almost meta.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou enter a cohort with other like-minded artists you see on a weekly basis for three hours every evening at the Bronx Museum,\u201d she explained. \u201cAnd I think through the course of the fellowship program, we were able to form genuine relationships with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Seventh AIM Biennial<\/a>, \u201cForms of Connection\u201d opens this Friday, Jan. 23. It will remain on view through June 29 at The Bronx Museum (1040 Grand Concourse, The Bronx). Admission is free for all ages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since 1980, the Bronx Museum has offered New York City\u2019s emerging artists a unique boot camp through its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-107479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}