AS AN ANGEL-AMERICAN, 2021. Hudson River, Manhattan, NYC.
AS AN ANGEL-AMERICAN uses the airplane advertisement banner to expand on the artist’s interests in identity, authenticity and self-actualization. Taking hyphenated identity as a starting point, AS AN ANGEL-AMERICAN addresses contemporary preoccupations with virtue and beauty. This unconventional application and use of textile celebrates the versatility of the medium, and its potential to reach audiences through ephemeral and unexpected public works.
Over the course of three award cycles, more than 3,000 artists will receive $5,000 grants to engage the public with artist activities across New York City’s five boroughs this summer and fall. Artists can use the grant to create new work or phase of a work, or restage preexisting creative activities across any discipline.
Members of the public can participate in City Artist Corps Grants programming by following the hashtag #CityArtistCorps on social media.
City Artist Corps Grants was launched in June 2021 by NYFA and DCLA with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre. The program is funded by the $25 million New York City Artist Corps recovery initiative announced by Mayor de Blasio and DCLA earlier this year. The grants are intended to support NYC-based working artists who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. It is strongly recommended that a portion of the grant be used to support artist fees, both for the applying artist and any other artist that are engaged to support the project.
