QM-Jerome Foundation 2024-2025 Fellowship for Emerging Artists in New York City, USA

The Queens Museum (QM) is pleased to launch its sixth QM-Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists in New York City. Two visual artists will receive $20,000 each, individual studio space at the Queens Museum, professional development consultations, close mentorship from QM staff members, and a solo exhibition that will open in 2025. Fellows will move into the studios in January 2024 and will have access to studio space through January 2025. 

On the occasion of the upcoming 60th anniversary of the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair, this year’s Open Call invites applications that respond to the complex history of the Queens Museum’s site and Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Applicants are encouraged to join the Museum in critically engaging with the present-day implications of the Fair, which idealized American democracy by promoting industrial, international, and domestic cooperation through technology and culture. At the Fair, the Queens Museum building served as “The New York City Building,” a pavilion dedicated to the country’s most populated metropolitan community. The New York City Building envisioned the future of American cities, hosted the awe-inspiring Panorama of the City of New York, and celebrated the rapid industrialization of New York City in the first half of the twentieth century.

• Table of Content
• About Queens Museum (QM)
• Queens Museum (QM) Fellowship for Emerging Artists
• Aim and Benefits of Queens Museum (QM) Fellowship for Emerging Artists
• Queens Museum (QM) Fellowship for Emerging Artists Courses
• Requirements for Queens Museum (QM) Fellowship for Emerging Artists Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Queens Museum (QM) Fellowship for Emerging Artists
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Queens Museum (QM)

The Queens Museum Connects the Borough’s Past to the Present Learn About the Museum’s History Founded in 1972, the Queens Museum is located in the nation’s most culturally diverse county, on the grounds of the 1939-40 and 1964-65 and New York World’s Fairs, and in a building that formerly housed the United Nations from 1946 to 1950. Browse our historical timeline and learn about the key moments that marked the history of our site. Historical TimelineHistorical Timeline World’s Fair CollectionWorld’s Fair Collection Honoring the History of Our ... continue reading

Queens Museum (QM) Fellowship for Emerging Artists

Aim and Benefits of Queens Museum (QM) Fellowship for Emerging Artists

The $20,000 award is a lump sum payment that will be paid in two installments. This monetary award covers the artist fee, materials, and relevant production costs for the work the fellow will create for the exhibition.

Queens Museum (QM) Fellowship for Emerging Artists Courses

• Art

Requirements for Queens Museum (QM) Fellowship for Emerging Artists Qualification

The QM-Jerome Foundation Fellowship is open to emerging visual artists who have been living in the five boroughs of New York City for at least one year prior to the application deadline. The Queens Museum defines an emerging artist as one who is at the beginning of their public career. The eligible artist has completed their studies, but has not had solo exhibitions at commercial galleries or public institutions, or yet received major grants comparable in amount to this fellowship. The category also includes artists who are well beyond their studies, and may have participated in group exhibitions but have not received extensive press or market recognition. These artists may have exhibited their work in other countries on a limited basis, but have not had major exhibition opportunities in the US or in New York City in particular.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Queens Museum (QM) Fellowship for Emerging Artists

• Applicants should reside in New York City—from any of the five boroughs—and have resided in the City for at least one (1) year prior to the application deadline. They should reside in NYC until the end of the Fellowship period.

Applications evaluation:

• Applications will be shortlisted based on the strength of their proposed project, overall practice, and work samples.
• Strong applications demonstrate a clear and ambitious vision, strong readiness to expand and experiment in their artistic practice, have an understanding of the context at QM, and add valuable insight and nuance to a conversation around the legacy and implications of the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair today.

Timeline:

• A jury made up of curatorial staff from QM and two guest jurors will review applications. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an in-person interview at QM in early December. We hope to inform all applicants before the new year, with selected fellows invited to move into their studios during the month of January.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Application Deadline: October 29, 2023, 11:59pm EST

Information Sessions: 

• July 20, 2023, 6-7:30pm EST via Zoom: Recommended for those with specific questions related to 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair
• August 29, 2023, 6-7:30pm EST via Zoom: Recommended for those with specific questions related to eligibility and the fellowship experience

Please note:

• We highly encourage applicants with 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair-related questions to attend the first Information Session on Thursday, July 20th and submit their questions in advance by Tuesday, July 18th via the Google form here.
  Register for the 7/20 session here.
• The second Information Session on Tuesday, August 29th will focus more on eligibility and the fellowship experience.
  Register for the 8/29 session here.

For more details visit: Queens Museum (QM) website.