Overview
The Park Towne Place Artist in Residence (PTPAIR) program provides an opportunity for visual artists to bring their studio practice to Philadelphia’s museum district. Over the four-month residency, selected artists will be able to create, advance, or complete work close to one of Philadelphia's art hubs.
The PTPAIR program offers InLiquid Member artists the space and freedom to experiment with their practice in a new environment. Artists are encouraged to explore new ideas and find inspiration from a change in scenery. As they create, PTPAIRs are encouraged to engage with the Park Towne Place community. This is a chance for dialogue and education and a competitive opportunity for artists to meet potential new connections and collectors.
The residency opens with a casual wine and cheese event where the PTPAIR will lead a demonstration of an artistic technique used in their practice. This event offers an opportunity to connect with residents and familiarize them with the type of work to be created. Artists will also have the opportunity to host a workshop or class throughout their residence.
The PTPAIR program culminates with an exhibition that will be presented in the Artist Studio Gallery at Park Towne Place.
What does the program offer?
Applicants for the PTPAIR program at Park Towne Place will be reviewed by members of InLiquid’s Art Advisory Committee. This committee is made up of distinguished leaders, professors, curators, and critics in the Philadelphia art world. Learn more about the committee here: https://www.inliquid.org/about-folder/art-advisory-committee
If selected, artists will receive a stipend of $300, 24-hour studio access to a shared studio, periodic studio visits from someone in the InLiquid Programming department, an event thrown in their honor, program promotion by InLiquid, and a 3-month exhibition at Park Towne Place in the Artist Studio Gallery.
What previous PTPAIRs have said:
“I embarked on an artist-in-residency with InLiquid's PTPAIR program at Park Towne Place. With unlimited access to their studio, I had time and solitude to explore new work and push the boundaries of my artistic expression.
Park Towne Place's commitment to nurturing the arts is evident through their Inliquid curated collection of artwork everywhere, plus the rotating exhibitions enrich and integrate art into the fabric of this community. The support and interactions I had with the InLiquid staff were invaluable, and fostered a sense of collaboration that amplified the impact of my studio time here,
In conclusion, the residency broadened my horizons and provided an experience that will continue to resonate in my art.” - Michelle Marcuse
What are the requirements?
This opportunity is only open to current InLiquid artist members. PTPAIRs would be asked to work on-campus at least 5 hours a week. And whenever possible work in places that were easily accessible to the residents (i.e. on the Great Lawn). The residency should produce work that can be exhibited in a traditional gallery space (i.e. wall hung), and fall under the following categories: Abstraction, Expressionism, Impressionism, Realism, Pop Art, Surrealism, Craft, Collage, Mixed Media, New Media, Painting, Portraiture, Photography, Sculpture, Design Influence, Color, Texture, Material-based.
In addition, PTPAIRs will be asked to post social media content weekly about their residency and the work that is produced through it. Lastly the Artist in Residence will lead a workshop on-campus planned and organized in conjunction with InLiquid.
All artists are required to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination prior to participation.
How to apply
There is one application deadline for all of the 2024 residencies. The dates of the residency and the period the work will be on display are as follows:
Residency dates:
January 1 - April 30, 2025
May 1 - August 31, 2025
September 1 - December 31, 2025
Exhibition dates (exact dates TBD):
February - May 2025
June - September 2025
October 2024 - January 2026
The application deadline to be considered for participation as one of the 2025 Park Towne Place Artists in Residence is October 31, 2024. Applications must be submitted on or before the deadline in order to be considered.
Applicants will be notified by Monday, December 2, 2024 as to the status of their application.
Please submit applications online here: https://airtable.com/appdtKdZoYRRYDaX3/pagAx8FXPcyvqW5sG/form
Applications must include all of the following to be considered:
Artist statement - A brief summary of your current work and vision for future work (200 words or less).
Artist Bio - 200 words or less
Letter of intent - A cover letter explaining why you are interested in the residency and what you hope to accomplish over the 4 months. (200 - 500 words)
Resume or C.V. - Please show academic, artistic, professional, and other relevant experience.
Work samples - 10-20 images of work (300 dpi or larger. File names must be formatted LASTNAME_TITLE)
For any questions regarding the PTPAIR program please contact the Programming team at programming@inliquid.org
Meet the Jury
Matt Curtius is an artist, illustrator and educator whose creative practice is a collaborative endeavor with his partner, Gina Triplett.
The studio’s fine art has been exhibited widely, including at The National Museum of China, The Delaware Art Museum, The Woodmere Art Museum, and galleries in New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere.
Their paintings are an artifact of their dialogue in the studio, working out ideas as they pass canvasses back and forth, reacting to each other’s contributions. These discussions have varied over time, but often return to themes of art historical comparisons, connections between the natural and synthetic worlds, and the specific dynamic of two people coming together within a piece of singular artistic output.
When they take on illustration projects, their partners most often take their cues from the couple’s independent work, with themes using natural subjects in both literal and symbolic manners. These illustrations have graced everything from snowboards to murals, and from children’s books to housewares. This work has seen them collaborating with clients that have included: Whole Foods, Macys, Urban Outfitters, Comcast, Scholastic, Knopf, MIT Press, The New York Times and many others. This work has been chronicled in several books on illustration, including Drawn to Type: Lettering for Illustrators by Marty Blake and 50 Years of Illustration by Laurence Zeegan and Caroline Roberts.
Matt is an Associate Professor at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.
Albert Fung is a Philadelphia-based painter and printmaker. He navigates the mysteries of the rectangle, creating visionary spaces. He has shown at several local galleries including City Arts Salon, Arch Enemy Arts, Boston Street Gallery Roger LaPelle Galleries, and LG Tripp Gallery. He has taught painting and printmaking at Tyler School of Art, University of the Arts, Moore College of Art, Arcadia University, Drexel University, Fleisher Art Memorial, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, and Allens Lane Art Center. He has a BFA in Printmaking from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Massachusetts College of Art. His newest project is Philly Crit in which he works as an administrator and a graphic designer. Philly Crit brings artists together from around the Philadelphia area to have meaningful dialogues about their work.
Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Chicana painter Marta Sanchez has been inspired by traditional Mexican folkloric art expressions and contemporary social issues. Her works on paper are linocuts and monotypes, serigraphs, offset lithography and paints on metal to connect with her passion for Mexican Retablos. She uses these variations of media to follow the social and cultural traditions of Mexican and Chicano/a Art to connect with past and present day concerns.
Marta's work is in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Fine Art Museum of St. Petersburg, FL, The National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, the Woodmere Art Museum and other public and private collections. She earned a MFA in painting from the Tyler School of Art and a BFA in painting from the University of Texas at Austin. Currently she works at the Brandywine Workshop as Special Projects Coordinator and is the co-founder of Cascarones Por LaVida, which assists families affected by HIV/AIDS
About Park Towne Place
Located along Philadelphia’s iconic Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Park Towne Place Premiere Apartments is comprised of four towers around a lush lawn speckled with outdoor sculptures.
This mid-century modern apartment complex is designed in the International Style and is on the National Register of Historic Places for its significant contributions to community planning and development. In addition, the complex houses a robust collection of 150 artworks by 111 artists, and is located in the heart of Philadelphia’s cultural district.
Within walking distance of Park Towne Place, you’ll find:
