USI Residencies @ SWALE House
Governors Island
2024
2023
in 2023 Swale hosted USI and Creature Conserve residencies together, along with the exhibition, Re-Imagining Conservation
Rebecca Murtaugh. virtual resident
2022
Roger Danilo Carmona
July 4-17
rogercarmona.com
Heather McMordie + Dr. Edward R. Landa
August 11-13
Ditch + wetland collaboration
heathermcmordie.com
Greg Stewart
Oct 17-23
Dirt Stories is an art project that uses dirt to tell stories in public spaces.
@gregstewart
Bel Sigado
July 18-24
exploring the weight of earth and the under-building happening within it through the extraction of and meditation on 15 pounds of urban soils collected throughout new york city
Flourish LAB
TBA
Provoking vivid relationships with the ecologies to which we exist. At USI, Flourish will prototype pipeless water infrastructure — a collaborative vision with Leaf Island to replace New York's water distribution and filtration network with a system of living aquifers.
flourishlab.site
Mario Joyce
virtual residency
Creating a genealogy of soil, from prehistory to today, by sourcing soil from every farm my ancestors lived on. Soil is politically connected to the wealth and colonial roots of this country.
@mariojoyceart
Lynn Cazabon
August 8-14
Uncultivated, a site-specific, scalable art project focused on wild plants within urban landscapes, thriving around areas of disturbance
lynncazabon.com
Susan Smith
Virtual Residency Sept - Oct
artist, educator, guerrilla gardener. "Radical Gardening" is a practice of immersion and witness of place, focused on acts of stewardship, imagining a world which is no longer uprooted by extractivist colonial power.
This spot is for you : )
apply for in-person or virtual residencies, which come with an invitation to present at our annual Soils Symposium … Send us your ideas!!
Mia Greenwald
August 15-21
weaving, natural dyes, harvested clays
miagreenwald.com
Angela Moreno-Long + Melanie Stein
Oct 3-16 and Nov 16 + 17
Urban Soil Transect an experiential investigation of urban soils along a sectional transect through New York City
@mmeladri
2021
Kosmologym
Dirtball
Summer
kosmologym.com + Dirtball
This year, Kosmologym will build the Dirtball Court in the Loop! Check in for workshops and opportunities to play!
Makalé Cullen + Jason Smith, with Dr. Richard Shaw
Black Carbon: A History of Combustion
July
makale-makale.com
city scape, legacy coal heating, industry, social contexts and soils soils soils
Roger Danilo Carmona
August 30-September 12
rogercarmona.com/
@thewrongcolor
Earth Action Painting residency project is a field manual outlining the importance of soil testing by expression and note-taking. A 50 foot collaborative drawing on paper, Social Contract, is currently being painted with purchased earth, and earth and plant colors found on Governors Island.
Sarah Olson
virtual residency
sarah-olson.com
exploring human migration and the destructive nature of extraction economies
Tessa Grundon
May
tessagrundon.com
Lynn Cazabon
Virtual Residency
Uncultivated
lynncazebon.com
Ongoing, site-specific, geo-referenced photographs, public displays, website, community collaborations and workshops about plants that thrive in urban soils
Abra Lee
virtual residency, possible August appearances
@conquerthesoil
reigning hype woman of Black garden history
Amelia Marzec
October 4-10
ameliamarzec.com
@ameliapractice
rebuilding and engaging with local communications infrastructure to prepare for an uncertain future
Laura McGough
June 7-20
lauraspitalemcgough.net
research on “soil cinema” and the materialist aesthetics of mud, dirt, earth and dust in contemporary experimental film and video
Natalia Bezerra
October 11-17
nataliabezerra.com
envision alternative means for growing food in both public and private spaces
Margot Lystra
September 19- October 3
margotlystra.com
@unruly_earths
landscape theorist, designer, and historian exploring techniques for sensing and showing the earthly dynamics of climate change, including relations between soil and atmosphere and dynamics of material transformation
This spot is for you : )
schedule is FULL for in-person residencies this season BUT there’s plenty of space for virtual residencies, which come with an invitation to present at our annual Soils Symposium … Send us your ideas!!
Cindy Qiao
June 21 - July 4
cindyqiao.com
Exploring ideas of “constructed nature”, especially constructed soil on Governors Island
Lisa Bloodgood + Katherine Patino Miranda
summer
katherinepatinomiranda.net
Director of Advocacy & Education at Newtown Creek Alliance, Lisa Bloodgood and artist/ environmental arts educator (and fellow gardener) Katherine Patiño Miranda collaborate on the soil microbiome of the indigenous milpas or three sisters, the companion planting of corn, beans, and squash
Simone Johnson
virtual residency +”Interpreting Soils” Porch Chat June 26, on wetlands ecology, sustainability and urban development
@sjj.nyc
2020
In 2020, most residencies were virtual due to Covid and restrictions in access to Governors Island. However, we were thrilled to have so many resident artists participate in USI’s first virtual Soils Symposium. The presentations and conversations were so good, it almost felt like our Porch Chats at Swale House.
Tessa Grundon
tessagrundon.com
Kosmologym
kosmologym.com
Laura McGough
lauraspitalemcgough.net
Kate Kendall, Jerry Kendall
katekendall, flowarchive.com
Lisa Orr
lisaorr.com
Joanie Turbek
joanieturbek.com
Evelyn Tickle
Reef Project
growoysterreefs.com
Candace Thompson
@the_c_u_r_b
2019
Emily Curtis-Murphy
emilyfarms.com
Luisa Valderrama
luisa-valderrama.com
Anna Rosen
nightgallery.com
Graham Smith-White & Sun Bus
WhoWillSingForMe
Bob Donahue
Biochar Kiln
www.bobdonahue.net
Cynthia Connolly
cynthiaconnolly.com
Candace Thompson + the C.U.R.B.
Dirty Brunch
The C.U.R.B
Susan Main + MJ Neuberger
SusanMain.com