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Corcoran School and National Gallery of Art
Announce Pioneering Three-Year Artistic Residency
for Artist-Led Organization For Freedoms

Launching with three days of inaugural programming October 4-6, 2024, the residency emphasizes experimental approaches to art and civic participation.

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About the Collaboration

In 2023, a new agreement between the George Washington University, the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the National Gallery of Art unveiled a new initiative to facilitate immersive learning, art-making and interdisciplinary research that will drive exhibitions, performances and curriculum at the Corcoran School.

The partnership includes space for students, artists, community members, museum professionals and faculty to collaborate as well as opportunities for students to gain hands-on learning with National Gallery experts. We want to foster work that is civically engaged, interdisciplinary and collaborative. The work will be experimental and help us consider how to do what we do differently.

For Freedoms Residency

The partnership is supporting a three-year residency program (2024-2027) with For Freedoms, an artist-led organization that centers art as a catalyst for creative civic engagement, discourse, and direct action. The residency is driven by a theme of interdependence and supports long term projects that have a lasting impact on the school, the National Gallery, and broader DC community beyond the typical school year schedule.

For Freedoms will develop collaborative programming centered around research, inquiry, and experiments that expand systematic modes of thinking and participation within traditional art structures. Civic engagement will be a central component running through the programming series.

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CORCORAN SCHOOL AND NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART PRESS
 

Images from For Freedoms’ Billboards campaign, part of the 50 State Initiative, which asks “How can artists spark honest dialogue and reflection about issues that affect them locally and nationally?”

Corcoran School of the Arts and Design Joins National Gallery of Art to Host Three-Year Artists’ Residency

September 10, 2024

The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, and the National Gallery of Art enters a new phase this year with the beginning of a three-year residency.

Corcoran Workshop Serie

Partnership Gives Students Behind-the-Scenes Access

April 3, 2024

A first look at the partnership’s early accomplishments, the beginning of a much broader and deeper collaboration in the months to come.

Mary Morton, left, and Caroline Woolard teamed up for a discussion of curatorial strategies and much else.

Old School Meets New School in Workshop on Curatorial Strategies

January 25, 2024

Mary Morton of the National Gallery of Art joined Caroline Woolard, Corcoran visiting professor, for discussion.

Steve Mann

GW Students Given an Inside Look at Organizing Art Museum Exhibitions

November 2, 2023

Steve Mann of the National Gallery of Art presented an overall view of his job.

 

SPACE

 

Modulating Movements: Sonic and Kinesthetic Interpretations of Sculptural Works at the National Gallery on April 6, 2024, led by Corcoran faculty members Heather Stebbins and Anna Kimmel.

 

Select photos from National Gallery/Corcoran programming
 

Artists’ billboards on display

Artists’ billboards on display (in smaller reproductions) at the Corcoran School through December 14, 2024. The exhibit is part of the official launch of the For Freedoms residency. Photos by photojournalism student Lily Speredelozzi.

Artists’ billboards on display

Artists’ billboards on display (in smaller reproductions) at the Corcoran School through December 14, 2024. The exhibit is part of the official launch of the For Freedoms residency. Photos by photojournalism student Lily Speredelozzi.

Kite-making workshop

Kite-making workshop and other events at the Corcoran, part of the official launch of the For Freedoms residency. Photos shot during “Interdependence,” a convening on Oct. 4-5, 2024, by photojournalism student Lily Speredelozzi.

Kite-making workshop

Kite-making workshop and other events at the Corcoran, part of the official launch of the For Freedoms residency. Photos shot during “Interdependence,” a convening on Oct. 4-5, 2024, by photojournalism student Lily Speredelozzi.

Kite-making workshop

Kite-making workshop and other events at the Corcoran, part of the official launch of the For Freedoms residency. Photos shot during “Interdependence,” a convening on Oct. 4-5, 2024, by photojournalism student Lily Speredelozzi.

Wesaam Al-Badry

Talks by Jessica Ingram and Wesaam Al-Badry, moderated by Susan Sterner, during “Interdependence,” Oct. 4-5, 2024. Photos by Maria Luz Bravo (New Media Photojournalism ‘17).

Susan Sterner

Talks by Jessica Ingram and Wesaam Al-Badry, moderated by Susan Sterner, during “Interdependence,” Oct. 4-5, 2024. Photos by Maria Luz Bravo (New Media Photojournalism ‘17).

Reflection of Woman

Reflection of Woman

Past work of For Freedoms. Mahvash Mostala, Reflection of Woman | نز†ساکعنا New York, NY, 2022, Eyes on Iran, Photographed by Austin Paz, Image courtesy of Even/Odd.

Future Ancestral Technologies: We Survive You

Future Ancestral Technologies: We Survive You

Past work of For Freedoms. Cannupa Hanska Luger, "Future Ancestral Technologies: We Survive You", Mandan (Standing Rock), 2021, Landback.Art, Photographed by Justin Deegan.

Billboards campaign

Billboards campaign

Images from For Freedoms’ Billboards campaign, part of their 50 State Initiative, which asks “How can artists spark honest dialogue and reflection about issues that affect them locally and nationally?” Since 2016, For Freedoms has been inserting artists’ voices into the American media landscape.

Wide Awakes at Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Wide Awakes at Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Past work of For Freedoms. Wide Awakes at Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles CA. Photograph by Jessica Chappe. "For Freedoms Congress", 2020.

Chaos or Community?

Chaos or Community?

Past work of For Freedoms. For Freedoms x Combo©, "Chaos or Community?", Denver, CO. Photograph by Jeff Scroggins. In Collaboration with McCourt Global and Orange Barrel Media. For Freedoms "2020 Awakening", 2020.

Atrium of the historic Flagg Building

Atrium of the historic Flagg Building

Atrium of the historic Flagg Building at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design. Future residency events will be hosted here as well as at the National Gallery of Art.

Corcoran students

Corcoran students

Corcoran students at the National Gallery of Art (2023-24).

Performance at the National Gallery of Art

Performance at the National Gallery of Art

Performance at the National Gallery of Art (2023-24).

Michael Lapthorn Sculpture Garden Nov 2023

In November 2023, Corcoran students were led through the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden by its Chief of Design Michael Lapthorn, in a client-designer scenario. Photo courtesy of the National Gallery of Art Press Office.

Preventative Conservation Concepts

Students in Prof. Mary Coughlin’s “Preventative Conservation Concepts” course learn about the intricacies of caring for art under various conditions. Photo courtesy of the National Gallery of Art. 2023

Dorothea Lange

Photojournalism student presenting at the National Gallery of Art’s Dorothea Lange: Seeing People exhibition, discussing how her work still impacts their photographic studies. Photo courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.

Dorothea Lange

Photojournalism student sheds light on Dorothea Lange’s contributions to humanizing the effects of the Great Depression through her photography, at the National Gallery of Art’s Dorothea Lange: Seeing People exhibition. Photo courtesy of the National Gallery of Art. 2023

Dorothea Lange

Photojournalism student presenting at the National Gallery of Art’s Dorothea Lange: Seeing People exhibition, discussing how her work still impacts their photographic studies. Photo courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.

Dorothea Lange

Photojournalism student sheds light on Dorothea Lange’s contributions to humanizing the effects of the Great Depression through her photography, at the National Gallery of Art’s "Dorothea Lange: Seeing People" exhibition (November 5, 2023-March 31, 2024). Photo courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.

Nightmare at the Museum

Corcoran student Sage Wilson presents pop-up talks at "Nightmare at the Museum" in 2023, a part of the NGA's National Gallery Nights. Photo courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.

Nightmare at the Museum

Museum Studies student Meta Miller guides visitors through art at "Nightmare at the Museum" in 2023, a part of the NGA's National Gallery Nights. Photo courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.

Modulating Movements

Corcoran music & dance students at the National Gallery of Art for “Modulating Movements.” The two part series was a unique event presenting collaborations between electronic music composition and students of dance choreography, led by faculty members Heather Stebbins and Anna Kimmel. This immersive series was hosted by the National Gallery, as a part of their monthly First Saturday series.

Modulating Movements

Corcoran music & dance students at the National Gallery of Art for “Modulating Movements.” The two part series was a unique event presenting collaborations between electronic music composition and students of dance choreography, led by faculty members Heather Stebbins and Anna Kimmel. This immersive series was hosted by the National Gallery, as a part of their monthly First Saturday series.

Modulating Movements

Corcoran music & dance students at the National Gallery of Art for “Modulating Movements.” The two part series was a unique event presenting collaborations between electronic music composition and students of dance choreography, led by faculty members Heather Stebbins and Anna Kimmel. This immersive series was hosted by the National Gallery, as a part of their monthly First Saturday series.

Corcoran Workshop Serie

As a part of the Corcoran Workshop Series, students received a detailed view of organizing museum exhibitions by Steve Mann, the head of exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art. Mann described his many job responsibilities and explained how exhibition planning branches out into the many areas of the art world. Photo courtesy of GW Today.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

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CONTACT & RESOURCES

 

Campus Address

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