ISCP Talk
March 26, 2024, 6:30–7:30pm

Artists at Work: Oriane Stender in conversation with Jeanne Heifetz

For this Artists at Work, ISCP artist-in-residence Oriane Stender is joined by artist and curator Jeanne Heifetz. Stender will present on the past twenty-five years of her practice and speak with Heifetz about her work’s relationship to the history of textiles and the weaving tradition. They will also position weaving within the context of artmaking today. Their conversation will be followed by a Q&A.

ISCP Ground Floor resident Oriane Stender is a Brooklyn-based artist originally from San Francisco. She makes woven paintings, carrying on ancient traditions of weaving as a practice of knowledge and power for women. Stender has exhibited work at de Young/Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California; MATtam Manto Arte Temporanea Art, Italy; and Pierogi Gallery, New York, among others.

Jeanne Heifetz is an artist, writer, and independent curator based in Brooklyn. Her work has been shown at galleries, universities and museums across the United States as well as in Australia, England, France, Germany, Israel, and Italy. Her drawings have been included in Manifest Gallery’s International Drawing Annual, Ohio and the curated registry of The Drawing Center, New York. From 2018–19, she was a LABA (Laboratory for Jewish Culture) Fellow. 

This program is supported by Alice and Lawrence Weiner; Danna and Ed Ruscha; Hartfield Foundation; Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso; New York City Council District 34; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; James Rosenquist Foundation; van Beuren Charitable Foundation; and William Talbott Hillman Foundation.

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Accessibility information: Please note that the entrance to ISCP has seven steps and a ramp, which is ADA compliant. There are seven artist studios and one exhibition space which can be accessed on the first floor of ISCP. There is an accessible bathroom on the first floor at the end of the hallway, up one step, where the artist studios are located. To access the second floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 22 steps. The second floor has 22 artist and curator studios, one exhibition space, and a lounge where remarks by our guest speaker will take place. To access the third floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 24 steps. The third floor has five artist and curator studios. ISCP  can access a freight elevator to bring visitors between the first and second floors on request.

ISCP can offer two reserved parking spaces on request for people with disabilities. Please email Veronica Sanchez at vsanchez@iscp-nyc.org to request a parking space and/or freight elevator usage.

6:30–7:30pm
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Participating Residents

Oriane Stender
Oriane Stender, 2 small silk woven paintings (purple wicker, magenta twist), 2023, mixed pigments and airbrush inks on silk, handwoven, 15 × 22 in. (38.1 × 55.88 cm)
Oriane Stender, UGMOLU (Underwater Galactic Microscopic Outerspace Lifeform Unit) 5, 2003, dollars, thread, 8 × 10 in. (20.32 × 25.4 cm)

Current and Upcoming Events & Exhibitions

Somewhere Inside: ISCP and the Studio

Through January 20
Exhibition

Sujin Lim: The Land, Dark and Muddy

Through February 7
Exhibition

ISCP Talk
March 14, 2024, 6:30–7:30pm

Artists at Work: Tali Keren in conversation with Kari Conte

For this Artists at Work, ISCP artist-in-residence Tali Keren will be joined by curator Kari Conte. They will discuss Keren’s past projects that consider settler colonial imagination and its role in state sanctioned violence within the context of the United States and Palestine/Israel. Keren will also share the research that she is about to conduct in Arizona on the entangled ties between the American Southwest and the Middle East through the lens of water justice. This talk marks the conclusion of Keren’s two years in the Ground Floor Program at ISCP. 

Tali Keren is a multidisciplinary artist and educator born in Jerusalem and based in Brooklyn. Her performances, videos, and installations center on the formation of political ideology, historical mythologies, and the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism. Keren has exhibited at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut; The James Gallery, CUNY Graduate Center, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit; Queens Museum, New York; and Eyebeam, New York, among others.

Kari Conte is a curator and writer focused on global contemporary art and Senior Advisor at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP). In 2019, she curated the exhibition Paperwork: Administrative Practice in Contemporary Art at ISCP, which featured Tali Keren’s video installation New Jerusalem (2014-15).  

This program is supported by Alice and Lawrence Weiner; Danna and Ed Ruscha; Hartfield Foundation; Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso; New York City Council District 34; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; James Rosenquist Foundation; van Beuren Charitable Foundation; The Woodman Family Foundation; and William Talbott Hillman Foundation.
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Accessibility information: Please note that the entrance to ISCP has seven steps and a ramp, which is ADA compliant. There are seven artist studios and one exhibition space which can be accessed on the first floor of ISCP. There is an accessible bathroom on the first floor at the end of the hallway, up one step, where the artist studios are located. To access the second floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 22 steps. The second floor has 22 artist and curator studios, one exhibition space, and a lounge where remarks by our guest speaker will take place. To access the third floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 24 steps. The third floor has five artist and curator studios. ISCP  can access a freight elevator to bring visitors between the first and second floors on request.

ISCP can offer two reserved parking spaces on request for people with disabilities. Please email Veronica Sanchez at vsanchez@iscp-nyc.org to request a parking space and/or freight elevator usage.

6:30–7:30pm
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Participating Residents

Tali Keren
Tali Keren, Un-Charting, 2021-2023, installation view, 3D animated film projected on a 180 degree screen. Courtesy of the artist
Tali Keren, Un-Charting, 2021-2023, installation view, 3D animated film projected on a 180 degree screen. Courtesy of the artist

Current and Upcoming Events & Exhibitions

Somewhere Inside: ISCP and the Studio

Through January 20
Exhibition

Sujin Lim: The Land, Dark and Muddy

Through February 7
Exhibition