Lunder Institute for American Art
2025-26 FELLOWS
Awarded to scholars, researchers, and artists whose work aligns with The Lunder Institute’s mission of expanding the boundaries of American Art, fellowships foster experimentation, research, and production at all stages of practice by providing space, time, and resources to incubate leading work in the field. Lunder Institute fellowships include remote and residential appointments, with each fellow interacting with the Colby College community through a variety of outlets including onsite visits, engagement with academic departments, facilitating public programs, and mining the Colby College Museum of Art’s collection.
The Last Resort Artist Retreat (TLRAR)
TLRAR Cohort Member, Fall 2024
The Last Resort Artist Retreat residency is dedicated to providing a sanctuary where Black creatives can rejuvenate and thrive. Designed to foster renewal and reflection, the retreat offers a curated experience that encourages participants to step away from distractions and embrace the transformative potential of new perspectives. By prioritizing space for rest, creativity, and exploration, the residency empowers artists to reconnect with their vision, nurture their craft, and uncover the lasting benefits of intentional withdrawal from the demands of everyday life.
National Academy of Design
Material/Material
Artist Residency, 2022
Materia/Material, a residency and exhibition organized in 2022 by the National Academy of Design in partnership with Materials for the Arts, presented on Governors Island. Over six weeks, six artists—including National Academicians and alumni of Materials for the Arts’ programs—developed work on-site in and around a historic house in Nolan Park. The resulting artworks and architectural installations explore themes of materiality, regeneration, sustainability, experimental display, and engagement with the natural environment, bringing together site-responsive and complementary works in dialogue with the island’s history and landscape.
West Harlem Art Fund Artist
Residency, 2023
Mentorship Residency Program, 2021
The Indigo Arts Alliance studio located in Portland, Maine is the host site for our Mentorship Artists Residency program. This program is the heart of IAA, modeling our values of global community building. Our goal is to bring together artists from diverse backgrounds of the African Diaspora to engage in their creative process, while building lasting relationships rooted in co-mentorship. We believe artists hold the key in creating a better world, and in our work, we allow for Black and Brown voices to lead the way.
WaveHill Winter Workspace 2021
From January to April, Glyndor Gallery is transformed into workspace studios for artists to use for six to eight-week sessions. Artists are encouraged to expand their practices using resources from the garden, including access to Wave Hill’s thriving plant collections, horticultural and curatorial staff, art and horticulture libraries, history, architecture and visitors. Artists have the opportunity to share their practice with visitors through public programs and open studios. Living and travel accommodations are not provided.
Materials For The Arts (MFTA) Artist in Residence, 2017, Long Island City, NY.
Culminating exhibition:
Dianne Smith Twisted Woven Tied
Twisted Woven Tied featured 51 stunning sculptures crafted from a wide range of culturally resonant materials. The items are not merely reused but are manipulated into new identities; ribbons knotted into upright forms, yarns cinched into bulbous figures and sisal ropes binding objects together, and more. The use of discarded materials summons the harmony of lived experiences, inviting viewers to use the aesthetic as a springboard to explore and embrace their innermost thoughts and feelings on race, gend
The MFTA Artist-in-Residence program invites artists who incorporate reusable materials into their practice to share their work with visitors. The three-month residency concludes with a solo exhibition at the MFTA Gallery.