, the recent recipient of both an arts residency and prestigious fellowship.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThompson, a<\/span> New York-based artist versed in<\/span> painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, and paper-making, was one of four individuals<\/span> selected from a pool of over 300<\/span> applicants awarded a Jerome Emerging Artist Residency this month with The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Red Wing, Minnesota.<\/span> In July, Thompson was also one of 92 New York artists selected from an applicant pool of 3,572 to receive<\/span> the 2021<\/span> New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)<\/span> Artist Fellowship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe Anderson Center\u2019s Jerome Emerging Artist Residency<\/span> serves emerging artists from Minnesota or New York City while welcoming them into a supportive and inspiring environment that empowers them to take risks, embrace challenges, and utilize unconventional approaches to problem-solving. Each artist receives a stipend of $625\/week and a travel honorarium along with other resources for August residencies ranging from two weeks to one month.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe<\/span> NYFA Artist Fellowship is a 36 year-old program supported by the New York State Council on the Arts. Under the fellowship, each artist receives an unrestricted cash grant of $7000.<\/span><\/p>\nOn<\/span> Saturday, August 14, the public can meet with Thompson and other residency recipients as part of the Afternoon Artmaking at the Anderson Center with August Artists-in-Residence and S.R. Kissler Press.<\/span><\/p>\nBAIA proudly congratulates Khalif Tahir Thompson in recognition of his residency, his fellowship, his extraordinary talent, and his artistic vision.<\/span><\/p>\nAnderson Center at Tower View residency studio<\/p><\/div>\n