I'm so excited! + in great company🙌🏾 Thank you to @residencyunlimite #Repost @residencyunlimited • • • • • • Residency Unlimited Residency Unlimited (RU) is excited to announce the 2021 NYC-Based Artist Residents. Please join us in welcoming Damali Abrams, Elivra Clayton, Zachary Fabri, and Helina Metaferia to RU!!! The four NYC-based artists were selected from an open call for artists who identify as Black and whose research-based practices fill in gaps in historical knowledge. During their three month residencies April 5 - July 2, 2021, the artists will focus on research and the development of multi-disciplinary projects around the history of artists in Southeast Queens, the largest slave auction in U.S. history, the U.S. correctional system, Black liberation activist archives, and an archive of Ethiopian women soldiers during the 1935 Italian occupation war. The artists will participate in a culminating exhibition in June 2021. The artists were selected by a panel of arts professionals including Alaina Simone, gallerist, artist liaison, and consultant; Christopher Udemezue, #RUcommunity artist (2020); and Rachel Gugelberger, RU guest curator. 📷 left to right: 1. Damali Abrams. Henna by Adana Collins. Photo @ebzden. 2. Elvira Clayton. Photo Serigne Manuel. 3. Zachary Fabri, Self-portrait. Courtesy of the artist. 4. Helina Metaferia, For Us, 2020, Live performance at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY. Photo Benjamin Lozovsky. #DamaliAbrams #ElviraClayton #ZacharyFabri #HelineMetaferia @alainasimone.inc @chrisudeme @neonchristina @rachelgugelberger https://www.instagram.com/p/CMsrPCNlCqL/?igshid=1sua99s72c8o0