The 5-Minute Fellowship The 5-Minute Fellowship is a project in which artists will each receive $20 in exchange for a small work made in 5 minutes. I will arrive at the 5-Minute fellows’ studios with materials, a camera and $20, and leave with a small artwork. Visual artists work for free most of the time, even at advanced stages of their career. The 5-minute fellowship is an advocacy for creating a new financial model which puts artists first.
The Process: All artworks made by the 5-Minute Fellows (FMFs) will be gathered for an exhibition, in which the work will be up for silent auction. Prices will start at $40, and final sales will be split between the artist (50%), and the fellowship (50%), creating the funds for the next round of fellows. Also on display will be the documentation of the 5-Minute Fellowship process, including email correspondence, photos, audio and video interviews with the FMFs.
The Budget: Initial stage will include 25 artists x $20 5-Minute Fellowship = $500 Materials offered to FMFs (paper in 3 size options, ink, brushes, pens etc.) = $200
Total: $700
The Global Positive Effect: The 5-Minute fellowship promotes a social-financial responsibility towards supporting artists in their endeavors, while creating profit from their work that is used to support more artists. It is simple proof that this kind of support is possible on the micro-community level while still making art profitable. The 5-Minute Fellowship is a happy meeting place for capitalism and socialism in today’s financially- challenged times. (Besides, every day is a recession for a working artist, and who wouldn’t want to get paid $20 for 5 minutes of work?)
Gabriela Vainsencher 2010
The 5-Minute Fellows Below is a list of artists who have been offered a tentative 5 Minute Fellowship and have agreed to the terms of participation: Ati Maier
Whistle, 2007 Ink Acrylic on Canvas, 48 x 72 inches Private Collection Ati Maier is a Brooklyn-based painter. She is represented by Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn and Dogenhaus gallery in Leipzig, Germany. Her work was shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art in the 3-person show “Remote Viewing” (2005) and at the Städtische Galerie in Wolfsburg, Germany (2009). Saul Becker
The Beginning of Every Story Seems Ridiculous at First 2008 , oil on panel 29" x 35" Saul Becker is a Brooklyn-based artist, represented by Sunday L.E.S gallery in Manhattan. His solo show “Nature Preserves” was shown at Artists Space in 2009 and he has been commissioned to make a sculpture at Socrates Sculpture Park in 2010.
Noa Charuvi
Totem Tent, 2010 Oil on Linen, 12 x 15 inches Noa Charuvi is a Brooklyn-based painter. She has shown her work with Parker’s Box gallery in Brooklyn and Uganda gallery in Jerusalem. In 2010 she ahs attended the Yaddo artists colony and will be part of the AIM (Artists In the Marketplace) program. Lisa Chou
Untitled, 2008 watercolor on paper, 25" x 25" Lisa Chou is a Brooklyn and San-Francisco based artist. She was : born on the island of Taiwan, grew up in Charleston, New York City, Los Angeles, Gangshan, Taipei.
William Lamson
Vital Capacity, 2007 Video still William Lamson is a Brooklyn based artist who works in video, photography, performance and sculpture. Lamson received his MFA from Bard in 2006 and his BA from Dartmouth in 2000. His work has been shown at P.S.1, The Brooklyn Museum, Pierogi Gallery and the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe among others. Avital Cnaani
Untitled, 2007, graphite on paper, 70x100 cm
Avital Cnaani is a Tel-Aviv-based sculptor and drawer. She received her MFA from the Bezalel academy in 2008 and in 2009 received the Israel Minister of Culture Price for Young Artist. Her work has been shown at Gordon gallery and The Artists’ House, Tel Aviv. In 2010 she is the Artist-In-Residence at The Harlem Studio, in New York.
Sarah Walko
Cabinet, 2007 Mixed media, detail Sarah Walko is a sculpture/installation/new media artist and writer born in Pittsburgh, PA. She obtained her MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design and her BA from University of Maryland, College Park, MD. She is the Executive Director of the Triangle Arts Association. She was Art Director the independent film Ever Amado which was shown at the 2007 Berlinale International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany.
The 5-Minute Fellowship The 5-Minute Fellowship is a project in which artists will each receive $20 in exchange for a small work made in 5 minutes. I will arrive at the 5-Minute fellows’ studios with materials, a camera and $20, and leave with a small artwork. Visual artists work for free most of the time, even at advanced stages of their career. The 5-minute fellowship is an advocacy for creating a new financial model which puts artists first.
The Process: All artworks made by the 5-Minute Fellows (FMFs) will be gathered for an exhibition, in which the work will be up for silent auction. Prices will start at $40, and final sales will be split between the artist (50%), and the fellowship (50%), creating the funds for the next round of fellows. Also on display will be the documentation of the 5-Minute Fellowship process, including email correspondence, photos, audio and video interviews with the FMFs.
The Budget: Initial stage will include 25 artists x $20 5-Minute Fellowship = $500 Materials offered to FMFs (paper in 3 size options, ink, brushes, pens etc.) = $200
Total: $700
The Global Positive Effect: The 5-Minute fellowship promotes a social-financial responsibility towards supporting artists in their endeavors, while creating profit from their work that is used to support more artists. It is simple proof that this kind of support is possible on the micro-community level while still making art profitable. The 5-Minute Fellowship is a happy meeting place for capitalism and socialism in today’s financially- challenged times. (Besides, every day is a recession for a working artist, and who wouldn’t want to get paid $20 for 5 minutes of work?)
Gabriela Vainsencher 2010
The 5-Minute Fellows Below is a list of artists who have been offered a tentative 5 Minute Fellowship and have agreed to the terms of participation: Ati Maier
Whistle, 2007 Ink Acrylic on Canvas, 48 x 72 inches Private Collection Ati Maier is a Brooklyn-based painter. She is represented by Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn and Dogenhaus gallery in Leipzig, Germany. Her work was shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art in the 3-person show “Remote Viewing” (2005) and at the Städtische Galerie in Wolfsburg, Germany (2009). Saul Becker
The Beginning of Every Story Seems Ridiculous at First 2008 , oil on panel 29" x 35" Saul Becker is a Brooklyn-based artist, represented by Sunday L.E.S gallery in Manhattan. His solo show “Nature Preserves” was shown at Artists Space in 2009 and he has been commissioned to make a sculpture at Socrates Sculpture Park in 2010.
Noa Charuvi
Totem Tent, 2010 Oil on Linen, 12 x 15 inches Noa Charuvi is a Brooklyn-based painter. She has shown her work with Parker’s Box gallery in Brooklyn and Uganda gallery in Jerusalem. In 2010 she ahs attended the Yaddo artists colony and will be part of the AIM (Artists In the Marketplace) program. Lisa Chou
Untitled, 2008 watercolor on paper, 25" x 25" Lisa Chou is a Brooklyn and San-Francisco based artist. She was : born on the island of Taiwan, grew up in Charleston, New York City, Los Angeles, Gangshan, Taipei.
William Lamson
Vital Capacity, 2007 Video still William Lamson is a Brooklyn based artist who works in video, photography, performance and sculpture. Lamson received his MFA from Bard in 2006 and his BA from Dartmouth in 2000. His work has been shown at P.S.1, The Brooklyn Museum, Pierogi Gallery and the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe among others. Avital Cnaani
Untitled, 2007, graphite on paper, 70x100 cm
Avital Cnaani is a Tel-Aviv-based sculptor and drawer. She received her MFA from the Bezalel academy in 2008 and in 2009 received the Israel Minister of Culture Price for Young Artist. Her work has been shown at Gordon gallery and The Artists’ House, Tel Aviv. In 2010 she is the Artist-In-Residence at The Harlem Studio, in New York.
Sarah Walko
Cabinet, 2007 Mixed media, detail Sarah Walko is a sculpture/installation/new media artist and writer born in Pittsburgh, PA. She obtained her MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design and her BA from University of Maryland, College Park, MD. She is the Executive Director of the Triangle Arts Association. She was Art Director the independent film Ever Amado which was shown at the 2007 Berlinale International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany.