Mission:
Triangle Arts Association is a not-for-profit arts organization whose mission is to support emerging and mid-career international and national visual artists, encouraging dialogue and experimentation through workshops, residencies and exhibition opportunities.
The Artists' Workshop, created in 1982, is a two-week studio intensive for an international roster of 24-30 artists. Designed to maximize exchange, stimulate new ideas and foster experimentation and dialogue, the workshop is essentially a two-week art bootcamp, where accommodations, meals and studio workspace are provided, free of charge. Throughout the two weeks, Triangle organizes studio visits from several prominent art critics, historians, gallerist, writers and artists. Past visitors have included Mary Cerruti, Alana Heiss, Kathleen Gilrain, Michael Fried and the late Clement Greenburg. Two panel discussions are organized, one of which is open to the public. The workshop culminates in an Open Studios Day Exhibition which typically has a high attendance. Each year, a jury of artists, critics, and staff or board, selects the group from a large pool of international applicants. The workshop is not an artists' colony. Studio spaces are designed to be open and in a communal setting. Discussion with peers and visitors is considered an important part of the experience. The workshops are held every 2 years therefore the next workshop will take place in 2008.
The International and National Residency Program was created in 2003 to fulfill the need for more studio programs in New York City. Located in DUMBO, Brooklyn, the studio program moved to its current location in 20 Jay Street in 2004. Artists are provided with a free spacious studio ranging from 400-800 square feet. All studios have windows and receive ample natural and indoor lighting. In addition, each studio is provided high speed Internet service from a T1 cable. Artists have access to wood shop equipment and technical assistance. National artists are eligible to receive a materials stipend. Each residency session includes Open Studio weekends with mailings and pubilicity and the possibility of an temporary exhibition. In addition, Triangle organizes visits from critics, curators and other art professionals.
History
Triangle Artists' Workshop was founded in 1982 by the internationally acclaimed British sculptor, Sir Anthony Caro, and Robert Loder, a London based collector and businessman, in order to alleviate the loneliness of the studio by offering artists contact with peers and discussions with visiting artists and critics.
Triangle is an annual two week work session for professional artists from around the world. Neither a colony nor a school, Triangle offers a unique occasion for artists to meet and exchange ideas, not simply through talking, but by making art side by side for a concentrated period in a self-contained location.
It is a place for professionals who seek a stimulating environment and dialogue with their peers. It is about process, not about product.
Since its inception, Triangle has become increasingly international and the approaches of the participating artists increasingly diverse. Artists with widely diverging backgrounds and often different conceptions of what art can be have come from 19 countries on all 6 continents, to date. Confronted by new ideas and new points of view, detached from familiar surroundings and entrenched habits, they often find the courage to deepen established lines of inquiry or to explore fresh possibilities.
Triangle New York is the "mother workshop" of an informal family of workshops in fifteen countries; its advisory board is composed of professionals from the arts and business communities in Canada and Great Britain.
A separately funded sister organization, Triangle France, run by an international board of arts professionals, administers Triangle's residency and exhibition programs in Marseille.
The Triangle Trust UK administers the Gasworks gallery and studios in London.