Verplanck, NY (October, 2024) – KinoSaito, the Art Students League, and the Paul & Kristin LoGerfo Charitable Fund are pleased to announce their new partnership Artist in Residence (AIR) Fellowship Program that began on October 5, 2024 at KinoSaito’s nonprofit art center in Westchester County, NY. The inaugural four-week onsite residency program will host two New York artists whom the Art Students League selected via a competitive application process. This year’s awardees are Augustine Boyce Cummings and Marshall Jones. On Saturday, November 2nd from 1-5 pm, the artists will be opening their studios to the public during their residency here at KinoSaito. This is a unique opportunity to witness their work in progress and gain insights into their creative process.

Augustine Boyce Cummings (https://www.boycecummings.com/), originally from Denver, Colorado, is an artist living and working in New York City. His artistic vision draws inspiration from a diverse range of influences, including graffiti, science fiction, illustration, animation, and Renaissance painting. His work consists of painting, sculpting objects, employing twine for sewing, working with wood to construct, and exploring various surfaces, textures, and veneers. He is a recipient of The Rome Prize and has been a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome since 2006. Cummings has exhibited nationally and abroad, including at the New American Talent 19 at ArtHouse Texas / The Jones Center. Cummings’ undergraduate studies were at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was a Merit Scholar. He earned an M.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Cummings has received grants from ARTISTSPACE in NYC and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and was the recipient of the Stacey S. Sussman Traveling Fellowship from the School of Visual Arts. His work is in several prominent collections, including the collection of Agnes Gund, president emeritus of MOMA, among many others. In the fall of 2017 he took residence as a Fellow of the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Umbertide province of Perugia, Italy. In addition to his artistic pursuits, Cummings instructs at the Art Students League of New York. There, he guides students in the realms of painting, contemporary art, and activism, nurturing generations of artists.

Marshall Jones (https://www.artstudentsleague.org/instructors/marshall-jones) is a realist painter born in Atlanta, Georgia, and presently working and living in New York City. Jones is the recipient of numerous grants, travel funds, and scholarships, including the Elizabeth Greenshields Grant in 2008. He was also awarded the Phylis Mason Grant and The Jean Gates Grant. As a scholarship member of the Salmagundi Club, he has been twice awarded the Richard Pionk award at the annual members show. In 2010 he was awarded the Fanatasy Fountain Fund Travel Scholarship which enabled him to study at the Paris American Academy. He was also a ESKFF artist in residence at MANA contemporary in Jersey City.

Jones teaches figure drawing and painting at the Art Students League of New York, The New York Academy of Art, the Salmagundi Club, and National Arts Club. His work has shown in Denise Bibro Gallery, Lodge Gallery, Dacia Gallery, Abend Gallery, and Mark Miller Gallery. Jones is also the co-founder and host of the Art Grind Podcast.

This round of Art Students League AIR fellowship is funded by the Paul & Kristin LoGerfo Charitable fund. To learn about supporting a program, visit https://www.kinosaito.org/donate. For more details about this partnership AIR Program, visit https://www.kinosaito.org/current-resident-artists. For more information on Open Studios on November 2nd from 1-5 pm, visit https://www.kinosaito.org/events. For any further questions, please contact Gallery Director, Michael Barraco, at 914-293-7468 or michael@kinosaito.org.

 

About Art Students League
The Art Students Leauge was founded in 1875 by a group of art students who hoped to escape the Academy by founding a member-run art school designed for and run by independent artists. For nearly 150 years, the Art Students League of New York has been a haven for countless artists, who use the freedom it affords them to explore diverse artistic practices, methodologies, and mediums while developing a mastery of traditional techniques. Follow @aslnyc on social media.

 

About KinoSaito       

KinoSaito is a nonprofit center founded in 2018 and dedicated to the creation of abstract art. We are committed to nurturing art experimentation across all mediums and perpetuating the legacy of our founding muse and Japanese-American artist, Kikuo Saito (1939-2016). The center opened in 2021 upon renovation of its historic St. Patrick’s Catholic School located in Verplanck, NY. Since opening our doors, we have served a multicultural intergenerational audience of 3,500 annually.