CURRENT FUNDRAISER
BAXTER ST: Artist In Focus Auction 2025
BAXTER ST, the oldest lens-based non-profit in NYC, is thrilled to partner with Artsy to host a benefit auction, featuring works by established and emerging artists. The auction reflects BAXTER ST’s active community of lens-based artists and supporters we are grateful to call friends.
UPCOMING COMMUNITY
CreativeStudy: Understanding The Power of Your Intellectual Property
When an artist makes work, ownership and financial implications are tied to more than just the physical object/s. In her videos on CreativeStudy, attorney Jessica Lee outlines the legal rights of artists, with a focus on intellectual property.
CURRENT COMMUNITY
YoungArts VirtualARC Workshops
Baxter St is proud to partner with YoungArts' Artist Resource Collective to offer a series of free workshops to members of our community. VirtualARC brings key elements of the core ARC curriculum to life through virtual intensives led by experts in their fields.
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Community News
Announcing the 2025 Mid-Career Lens-Based Artist Initiative Recipients
We're beyond excited to announce our 2025 Mid-Career Artists, Cinthya Santos Briones, Hannah Smith Allen, and Morgan Levy. The exhibition series will further BAXTER ST’s goal to foster belonging in the cultural sector by offering mid-career lens-based artists a solo exhibition opportunity.
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Interviews
Home/Land Exhibition Video
A video reflection on the exhibition Home/Land curated by Zoraida Lopez-Diago featuring works by Samantha Box and Sheida Soleimani.
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Community News
We're hiring a Part-Time Community Outreach Coordinator!
The part-time Community Outreach Coordinator at Baxter St at The Camera Club of New York works closely with Baxter St colleagues and existing and potential community partners to develop and implement programs and collaborations that foster engagement and authentic connections with the artistic communities we serve and the diverse communities that geographically surround us.
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Interviews
Zayira Ray: Interthread
Revisit last year's YoungArts Baxter St Resident Zayira Ray's exhibition 'interthread'.
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Community News
Baxter St Partners on Professional Development with CreativeStudy
Baxter St is thrilled to partner with CreativeStudy on a year-long series of interactive webinars designed specifically for artists and arts workers. The programs will focus on taxes, intellectual property, working with commercial galleries, and pitching your work for support. The series is possible through the cooperation and collaboration of 11 partnering organizations who joined forces to share professional education resources with all of you!
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Interviews
Brandon Foushée: Y'all Don't Want to Hear Me, You Just Want to Dance
Video interview with 2024 Baxter Street CCNY resident Brandon Foushée, discussing his solo exhibition 'Y'all Don't Want to Hear Me, You Just Want to Dance' on view at Baxter St September 11, 2024 to October 30, 2024.
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Our Current Workspace Residents
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Zainab Aliyu
Zainab “Zai” Aliyu is a Nigerian-American artist, designer and cultural worker living in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn, NY). Her work explores the cybernetic and temporal entanglements within societal dynamics to understand how all sociotechnological systems of control are interconnected, and how we are all materially implicated through time.
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Suniko Bazargarid
Born in Ulaanbaatar, Suniko is a Mongolian photographer who spent her early years in Boston before living in Singapore, Bangkok, and now New York. Her practice is deeply shaped by her nomadic experiences, exploring the complexities of people and places through themes of migration, identity, and the fluidity of memory.
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Res Julian
Res Tahan Julian is an artist and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Res graduated with a BA in Sociology and Studio Art from Smith College, an MFA from the Yale School of Art and a post-master’s in curatorial studies from CuratorLab at Konstfack University in Stockholm, Sweden.