DEADLINE to send a letter of interest for a 2026 residency is October 30, 2025. / Over the years, intimate, artist-run residency programs have helped move artists’ work forward in unexpected ways. In 2015, grateful for the residency experiences she had at Peter Dudek’s Bascom Lodge, Austin Thomas’s Pocket Utopia, Helen Chellin’s Red Cinder Creativity Center, and Simon Draper’s Habitat for Artists, Two Coats publisher Sharon Butler introduced an artist residency at Two Coats of Paints’ HQ in Brooklyn. The residency program’s goal was simply to provide a short-term space where artists based outside the NYC area could hang their work and have studio visits with curators, other artists, collectors, and gallerists.
To learn more about a 2026 residency, please send an email to STAFF@twocoatsofpaint.com (with RESIDENCY in the subject line) outlining your interest in a Two Coats of Paint Residency. Tell us where you are living and when you would like to take up residence in 2026. Please include links to your website and socials.
The studio is located in Long Island City, Queens, a quick subway ride from Grand Central Station and the Museum of Modern Art. Other artists’ studios, MoMA PS 1, and the Noguchi Museum are all in our neighborhood, and the space is a short walk to the 7, F, M, N, R, W, E subway lines at Queensboro Plaza, Queensbridge, and Queens Plaza.
Although we charge a fee for the residency, it s generally covered by your academic institution as a Faculty Development expense. This is work space only — residents must find their own living accommodations.
Upcoming Residents
October, 2025
Alice Pixley Young, Cincinnati, OH, October12 – 17. Open Studio: Wednesday, October 15, 5-7pm, and by appointment. Read more about Alice here.
Lawre Stone, Ghent, NY, October 19 – 24. Open Studio: Tuesday, October 21, 5-7 pm, and by appointment.
November, 2025
Joseph Smolinski, New Haven, CT. November 9-13. Open Studio date TBA.
Former Residents
2025
Anne Hayden Stevens, Chicago, IL, September 14 – 19. Open Studio: September 14, 3-6 pm, and by appointment. Read more about Anne here.
Ariel Bullion Ecklund, Ithaca, NY, August 3 – 8. Open Studio: Thursday, August 7, 2–5 pm, and by appointment. Read about Ariel here.
Sage Tucker-Ketcham, Burlington, VT, July 20-25. Open Studio: Thursday, July 24, 2-5 pm, and by appointment. Read about Sage here.
Katie Butler, Akron, OH, June 8 – June 13. Open Studio: Thursday, June 12, 3- 6 pm, and by appointment. Read about Katie here.
Marie Thibeault, Los Angeles, CA, June 15 – 20. Open Studio, Tuesday, June 17, 5-8 pm, and by appointment. Read about Marie here.
Bryce Speed, Tuscaloosa, AL. May 18 – 23, 2025. Read about Bryce Speed here.
2022
Deborah Zlotsky, Albany County, NY. November 2022. Read about Deborah Zlotsky here.
Afarin Rahmanifar, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, May 2022. Read more about Afarin Rahmanifar here.
2019
Monika Sosnowski, Yonkers, NY, December 2019. Read more about Monika Sosnowski here.
Peter Dudek, North Adams, MA, December 2019. Read more about Peter Dudek here.
2018
Nancy Evans, Los Angeles, CA, October 2018. Read more about Nancy Evans here.
Craig Stockwell, Keene, NH, May 2018. Read more about Craig Stockwell here.
2017
Julie Wolfe, Washington, DC, April 2017.
Jim Shrosbree, Fairfield, Iowa, March, 2017.
Gyan Shrosbree, Fairfield, Iowa, October 2017, February 2016.
Erin Wiersma, Kansas, December 2017.
2016
Marie Thibeault, Los Angeles, CA, September 2016.
Danielle Mysliwiec, Washington, D.C., April 2016.
Peter Scherrer, Bellingham, WA, March 2016.
Gyan Shrosbree, Fairfield, IA, February 2016.
2015
Sue McNally, Newport, RI, October 2015.
Nancy Morrow, Kansas, September 2015.
Erin Wiersma, Kansas, June 2015.
