ALL EXPENSES PAID (worth $8000) :
– Two-week stay at the El Barrio’s Artspace PS109, NEW YORK CITY, USA
– Round trip ticket from anywhere in the world
– Visa fee, subway pass, SIM card
– $50 daily stipend
– Mentorship and daily reviews with Nina Welch-Kling
– Exhibition curation and reviews with Gulnara Lyabib
– Solo exhibition during the annual "Women Street Photographers" group exhibition
– Participation during WSP Festival in NYC, April 10-12, 2026
– Welcome reception and networking with local women photographers.
DURATION OF RESIDENCY:
MARCH 29 (arrival) -APRIL 13 (departure)
WSP Festival in NYC, April 10-12, 2026
***REQUIREMENTS FROM THE WINNER***
Must speak English
Knowledge of photography basics such as aperture, shutter speed, and use of manual settings
Ability to work for at least 10-12 hrs/day and in any weather condition
Ability to walk daily for at least 8 hours
Availability for @womenstreephotographers Instagram Live interview
Participation in the panel discussion during the WSP festival.
Availability for press inquiries
Expectations of the artist
To produce a solo exhibition.
DEADLINE IS JULY 7, 2025
$50 PER ENTRY/PER SERIES. **
Maximum 10 photos in one entry/series (same theme or style).
You can enter up to 3 series. Use a new submission form for each series.
Artist statement should reflect what your submission is about, why winning the residency is important to you, and why you are the best candidate to win the residency. The artist statement will be judged equally.
** You can also pay with paypal to hello@womenstreetphotographers.com . Include your name.
If you live outside of USA and can not afford the fee, or can’t pay because of USA sanctions write to hello@womenstreetphotographers.com to request a free entry form. Include your reason.
Shortlist, Winner, First runner-up and Second runner-up announcement is around July 27.
Accommodation:
Large studio with kitchen at the the landmark building Artspace PS109 in New York City, USA
DEADLINE IS JULY 7, 2025
JUDGEs:
Nina Welch-Kling, WSP Artist Residency Mentor
SEHIN TEWABE, THE WINNER OF 2025 ARTIST RESIDENCY
Gulnara Lyabib, WSP funder
THE ANONYMOUS PATRON
Q&A (more questions will be added as they come)
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No! Any camera or phone users!
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We prefer series of street photography. You can submit other genre but your artist statement must reflect street photography. We will be judging both, the work and your statement, equally
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If you live outside of USA and can not afford an entry fee or live in countries effected by US embargo you can request a free submission form. State your reason (for example- live in an economically challenged country, lost job).
Email to hello@womenstreetphotographers.com
One free submission per person.
PAST WINNERS
DEBRANI DAS, 2020 ARTIST RESIDENCY WINNER
VALERIE SIX, 2019 ARTIST RESIDENCY WINNER
The title wall
Ground floor gallery
Lower level of the gallery
Exterior of Artspace PS109 and the entrance to the galleries
ABOUT WOMEN STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS
The Instagram feed of Women Street Photographers (@womenstreetphotographers), and the traveling exhibition, is a platform of well curated, quality street photography done by women.
By focusing strictly on the work of women photographers, we provide extra exposure for female artists. Additionally, it is our goal to create visibility for dedicated women street photographers and to encourage other women to follow their passion.
The Instagram feed of Women Street Photographers (@womenstreetphotographers), and the traveling exhibition, was founded by Gulnara Samoilova, a street and fine art photographer based in New York City. The project began as a personal Instagram catalog for a future exhibition, but has quickly become a prestigious platform for both amateur and professional women photographers.
ABOUT ARTSPACE PS109
https://www.artspaceps109.org/
El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 is a community-driven project which has transformed an abandoned public school building in East Harlem into an arts facility with 89 units of affordable live/work housing for artists and their families and 10,000 square feet of complementary gallery space for arts organizations.
PS109 is an impressive building. Designed by Charles B.J. Snyder and completed in 1898, this structure is five stories tall with a steeply pitched roof. Exterior details include several copper-clad cupolas and a wealth of decorative terra cotta.
PS109 contains 89 units of affordable live/work housing for artists and their families with 3,000 square feet available for a resident gallery in addition to 10,000 square feet of non-residential space for arts and cultural organizations on the ground floor and lower level.
ABOUT ARTSPACE
Artspace is non-profit organization that uses the tools of real estate development to create affordable, appropriate places where artists can live and work. They consistently develop these projects in ways that also support more stable, healthy communities anchored in existing assets. Because Artspace owns each of the projects it develops, they are able to ensure that they remain affordable and accessible to artists in perpetuity. Over the last three decades, Artspace has led an accelerating national movement of artist-led community transformation. With headquarters in Minneapolis and offices in Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Seattle and Washington D.C., Artspace is America’s leading developer of arts facilities and has served as a consultant to hundreds of communities and arts organizations nationwide.
SPONSORS
If you would like to sponsor the exhibitions or the artist residency please contact us at gulnarastreets@gmail.com
