The Church, a center for art, creativity, and community located in Sag Harbor and founded by Eric Fischl and April Gornik, has announced the continuation of its Residency Program for 2026.
Residents have been nominated for selection by community members and industry colleagues that include Fischl, Gornik, Executive Director Sheri Pasquarella, Workshop & Residency Manager Samuel Havens, along with artist Arcmanoro Niles, Dominic Molon (RISD Museum), Heather Lynch, PhD (Stony Brook University), ecologist and writer Carl Safina (The Safina Center), artist Jamie Diamond, Peter Drake (New York Academy of Art), artist Jeremy Dennis (Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio), curator Sara Cochran, PhD, and others.
The 2026 Artists-in-Residence are Kristine Bendul & Abdiel (dance, choreography, and performance), Lloyd Knight, Jamar Roberts and Stahv Danker for the Martha Graham Dance Company (dance, choreography, and performance), mayfield brooks (interdisciplinary performance), Brandon Ross (music composition and performance), Daniel Emond (music composition and performance), Bunni Brown (interdisciplinary), Kylee Snow (interdisciplinary), Daniella Williams (painting), Kariny Padilla (painting and mixed media), Francisco Graciano (sculpture and mixed media), Cate Pasquarelli (mixed media installation, sculpture, and works on paper), Paul Greenberg (writing), Linda O’Keeffe (mixed media installation/sound art), Victoria Roth (painting and works on paper), Nick Lehane (interdisciplinary, puppetry, and object theatre), Ella Mahoney (painting and mixed media), kiarita (painting and mixed media installation), Ben Jackel (sculpture), Jazzmen Lee-Johnson (interdisciplinary), Elliot Reed (interdisciplinary), and Jackson Polys (interdisciplinary).
New this year is the Hedda Sterne Fellowship, which supports three female-identifying visual artists specifically in residency at The Church. The three inaugural Hedda Sterne Fellows are Jazzmen Lee-Johnson, Ella Mahoney, and Victoria Roth.
“Our rhythmic, annual cadence features diverse makers and mediums and fosters artistic innovation and cross-disciplinary dialogues between artists of all backgrounds. We aim to keep alive the tradition of artistic ingenuity that is endemic to the history of Eastern Long Island,” said Pasquarella.
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