Yes, the name of our store is Contrary Art Shop and it is located in the lobby of our building. More details can be found here.
ArtYard does not currently accept unsolicited submissions for exhibitions or programming. You are welcome to send a sample of your work to contact@artyard.org and we will keep the information on file. These submissions will not receive a formal response.
ArtYard does not have any open calls for programming in our theater and it is not likely that we will have open calls in the near future. You are welcome to send a sample of your work to contact@artyard.org and we will keep the information on file. These submissions will not receive a formal response.
The Residency Program is by invitation only.
The Artist Residency buildings serve four key functions:
1) Residency Program: The residency buildings, at 50 Trenton Avenue and 12 Bridge Street, provide housing and studio space for artists invited to participate in our Residency Program. During the formal residency program artists (individually or in collaborative groups) incubate new works or refine works nearing completion.
2) Residential Workshops: From time-to-time ArtYard will host intensive residential workshops whereby communal gathering is encouraged or required as part of the workshop. In these cases, we utilize the residency buildings to offer low or no-cost housing to residential workshop participants.
3) Host Visiting Curators or Artists: ArtYard works very collaboratively with both our curators and participating artists. As such, it is common for curators or artists to visit ArtYard several times during the development of an exhibition, the planning of a workshop series, or to iron out the details of a commissioned work. During these times, the residency buildings provide a sacred space for work, gathering and rest.
4) Retreat: On the rare occasions when the residency buildings are not otherwise occupied, ArtYard may choose to host an artist or non-profit peer organization in need of a “retreat” or sacred space to regroup and recharge.
ArtYard does not currently offer our spaces for rent.
Mc Donnell Theater
Face masks covering the nose are recommended at all times during performances at the McDonnell Theater.
Gallery
Visitors to ArtYard’s exhibition space are encouraged to wear masks and practice social distancing.
To protect the health, safety, and comfort of clients, employees, customers, and visitors of ArtYard, our entire campus is smoke-free. Smoking is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Smoking and secondhand smoke are known causes of lung disease, heart disease and cancer. ArtYard recognizes the hazards caused by tobacco use and exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke. No use of tobacco products, including cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and electronic cigarettes, is permitted within the facilities or on the property of ArtYard at any time. “Property” means the organization’s facilities “curb to curb,” including offices, grounds, adjacent sidewalks, parking lots/ramps, company owned vehicles, and employee vehicles parked on owned or leased property.
Tickets are valid only for the event, date, time, and seat indicated. Tickets purchased over the phone and online are subject to handling charges. Tickets purchased at the box office may also be subject to fees. Tickets are not refundable unless the performance is canceled by ArtYard. Artists, dates, times, venues and programs are subject to change.
ArtYard will make every effort within its power to ensure that a scheduled event is held as planned. In the rare event that ArtYard cancels a performance for any reason, every effort will be made to notify ticket holders as soon as possible. ArtYard will endeavor to reschedule any cancelled event and ticket holders will be entitled to use the original ticket for the new date/time.
In the event the ticket holder is not able to attend the event on the rescheduled date, the ticket may be transferred to another individual. Please notify us by emailing contact@artyard.org with the name and email of the new ticket contact.
ArtYard does not offer refunds on ticket purchases. Tickets can only be exchanged 12 hours before the advertised start time of the ticketed performance and only for a different performance of the same show, if one exists.
In the event the ticket holder is not able to attend the event on the rescheduled date, the ticket may be transferred to another individual. Please notify us by emailing contact@artyard.org with the name and email of the new ticket contact.
The use of audio, video, camera or recording devices of any type is not permitted inside the theater and/or during performances regardless of venue. Such activity may be a violation of copyright laws. Anyone who violates the recording policy may be asked to leave the event, theater, and/or building. Further, ArtYard often chooses to hire a professional photographer, videographer or sound engineer to capture and officially document its programs. Attempts by patrons or others to capture the same have negatively impacted the quality of our internal documentation efforts; therefore no external recording of any kind is allowed within ArtYard venues or at ArtYard-sponsored events unless previously requested and approved in writing.
ArtYard does not have a formal dress code policy for patrons.
We encourage individuals to dress in layers as we typically keep the inside temperatures on the cooler side for the comfort of the artists and performers.
Food is not permitted inside the gallery or theater. Beverages may be permitted for certain performances.
Backpacks, suitcases and bags (excluding handbags) may not be taken into the gallery or theater. They must be left at coat check, or when coat check is not open, with house management. Items may be checked free of charge. ArtYard reserves the right to inspect backpacks, suitcases, and bags when being checked. In some instances, ArtYard may require the inspection of all handbags and cases at point-of-entry to the gallery and/or theater lobbies.
Patrons not in their seat at the start of a performance or who exit a performance may be subject to a delayed entrance. In some instances, delayed seating may not take place until intermission. Late seating times are established by each artist working with our house management staff.
As a courtesy to both the artists and other audience members, please silence cell phones and messaging devices and refrain from electronic communication at all times during performances.
By entering an event or program of ArtYard, you are entering an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur. Your entry and presence on the event premises constitutes your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded and to the release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction of any and all recorded media of your appearance, voice, and name for any purpose whatsoever in perpetuity in connection with ArtYard and its initiatives, including, by way of example only, use on websites, in social media, news, and advertising. By entering the event premises, you waive and release any claims you may have related to the use of recorded media of you at the event, including, without limitation, any right to inspect or approve the photo, video or audio recording of you, any claims for invasion of privacy, violation of the right of publicity, defamation, and copyright infringement or for any fees for use of such record media. You understand that all photography, filming and/or recording will be done in reliance on this consent. If you do not agree to the foregoing, please do not enter the event premises.
