“The tech ran smoothly and all worked hard and well to put on a show. I was so appreciative of the opportunities through the last year and a half to share and develop work in progress. I am so thankful to Shige, Brandon, Krystel, Masa and Ximena for all your work on these programs. Very appreciated.” – Rebecca Pappas, Outsight Artist, 2021
Testimonial – Kelly Ashton Todd, Outsight 2019
“My experience with LEIMAY and OUTSIGHT was essential to both projects I am in the process for. Being awarded free studio space allowed me to remove the pressures of creating quickly and just be able to live in the process of playing, exploring, and molding a story. Collaborating with OUTSIGHT was an experience I’ve been craving, but wasn’t sure how to make it happen. It is essential for the work I’m doing to discover more ways to merge the local NYC community with my global environmental work and I believe that begins with our communal gardens.” – Kelly Ashton Todd, … Continued
Testimonial – Martin & Arely, Outsight 2019
“At the Outsight performance we had the opportunity to share a work, on the one hand with NYC artistic peers, but also with the community surrounding the garden. It’s great to have people walking by and joining a performance experience, it’s what the experience of performing at the Dorothy Strelsin Memorial Garden can provide. We were able to use some materials that we found on the site, like stone bricks, or the sound created by feet on the stone soil. Designing the path on the already set pathways of the garden was a superposition of two tracks, a performative one … Continued
Testimonial – Rebecca Fitton, Outsight 2019
“LEIMAY’s fellowship program allowed me the chance to build a consistent studio practice, something I’ve never had in NYC. The OUTSIGHT series gave me the opportunity to build a work in an environment I believe in and experiment with creative aspects typically adjacent to my performance-based work.” – Rebecca Fitton, Outsight Artist, 2019