John Maria Gutierrez & James Clements Named CULTURELAB Emergence Resident Artists 2022

James Clements and John Maria Gutierrez have announced they have been curated as Artists-in-Residence with Culturelab LIC through their Emergence Residency Program. They were selected to work further on their piece, "Brothers in Arms," during their residency, which will culminate in a live sharing later in 2022.

"Brothers in Arms" is a devised multi-disciplinary theatre piece exploring isolation, survival, connection and intimacy between male-identifying folks, co-created and performed by Clements and Gutierrez. The piece combines movement, dance, music, poetry, video, verbatim text and imagined language, and was originally developed at La Mama E.T.C. It was presented as a workshop production in the Downstairs theatre, and streamed through Culturehub along with a talkback moderated by José Rivera Jr.

Emergence is an artist residency program that offers artists & companies free rehearsal and performance space to develop and produce new work. This winter residency program will give 10 artists/companies across all disciplines space to develop new work between January and April. Artists will have an opportunity to connect with a mentor in their chosen medium, and a platform to showcase their work in progress on Culture Lab's website and social media. Work created at Culture Lab will be showcased at Culture Lab's outdoor stage, or indoor theatre in the spring.

For more information, please find the press release here.