Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project
Raise Your Voice is an immersive installation installation by Brooklyn-based artist/educator/activist, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, at the Museum of the City of New York.
Residency Program
2027 Residencies
Space to Live, Work, Study, Create, and Organize in Harlem
Inspired by Yuri Kochiyama’s praxis of radical hospitality, the YKSP Residency Program continues the Kochiyamas’ tradition of supporting and accommodating visiting artists and activists, students and scholars with temporary space to live. For forty years, the Kochiyamas opened their Harlem home on West 126th Street as a space for people and communities to gather, cook, eat, build relationships, find refuge, teach, learn, study, imagine, live, work, create and organize.
In this spirit of human solidarity, the Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project (YKSP) offers two short-term residencies located in the heart of Harlem:
Scholar/Activist-in-Residence (Saturday, May 1 - Saturday, May 22)
Artist/Activist-in-Residence (Saturday, June 5 - Saturday, June 26)
Whether your project involves conducting research, developing a creative project, or organizing an event or collective action, the YKSP Residency provides a comfortable, safe and conveniently located space to live and work and an opportunity to engage with people, community-based organizations and cultural institutions in Harlem and throughout New York City. We welcome applications from people working across disciplines, communities, and movements.
Residency Perks:
Free accommodations in Central Harlem for 3 weeks (21 days)
Honorarium ($1,000)
Travel stipend ($500)
Participation in Harlem Walking Tour with YKSP Co-Director Akemi Kochiyama-Ladson
Visit to Yuri & Bill Kochiyama Papers at Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscripts Library
Support with hosting an event (for up to 25 guests) at the YKSP Residence
If you have any questions about the residency or application, please contact us at ContactYKSP@yurikochiyama.com.
Key Dates
November 10, 2026: Application Opens
December 11, 2026: Application Closes
Late January, 2027: 2027 YKSP Residency Awardees Notified
May 1-22, 2027: Scholar/Activist-in-Residence Period
June 5-26, 2027: Artist/Activist-in-Residence Period
Scholar/Activist-in-Residence
(Saturday, May 1 - Saturday, May 22)
Open to students, scholars, researchers, writers, organizers, and community-based artists (21 years+) working on a social justice-oriented project that utilizes archives and serves to uplift BIPOC-centered narratives, histories, and truth telling. Projects can include an article, paper, book, collection, anthology, exhibition, performance, dissertation, curriculum, conference, or collective action.
The YKSP Scholar/Activist Residency includes 3 weeks (21 days) at the YKSP residence in Central Harlem. Featuring a quiet, spacious living/meeting/work space with a private bedroom, separate kitchen and bathroom, the residency is just minutes from public transportation, restaurants, live entertainment, museums, public libraries, cultural institutions, public parks and recreation spaces. The residency also comes with a travel stipend and honorarium.
Artist/Activist-in-Residence
(Saturday, June 5 - Saturday, June 26)
Open to applicants (21 years+) whose arts-based project serves to raise awareness and/or inspire change or action around a critical social justice issue. We have a particular interest in work that incorporates history and archives. Works can include a performance, publication, choreography, exhibition, audio recording, visual art, photography or film.
The YKSP Artist/Activist Residency includes 3 weeks (21 days) at the YKSP residence in Harlem. Featuring a quiet, spacious living/work space with a private bedroom, separate kitchen and bathroom, the residency is located in the heart of central Harlem just minutes from public transportation, restaurants, live entertainment, museums, public libraries, cultural institutions, public parks and recreation spaces. The residency also comes with a travel stipend and honorarium.