The Bronx Museum

2024 AIM Fellows: Skip Brea, Hedwig Brouckaert, Jordan Cruz, Ricki Dwyer, Bryan Fernandez, Diana Guerra, DeepPond Kim, Juyon Lee, Delvin Lugo, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, lauren mcavoy, Laurel Richardson, Asia Stewart, and Motohiro Takeda

CO-CURATORS
Patrick Rowe, Director of Education & Public Engagement
& Nell Klugman

How can we foster connection and belonging within the museum space? This exhibition, in its seventh iteration, showcases artwork from the most recent two cohorts of The Bronx Museum’s AIM Fellowship program. Within the program, these 28 artists developed structures of connection and community; presented together, their artworks here begin a conversation that invites and extends further communal experience.

Now in its 45th year, AIM is an intensive year-long seminar program in which artists learn skills to help them develop and sustain their careers. In addition to building specific, practical knowledge, the AIM program also fosters and supports the formation of a community of artists.

Installation images by Argenis Apolinario, 2026.

Now in its 45th consecutive year, The Bronx Museum’s AIM program has benefited hundreds of New York City artists through professional development and community building. As a career accelerator fellowship coupled with a dedicated exhibition, AIM is singular within the landscape of artist opportunities for the depth and longevity of its investment in participants’ growth. Talented artists are selected for the program on an annual basis through a competitive open-call application process and complete a nine-month curriculum designed to impart the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the art world today.

Image: Ricki Dwyer, First Impressions, 2020, Cotton yarn, cotton chenille yarn, fiber reactive dye, steel, ball chain, plinth, Installation dimensions vary, Courtesy of the artist.