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# Studio Doors Swing Open for NYC’s Under-the-Radar Artists in 2025 Keyholder Residency
- URL: https://www.artwalkway.com/nyc-keyholder-residency-lower-east-side-printshop-2025/
- Published: 2025-08-04T11:32:26.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-04T11:32:26.000Z
- Description: Lower East Side Printshop’s 2025 Keyholder Residency gives NYC artists nine months of free 24/7 studio access, printmaking facilities, a $1,000 stipend, and a free class. Apply by August 15.
- Author: ART News
- Tags: Latest Art News, Opportunities Alert, How Artists Build

In a city where space is power and rent is ruthless, a rare invitation has arrived for emerging artists: nine months of free studio time, no strings attached.

The Lower East Side Printshop’s *Keyholder Residency* is taking applications through **August 15, 2025**. For those selected, the doors open October 1st to a sprawling, 24-hour printmaking studio—solvents, darkroom, presses, paper, blotters, and silence (or noise, if you need it). A $1,000 stipend and a free class sweeten the deal.

But don’t be mistaken—this isn’t a retreat. This is work. No hand-holding, no assistants, just space, supplies, and other relentless makers grinding beside you. You don’t need to be a printmaker, just serious. They want artists *without* studio access. The under-seen. The overlooked. The ones still fighting for a foothold in New York’s overheated scene.

Forget applying as a duo. No degrees in hand. No housing offered. Just you, your ideas, and the pressure to make them real.

Want in? You’ll need ten images, a resume, two references, and your application in before the stroke of midnight on August 15.

This city eats artists. This is one place that feeds them.

[Apply: https://printshop.org](https://printshop.org/?ref=artwalkway.com)  
Questions? Don’t ask. Just apply.

**ART Walkway News**