Format · open
WHITEBOX
Six works installed with the mechanism in view, and it stays in view for the length of the run.
A Chapter by Artifice NYC
Artifice 006: Artifacts from the Vortex
One day, winter 2027 · production window Aug 2026 to Jan 2027
Artifice 006 is twelve artifacts across two formats, staged in a single day in a venue still in development. Anyone can submit, the team and outside curators included. The cohort gets picked out of that field against the chapter’s line of inquiry: what comes back up out of the vortex, and who gets to say what it was. WHITEBOX leaves the workings open for the length of the run. BLACKBOX plays once. Every work enters the Artifact Index, and each artist decides what the record keeps.
01 · Program
2 formats · 1 day
Six works per format, twelve in total. The lab is open all day. BLACKBOX runs in scheduled slots.
Format · closed
BLACKBOX
Six finished works, performance and film. They run in two or three scheduled slots in a blackout room while the gallery stays open.
Afternoon · private
Founding Circle
A private subprogram for patrons and partners, held with the cohort before the doors open. Details on invitation.
Evening · public
Opening
Twelve artifacts at once, the two formats separated. About 200 people by timed RSVP.
Throughout · on the record
The Index
Provenance, attribution, materials and rights entered per artifact. Records stay in the Index after the chapter closes.
02 · Priorities
8 open
The budget balances on paper. It is not funded. Four of the eight items below have an owner; four do not.
Venue1 open
- Venue unsecuredTerms gate Sep 30. Scale, install and opening capacity stay provisional until it closes. It needs a gallery for six works for the day plus a separate performance room, on institutional terms rather than rental. The budget carries no cash for the room.
People4 open
- Cohort outreach not madeTwelve works identified from the artifact field. No artist has been approached about 006.
- No producerOne day still needs a production owner. Six of the seven seats are named; this one is not.
- Coordination unownedAsana, deadlines, the contact sheet, file links and the debrief came off with Leffin. No seat holds them.
- No relations leadArtists, attendees, funders and press are currently split across four seats with no single owner. Front of house on opening night has nobody.
Money3 open
- $12,000 unsecuredNo income line is committed. At this scale the grant ask is $3,000 in small regrants rather than $18,000, which is the first version of this budget that fits the cycles still open.
- Interview series unfundedPromised in the proposal. Filmed is out of reach. Audio with transcripts runs $3,500, which is 29% of the floor and still not in the budget.
- Accessibility unfunded and unownedThe production plan calls ASL and CART a mission and funder requirement. The $12,000 floor carries no accessibility line and no seat owns it.
Go / no-go, Sep 30. The chapter proceeds when the venue is papered in-kind and the first $6,000 is committed in writing by Dec 15. The cohort of twelve is the last thing to cut. Below the floor the fallback is six artists, or a move to autumn 2027.
03 · Team
8 seats · 2 open
Who owns what, phase by phase. Two seats are still unfilled: the producer and the relations lead.
Renaise
Program Director & Curator
- Pre
- Approve inquiry, artist selection, scope and budget; secure venue and funding; approve agreements.
- Prod
- Make final artistic and major spending decisions; host partners and patrons; resolve issues escalated by the producer.
- Post
- Approve the final program report; follow up with partners and funders; decide what continues.
Woo
Curatorial Associate
- Pre
- Research and shortlist works; develop selection rationale, presentation approach and artwork labels with Renaise.
- Prod
- Check presentation against artistic intent; support artists; lead the docents and visitor-facing staff across the run.
- Post
- Verify artwork descriptions and credits; contribute curatorial findings to the debrief.
Naz
Artist Liaison
- Pre
- Coordinate artist agreements, COIs, biographies, technical requirements, access needs, arrivals, delivery dates and load-in scheduling.
- Prod
- Handle artist check-in, communication, timing and practical needs; escalate technical issues to the producer.
- Post
- Confirm artwork collection or return; gather artist feedback and outstanding materials.
Haruhi
Editor & Documentation Coordinator
- Pre
- Prepare artist texts, permissions, interview plans and the photographer’s brief; define required Index material.
- Prod
- Coordinate coverage and check that essential works and performances are captured; maintain accurate credits.
- Post
- Edit and fact-check texts; secure artist approvals; prepare completed Index entries, editorial and the [ENTER] handoff.
Sarah
Communications Lead
- Pre
- Prepare campaign schedule, newsletter, social assets, press materials, visitor information and access communications.
- Prod
- Publish updates; handle press arrivals and audience announcements; coordinate approved social coverage.
- Post
- Publish recap and documentation; collect press coverage and campaign results; send audience follow-up.
Armin
Treasurer / Project Finance
- Pre
- Review budget and cash availability; track written funding commitments; establish payment and expense procedures. Nobody else commits spend.
- Prod
- Track spending against the approved budget; process authorized payments and collect receipts.
- Post
- Reconcile income and expenses; complete payments; prepare financial reporting.
UnfilledOpen seat
Relations Lead
- Pre
- Single owner of the relationship with artists, attendees, funders and press. Sets the outreach plan with Renaise and Sarah. Naz runs artist logistics under this seat; Sarah runs campaign and press execution.
- Prod
- Host artists, funders and press on site. Own front of house and the attendee experience across the day, including the docent brief with Woo.
- Post
- Thank and debrief funders, press and artists; collect audience feedback; carry the relationships into the next chapter.
UnfilledOpen seat
Exhibition & Event Producer / Technical Direction
- Pre
- Build the delivery schedule; own AV signal flow, power and projection/PA; assess venue and technical feasibility; obtain quotes; coordinate crew, equipment, insurance and safety arrangements. Schedule and vendors, not the checkbook.
- Prod
- Direct installation, testing, rehearsals, daily briefings, event delivery and takedown; coordinate technical and venue staff.
- Post
- Complete equipment returns and venue handback; resolve supplier invoices; lead the production debrief.
04 · Timeline
Aug '26 – Feb '27
Five phases, five gates. Curate, fund, cohort, produce, run.
Month grid
Key dates
- Aug 2026Venue approach goes out. Curatorial statement and blueprint circulated to first institutions.
- Sep 30Venue gate. Terms papered as an in-kind partnership, or the chapter takes the fallback shape.Gate
- OctOpen call opens; community submissions enter the artifact field. Regrant applications filed against open cycles by Oct 31.
- Nov 15Cohort lock. Twelve artists confirmed, formats assigned, consent instruments signed.Gate
- Dec 15Funding gate. First $6,000 committed in writing, or the cohort is cut from twelve to six.Gate
- Jan 10Scope freeze. Production lock, install plan, insurance and COI issued.
- Jan 30The run. Private convening in the afternoon, public opening in the evening, strike the same night. Every artifact then entered into the Index with provenance.
05 · Budget & Files
Detail in the sheet
Carried by Artifice NYC (501c3). $12,000 is the floor: the least the chapter costs and still happens, with the venue and the bulk of AV coming in-kind rather than as cash. The line items live in the budget sheet.
- Cash floor
- $12,000Three-day figure. Not yet rebuilt for one day.
- In-kind required
- $2,800Venue and AV on top of cash
- Committed
- $0Nothing in writing
- Funding gate
- $6,000Half the floor · by Dec 15
- To the cohort
- 50%$6,000 of the $12,000
Artifice 006 · Program Budget
The full P&L: expenses, income plan, in-kind split and underwriting tiers. The four-week sheet it replaced is marked superseded in Drive.
Chapters | 006
Where the work moves. The gates on this page are the plan. Asana is the contract on what is assigned and to whom.
artificenyc.org/006
The public page, the proposal, and the decks. Nothing unsigned is named there.
The Artifact Index
Where every artifact lands, with provenance and maker attribution. Free to read.
Artifice NYC, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 33-2548076. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Acknowledgment only; no goods or services are exchanged for underwriting.