2025 Year In Review

Studio Residencies, Fellowships, & Special Projects

This year, we collaborated with over 25 emerging and established artists.

• Sam Moyer completed her Lab Grant Residency. This by-invitation residency provides one established artist per year the opportunity to work in depth in papermaking.

• SaraNoa Mark, Sarah Hakani, Johannah Herr, and Stephanie Santana were selected as the 2025 Workspace Residency Program artists. Crystal Z Campbell, Jonathan Sanchez Noa, Simonette Quamina, and Ye Zhu completed their 2024 Workspace Residency cycle and presented their work in an exhibition in July, 2025.

• Caroline Ongpin is the current Marabeth Cohen-Tyler Print/Paper Fellow. The fellowship is awarded annually to a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, person of color) or underrepresented professional printer. Through research and experimentation, the fellow develops custom papers for different printing methods and explore creative techniques in the papermaking process to enhance imagery.

• Mika Obayashi is the current West Bay View Foundation Fellow. This fellowship offers an immersive studio mentorship for a visual artist. Each fellow studies with Dieu Donné master papermakers, gaining practical experience working in a professional papermaking studio.

• Glen Baldridge was the 2025 Benefit Artist, creating a series of psychedelic marbled pulp paint works which were on view for the first time at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery.

• Diana Al-Hadid, Abdolreza Aminlari, and Chitra Ganesh each produced their own Paper Variables series as part of Dieu Donné’s annual membership program.

• Paul Anthony Smith, Kevin Beasley, and Jiha Moon are artists collaborating in handmade paper projects for exhibition events. Stay tuned!

HAND PAPERMAKING EDUCATION

We shared in-depth papermaking knowledge with students, artists, and curators of all backgrounds by offering:

• 4 intensive on-site workshops as part of our Paper Institute with a robust full-tuition scholarship program that served over 40% of students.

• 3 paid internships for emerging arts professionals.

• The Beyond the Substrate Seminar, a week-long hand papermaking seminar for national and international prints and drawings curators, funded by the Getty’s Paper Project.

• 5 webinars featuring artist talks with Lauren Krukowski, SR Lejeune, Lisa Miles, Sam Moyer, Paul Wong, and Timothy Barrett.

• 3 Open Houses hosted which included an artist talk and studio tour of Dieu Donné.

• 1 Community Workshop at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for both children and adult learners.

• 3 Museum Education lectures and workshops at institutions across the country.

EXHIBITIONS & PARTNERSHIPS

In 2025, Dieu Donné continued to expand the visibility and accessibility of hand papermaking within contemporary art through collaborations with galleries, museums, and curators across the country.

Our work was featured in exhibitions and projects including:

• The Hill Art Foundation (New York, NY) - Sam Moyer: Women with Holes

• Sean Kelly Gallery (New York, NY) - Sam Moyer: Subject to Change

• Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery (New York, NY) - Generous host of Dieu Donné’s 2025 Benefit Exhibition

• Broad Art Museum at MSU (Michigan) - Diana Al-Hadid: unbecoming

• Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY) - All These Growing Things

• Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago (Illinois) - Expanding the 50th: Shared Stories

• The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (New York, NY) - Tacit Knowledge: Paper as Practice in the Dieu Donné West Bay View Foundation Fellowship Program

Since launching our Museum Donation Program in 2023, Dieu Donné has donated 40 works of art to museums and educational institutions nationwide—broadening access to hand papermaking for visitors, patrons, and curators alike.

Public & Foundation Support

In 2025, Dieu Donné was fortunate to receive generous grants from both public institutions and foundations to sustain our studio, archival, and educational programming.

• The Getty’s Paper Project enabled Dieu Donné to host the Beyond the Substrate: Hand Papermaking Seminar for Print Curators, a week-long intensive workshop in February for 10 emerging and mid-career print and drawings curators, with the goal of sharing knowledge about hand papermaking and the role it plays in contemporary art.

• The Windgate Foundation supported Dieu Donné’s Paper Institute and its educational partnerships with museums across the United States. The program aims to share the art of hand papermaking with university students and the general public.

• Since 2018, The West Bay View Foundation has granted one visual artist trained in hand papermaking a yearly fellowship opportunity. Each fellow studies with Dieu Donné master papermakers, gaining practical experience working in a professional papermaking studio.

• The Lily Auchincloss Foundation provided essential support for our Workspace Residency Program and Paper Institute, enabling artists at all stages to explore the creative potential of handmade paper.

• Since 2021, the Tyler Charitable Foundation has sponsored an annual fellowship for a printmaker to expand their practice through papermaking at Dieu Donné.

• The Hyde and Watson Foundation contributed to critical studio upgrades and the purchase of new papermaking equipment, ensuring Dieu Donné remains at the forefront of contemporary papermaking techniques.

• The John Ben Snow Memorial Trust once again funded a paid studio internship, offering a hands-on learning experience for an emerging professional entering the field of hand papermaking.

The artistic and educational programs at Dieu Donné are made possible with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; and Foundation support including: The Getty Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc., The New York Community Trust, The John Ben Snow Memorial Trust, Jockey Hollow Foundation, IFPDA Foundation, West Bay View Foundation, and the Windgate Charitable Foundation, and the Wolf Kahn Foundation along with in-kind support from Material for the Arts and major individual support.

Thank you for being a part of our community

Dieu Donné relies on the generosity of our friends, members, and supporters to continue to foster creative progress within the niche field of hand papermaking.

A donation from you would help us to continue this legacy next year, and for many years to come.