Grace, an artist and independent curator, and Wilkin, a creative real estate professional, were introduced through Grace’s pursuit to purchase a small, unconventional space to begin an artist-run gallery. Wilkin’s passion for working with artists and disenchantment with the process of real estate combined with Grace’s desire to create spaces and showing opportunities for artists amidst structural affordability crisis, led Artist in Residence(s) to emerge as a working answer to both.

Wilkin is a licensed Realtor with Premier Agent Network, and owns the mortgage broker company RIC3 and RIC3 Creative Community LLC, working to be a resource for his community. Grace is an artist and independent curator based in Hudson Valley, NY. She received her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2024, and her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018. 

Wilkin Lai

Grace Bromley

Artists in Residence(s) is an artist-run community and exhibition program based in New York’s Hudson Valley that invigorates homes with artistic programming during all stages of the listing process. Recognizing both the ever-present need for accessible artist resources and opportunities and the high turnover real estate market of the Hudson Valley, founders Wilkin Lai and Grace Bromley intend to foster a symbiotic relationship between the two.

Artists in Residence(s) programming highlights the domestic space as a liminal and speculative site: open-ended opportunities such as short-term residencies, performances, exhibitions are shaped and informed by the temporary spaces inhabited by artists during the real estate cycle. In a tandem push against AI and an effort to build and preserve an artistic community, many aspects of the home sale process will be entirely artist-produced, from documenting spaces and writing about listings to working open house events. Artists in Residence(s) also offers residents of Upstate NY the exciting and unconventional opportunity to have their homes become a part of this project, further developing interdependent relationships between artists and the communities that sustain them.

Wilkin Lai, a real estate salesperson with Premier Agent Network, has established partnership with Artists in Residence(s) as a branching initiative of RIC3 Creative Community. Rather than staging homes with furniture as the primary prop, Artists in Residence(s) seeks to stage the home with thoughtful curatorial interventions by inviting artists to participate in the process. 

Wilkin Lai, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson with Premier Agent Network

Cell: (313) 525-1255

Brokerage Office Tel: (518) 281-5336

Licensed in the State of New York.

Artists in Residence(s) hopes to open doors for artists of all disciplines - visual and performance artists, musicians, writers, cooks, and artisans - utilizing spaces for various events like movie screenings, artist-led workshops, and other offerings with the goals of homeowners in mind. 

There are a variety of ways for artists to get involved with Artists in Residence(s) - opportunities like selling and exhibiting artwork, performing, facilitating workshops as well volunteering or participating in commissioned or by-the-hour paid jobs. If you have an idea for an Artists in Residence(s) offering, or are interested in having your home shaped by our exciting new programming, contact us today!