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- ↑ "Fire Island Artist Residency". Fire Island Artist Residency. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ↑ "Fire Island Artist Residency 2023 (NYC)". www.transartists.org. 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ↑ "OPEN CALL: Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR) 2022 Summer Program – dreamideamachine ART VIEW" . Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ↑ "UnionDocs – Applications for the Fire Island Artist Residency are open till April 13!". UnionDocs. 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ↑ Gelbert, Bruce-Michael. "Ninth Annual Fire Island Artist Residency Features 5 Visual Artists & Its First 3 Poets". www.fireislandqnews.com. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
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- ↑ "April Freely Appointed Executive Director of Fire Island Artist Residency". www.artforum.com. 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
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