“I don’t think that anybody ever starts with a clear plan to sunset, but nor did I think that this would necessarily institutionalize in a way that would make it exist forever,” artist and Chloë Bass told ARTnews in a recent interview about Social Practice CUNY, the initiative she has co-directed for the past five years. “Somewhere in between those two things comes the decision to sunset.”

Social Practice CUNY will sunset in February 2027, with its 2025–26 fellowship cohort being its last. Housed at the CUNY Graduate Center, the program provided fellowships to graduate students and faculty at any of the 25 campuses of the City University of New York. In addition to the funds it created, Social Practice CUNY has helped foster a network and community between its fellows.