by Carole Epp | Feb 20, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Every winter we invite artists from all over the world to our Caldera Arts Center near Sisters, Oregon.
Artists are provided private A-frame
cabins and share access to wet and dry studios, a darkroom, a kiln,
editing facilities and rehearsal and performance space.
Because we believe a range of
backgrounds enhances the communal experience, residencies are open to
artists from any field, as well as scientists, engineers and
environmentalists.
DETAILS
Caldera’s Artists in
Residence program offers the gift of time and space. Residents are given
a cabin, 24-hour access to studios and the time and space to
create.Residents are responsible for food, travel, materials and other
expenses.By design, the residents form a small community of 5–12
artists, depending on the group. A weekly meal is shared and
collaboration is encouraged.
Artists aren’t required to finish a
project during their residency, but share their work with the local area
community in Open Studios events at the end of each month. Artists are
also encouraged to do outreach projects with Caldera youth and in
neighboring schools in the Sisters area.
Occasionally, calls for applications
for teaching residencies are announced at Caldera. If you would like to
be notified of these opportunities, please email AiR Manager, Elizabeth Quinn.
CALENDAR
Residencies last one month, and take place in January, February
and March.
The due date for applications is June 15.
Panels meet in late summer to review the applications, and
invitations are made in early September.
Full details here: www.calderaarts.org/caldera/arts-in-residence/#1
by Carole Epp | Feb 17, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The application deadline for all residencies is April 15th, 2014.
Download the AIR Application Form 2014.
For more information, flip through our online Blurb Book.
At
its core, Medalta’s residency program is about bringing artists together
in an environment that promotes creativity through community. The
residency concept creates an opportunity for ceramists – who, for the
most part, work individually – to re-enter a community atmosphere and
take part in a rejuvenating dialogue, while working with like-minded
artists. Our program seeks to benefit artists at all stages of their
career, from students, to established artists. Each resident brings a
wide variety of technical and aesthetic skills to the experience.
2014 Long-Term Residency @Medalta
Here’s a chance to really engage in your studio practice.
Un-interrupted time, access to amazing resources, a creative
atmosphere, fully appointed studio, a museum, a decommissioned brick
yard and a decommissioned china factory. All located in the 150 acre
Historic Clay District in Medicine Hat.
Seriously, a whole part of town dedicated to both, ceramics (the materials) and ceramics (the practice).
$345/month (CAD)
Apply now
Fee includes:
- 24 hour studio access
- Full access to the entire Historic Clay District site
- All firings included
- Glaze materials in test quantities
- Use of shop glazes
- Teaching and employment opportunities
- Exhibition opportunities in our on site contemporary art galleries
Artist responsible for:
- Materials and clay
- Accommodations
Availability:
6 spaces
Application deadline April 15, 2014
2014 FLEX @ Medalta
No, this isn’t some kind of Atlas Gym-sponsored weightlifting competition …
If you aren’t able to take a year for a residency and our summer
residencies don’t fit your schedule or you have a special project you
want to focus son, our Flex Residencies are probably what you’re looking
for.
The idea is pretty simple – if you have an idea and simply need the
space to create (whether it’s for two months or eleven), apply for a
Flex Residency and come create at Medalta.
$475/month (CAD)
Apply now
Application deadline April 15, 2014
Summer 2014 @ Medalta
What are you doing this July and August? Another great short-term
opportunity for someone who has the drive to create amongst the
rattlesnakes, tumble weeds and amazing industrial heritage in Medicine
Hat.
Whether you’re a student, professional or anyone who wants to further
explore your ceramic art practice, this two-month residency is a great
opportunity to fully immerse yourself in ideas and process.
As always, you will be joining our full-year resident artists so the
creative buzz is in the studio and you can actualize your ideas the
minute you arrive.
$975 for two months (CAD)
Apply now
Fee includes:
- 24 hour studio access
- Full access to the entire Historic Clay District site
- All firings included
- Glaze materials in test quantities
- Use of shop glazes
- Exhibition opportunities in our on site contemporary art galleries
Artist responsible for:
- Materials and clay
- Accommodations
Availability:
7 spaces
Application deadline April 15, 2014
Still have questions? We’d love to answer them for you. Contact us.
[email protected]
403.504.4653
All material must be submitted in hard copy and arrive by mail, courier, or submitted in person to:
Medalta International Artists in Residence
713 Medalta Ave SE
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
T1A 3K9
NOTE: All application materials need to arrive on or before the application due date. Late applications will not be processed.
Your application package must include each of the following items. Incomplete packages will not be considered.
1. Completed application form.
2. $25 non-refundable application fee.
3. Ten images of recent work in jpeg format on a CD. (images must be
high-resolution (300 dpi). Do not submit images embedded in a program
such as PowerPoint or Microsoft Word.
4. Image List stating Title, Medium and Size.
5. Bio (100 words max.)
6. Artist Statement (100 words max.)
7. Curriculum Vitae
8. Two references with name and contact information.
9. Residency proposal letter stating your intended course of exploration during your residency.
NOTE: Please include a hard copy as well as a digital file of all documents on a CD.
If accepted, you will be notified within two weeks of the application closing date.
Find out more about Medalta here.
by Carole Epp | Feb 16, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
artist statement:
As human beings we are innately social and
communal. We seek each other out, interact with one another, and respond to
both our environment and each other. Our
relatives, friends and the people we interact with on a daily basis are all
part of the social unit that shapes our environment.
I was born
and raised in Venezuela and from a very young age my family often traveled
within and outside of our home country. At the age of nine my family members
began moving to the United States a few at a time, where we were completely
submerged into a different culture. During the move, some family members moved
back and forth between Venezuela and the US , creating a flux of family members
in our household. My exposure from a young age to change in my surroundings,
family and home arouse my interest in
the ideals of family and community.
In
my ceramic work, each piece is a
community. The high relief areas represent the environment, the driving force
in the community. Each carved line is an individual within the community, interacting with one another, responding to
both the environment and each other. Together the lines create units. Units
coming together to create a whole.
