by Carole Epp | Apr 3, 2019 | emerging artist, residency opportunity
A residency at Pottery Northwest is an opportunity to grow as a ceramic artist, to engage in our thriving community and to provide a platform to develop your work and support your career. Applicants are chosen for the quality of their work, a perceived potential for growth, and the ability/willingness to actively contribute to the community within the studio. Residencies include studio space for six months to two years, a yearly firing stipend, and exhibition opportunities.
Full Details and Application Form
HERE by Carole Epp | Apr 2, 2019 | emerging artist, residency opportunity, workshops
May 2, 2019 | 6:00pm
Location: Northern Clay Center, 2424 Franklin Ave E, Minneapolis, MN 55406
Learn more: https://www.northernclaycenter.org/calendar/event/mn-nice-program-info-session-0
Join us for a MN NICE program information session, where we will discuss the program’s many components before opening the floor to questions.
Is MN NICE right for you?
MN NICE supports the development of studio work and provides high-level training in ceramic materials, history and theory, and professional practices. Through instruction and individual mentorship, students build skills, knowledge, and insight necessary to create a personal and cohesive body of work. The program is led by ceramics artist and educator, Ursula Hargens, and is supported by the talents of myriad ceramic artists from around the region and from across the country.
Hargens explains, “Many individuals are eager to further their ceramic education and seek a professional credential, but family, employment, financial and time constraints limit their ability to do so within a traditional academic structure. This certificate program is designed to fill this gap, providing a flexible, yet challenging environment that responds to the needs of non-traditional students, giving them quality information, academic rigor, critical dialogue, and critique as they develop their artistic practice and strengthen their work.”
Find more information here: https://www.northernclaycenter.org/minnesota-new-institute-ceramic-education or to request detailed information and discuss your availability, contact Kyle Rudy-Kohlhepp at kylerudyk@northernclaycenter.org or 612.339.8007 x314.
by Carole Epp | Mar 21, 2019 | residency opportunity
Now accepting applications for residencies beginning July 1, 2019
Deadline to apply: April 15, 2019
Media requirements: Fiber, Clay, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Wood
Length of Residency: 6 month residencies available
The Artist-in-Residence program supports emerging and mid-career artists to develop their artwork in a collaborative, community-based arts center. This residency is for self-directed artists that are interested in gaining experience in teaching and creating a new body of artwork. This residency, set in the heart of the Grand Arts District of St. Louis, has the advantage of an active, urban setting with exposure to a broad audience that connects to performing arts, literature, culinary, and visual arts. Craft Alliance encourages Artist-in-Residence to explore and develop their studio practice.
Emphasis on teaching:
Artists-In-Residents are encouraged to instruct in our studios and will be given multiple opportunities to teach in Craft Alliance educational programs and community engagement programs. Our Education Center offers adult evening, weekend, and daytime classes and workshops both local and national. Artists work closely with the Education Director to develop their teaching skills.
A resident artist who is passionate about developing and fostering community through art can take advantage of our community programs offered at Craft Alliance. An opportunity for artists to work with a regional school districts to develop, execute and install a collaborative student-authored permanent public artwork. The role of the artist is to instruct the students, facilitate an ongoing dialog and steer the work of art into its final exhibited presentation. Success of this project requires a teaching artist dedicated to engaging with students over a 3-month period on location at their school. This site-specific project will get permanently displayed on the school grounds. The artist will be working closely with our Director of Community Programs in all aspects of the project from budget, schedule, and execution.
In addition, the resident will have teaching opportunities in our Crafting-A-Future Program, a teen portfolio building program, and our ArtsSmart Program which Introduces St. Louis metro area students to contemporary craft media and studio practices through class trips to Craft Alliance education centers.
Craft Alliance provides:
· A free private studio space (180 square feet) valued at $3,390 for 6 months including parking.
· Each private studio comes with a 6 foot table, chair, shelving unit and air filter. Other equipment such as a potter’s wheel or metals work bench can be provided.
· Each studio opens onto a common area, and the artists will have access to fully equipped classroom studios for metals, clay, fiber, wood turning, and graphics, and
also nearby water/sink facilities.
· A professional development stipend of up to $500 to reimburse artists for outside conferences, entry fees, art fairs, etc.
· Artist may take classes free of charge in our Education centers.
· A wide variety of teaching opportunities are available through Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design’s Education Center and Community Outreach Programs.
· Artist receives a monthly stipend.
· During the residency, artists’ creative work is represented by Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design and may be considered for sales in the Delmar Gallery Shop.
· Group exhibition at the end of residency cycle presented in the Delmar Loop Gallery.
Artist obligations:
· Must be in the studio at least 20 hours per week, 15 of those hours must be during public hours.
· Resident must create one interaction that engages with the general public, which CA staff will help schedule and promote. Examples of a public engagement are a
lecture, a workshop, a pop-up installation, etc.
· Artist must donate one piece of art to CA’s fundraising gala, and if possible be present.
Residency start dates and length determined by program review panel.
Next call for applications will be Spring 2019 for residency cycle July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020.
Apply Now: craftalliance.org/artists-residence
by Carole Epp | Mar 1, 2019 | emerging artist, residency opportunity
Application Deadline: April 1, 2019
Notification of Residency: April 15, 2019
Residency Dates: September 1, 2019 – August 31, 2020
The Artist in Residence Program through the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, offers dedicated artists the opportunity to involve themselves in research and growth, pushing their art in new directions in a dynamic, urban studio connected to the Harvard community. Individuals will have the opportunity to build relevant skills in research, professional development, technical ability, creative problem solving, teaching and community involvement through our Artist in Residence Program.
The Artist in Residence Program offers
- Personal studio space (60 sq. ft.) in addition to use of common studio space
- 7 day studio access
- Free access to materials – clay, glaze and use of kilns (electric, saggar, wood fire, soda and gas) up to excess
- Opportunities to take classes and firing workshops within the program
- Paid teaching opportunities within the program for both community and academic based classes.
- Solo exhibition in Gallery 224 of work completed during residency
- Attend visiting artist workshops and symposium offered within the program
- Exhibition/sales opportunities in two annual Show and Sales
- Access to studio equipment including slab roller, extruder, spray booth, plaster mold-making room and glaze mixing area
- Access to studio lighting and background material for documenting work
- Website visibility
- Access to Harvard University Library and Museums with provided ID
- Opportunities for participation in academic collaborations with the Harvard community
Expectations of Artist in Residence
- One year commitment
- Must spend 20 hours/week of time dedicated to personal work
- Must spend 5 hours/week dedicated to work within the program
- One public workshop presentation
- Provide presentations to classes
- Participation in program events and special projects with the Harvard Community
- Artist is asked to leave one work for the permanent collection
- Responsible for own housing
Application Process
Application can be submitted via hardcopy or provide us with a link to files in a folder labeled with your name on Dropbox or Google Docs to [email protected].
- Resume with personal contact information
- Artist statement
- Personal statement that reflects your reason for applying to the Ceramics Program – Office for the Arts at Harvard residency program
- 10 digital images, plus one optional detail per image. Files in jpeg format at 300 dpi, with images’ longest dimensions approximately 7 inches/2100 pixels. Each image should be labeled with the following format:
image number_first initial_last name (example: 1_j_smith.jpg, 2_j_smith.jpg, etc.). Images will be used for promotional purposes upon acceptance to the program.
- Corresponding image list. List should address each image by number in terms of: title, year, size of work, medium/techniques used.
- Work should be current and completed within the last 2 years
- List of 3 references – please provide, name, title, mailing and email address and telephone.
- THERE IS NO FEE FOR APPLICATION
- Notification will be made via email
Send invitation to online, downloadable file storage site (Google Docs or Dropbox preferred):
Kathy King, Director, at [email protected]
Important Dates
April 1, 2019 – Application materials must be submitted
April 1 – April 7, 2019 – Finalists will be notified to arrange a phone/Skype interview with Ceramics Program Director, Kathy King
April 15, 2019 – Notification will be made via email.
April 30, 2019 – Selected artist must accept or decline the residency.
All interested individuals are welcome to visit the Ceramics Program prior to application and or acceptance. To arrange a visit and receive more information, contact Kathy King, Director or call 617-496-4751.
More info HERE.
