by Carole Epp | Dec 14, 2021 | call for entry
Salad Days Artist Residency: 2022-23
Deadline: February 15, 2022 Fee (USD): $25.00
Every year, Watershed commissions an artist to create handmade earthenware plates or shallow bowls for our annual Salad Days fundraiser. The celebration draws nearly 500 people to Watershed’s campus, with the plates serving as the event’s primary feature. Salad Days also includes a pottery sale of work by artists from around the country, campus tours, artist demos, and much more.
The Salad Days Artist is selected by a panel of professional artists in consultation with Watershed’s staff. The Artist spends seven months from September to April at Watershed producing 450 plates or shallow bowls for the following summer’s Salad Days. They are also commissioned to create approximately 30 small functional or decorative pieces for Watershed’s sustained giving donors. Work is produced in terracotta and is fired in Watershed’s kilns.
During the residency, the Artist receives free housing, a meal allowance, a large studio, free materials and firings, and a stipend of $4000. Additionally, the Artist has the opportunity to showcase and sell work at Watershed events during their time in residence. Watershed also provides lodging for the Salad Days Artist when they return for the Salad Days event.
The 2022-23 Salad Days Artist residency runs from September 12, 2022 through April 15, 2023, with the Salad Days fundraiser scheduled for the second weekend in July, 2023. Due to the pandemic, Salad Days 2023 may include in-person and online components.
by Carole Epp | Aug 18, 2021 | residency opportunity
Don’t miss the Application Deadline of August 31, 2021 for our Winter 2022 Artist-in-Residence term!
Our Artist-in-Residence program intends to provide a space for emerging artists, including recent graduates, to enable them to develop and enhance their practice in their chosen medium. Does this sound like you?
by Carole Epp | Aug 18, 2021 | emerging artist, residency opportunity
The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery is pleased to announce our first Ceramic Arts Residency program! We are now seeking applications from qualified emerging ceramic artists who are from or are currently based in Waterloo Region for this exciting 8-week, full-time residency based at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery in Waterloo, Ontario.
This program will offer an emerging ceramic artist the opportunity to work in the studio at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery 35 hours per week for a period of 8 weeks, gaining critical experience, mentorship, and opportunities as they begin their career. Working in the studio from October to December 2021 (dates are flexible), the resident will:
-have access to our fully equipped ceramic studio
-participate in mentorship opportunities with the Gallery Executive Director and Chief Curator, Curator, and Public Programs Manager
-receive mentorship from up to two artists or arts administrators in the Region
-present artist talks, demonstrations, and/or workshops to the public
-have the opportunity to sell work in the Gallery Shop (standard consignment agreement applies, contact Denis Longchamps for more information)
Following completion of the Residency, a selection of the resident’s work will be presented in an exhibition at the Gallery (dates TBD).
The selected artist will receive an honorarium of $500 per week and will have access to a budget of $500 for materials and specialized tools. The Gallery Studio includes access to 2 electric kilns, a pug mill, slab roller, pottery wheels, and basic tools, as well as support from the Studio Technician and other Gallery staff.
Applications must be received no later than September 19, 2021.
Visit our website for more information.
The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery gratefully acknowledges the support of the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund.
by Carole Epp | Aug 18, 2021 | residency opportunity
We are now accepting applications for 2022. The deadline to apply is September 15, 2021.
We are seeking professional artists working at a high level in their discipline who can give new insights and focus to Grand Canyon and the surrounding communities as an on-site resident artist at Grand Canyon National Park.
We welcome applicants from a wide variety of artistic disciplines, including visual art (two and three-dimensional, photography, sculpture, painting, textiles, drawing, or collage), installation or land-based art, printmaking, audio (performance or composition), film (documentary, fictional, or art), writing (poetry, fiction, essays, storytelling, or playwriting), indigenous arts, ethnographic fine art, new media, performance art (choreography, dance, or theater arts professionals), social practice, and interdisciplinary arts.
While no specific requirements will be placed on the content or direction of the artists’ proposals, applicants must have an idea of direction, topic, and the project they will work on while during their residency when they apply. Projects may evolve and change during their residency as long as the new direction also has relevance to the canyon or its communities and meets all other program requirements and NPS guidelines.
While in residence, artists will be encouraged to work collaboratively with NPS staff and to make use of the many resources NPS will make available to them, including but not limited to: access to park staff and researchers, access to park collections, access to park library, access to trails and backcountry opportunities as is possible at time of residency.
Artists must, in their application, be able to articulate how their project would contribute to our understanding of Grand Canyon (in its broadest interpretation). Evidence of some preliminary research and understanding of the canyon is expected. Artists are not required to adhere to official park themes. However, if you wish to use them as guidance for your inspiration, you can find them on the park’s website.
Full details HERE.
by Carole Epp | May 3, 2021 | residency opportunity
Application Deadline extended to May 15
Application Fee waived for May 15
Description: The Artists in Residence Program is at the heart of creativity at Medalta. Artists from all over the world come to Medalta for lengths of time from one month to a year to make in a community that validates risk and nurtures creativity. This self-directed residency is designed to serves artists at all stages of their careers. Students, emerging artists, and established artists are able to work together in our open, spacious, semi-private studios.
Opportunities:
Long Term Residency: September 2021 through July 2021
Flex Residencies: Two to six months
One Month Residencies
Strojich Fellowship: $1000 Award, accommodation and studio fee provided by Gwen Strojich
