Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) is excited to announce significant shifts in our annual thematic residency program that reflect our deep commitment to galvanizing the arts to promote greater equity, sustainability, and interconnectedness.
Beginning with “Equal Justice” in Fall of 2017, we will award up to 60 sponsored residencies to artists of all disciplines as well as content experts across other fields of creative inquiry. This initiative to sponsor residency fees is a direct response to a global rise in intolerance and division, and the increasingly critical role for institutions like SFAI to foster social equity.
Who is Eligible:
We seek to broaden accessibility to the residency experience and increase collective knowledge about each annual theme by bringing together artists working in all media who are over the age of 25 with other innovators in disciplines such as, but not limited to architecture, planning, policy, education, science, health, law, and activism.
Our Goal:
We seek to strategically integrate artistic experimentation, scholarship, and community engagement through collaborative research and works that transcend the limits of traditional disciplines and create new forms, narratives, and approaches to address the central issues of our time. Together, we can cultivate creative leadership and invest in community, culture, and place to re-imagine a more equitable world.
What We Offer:
Through the sponsored thematic residency, SFAI offers living and working space for one to three months in our beautiful, Ricardo Legorreta-designed building within Santa Fe. Each residency includes a fully furnished, private apartment and bath, communal kitchen, dining, and living room areas, laundry facilities, gallery / installation / event space, access to outdoor spaces and interior courtyards, a contemporary art library, wireless internet, basic foodstuffs, and bicycle access. SFAI subsidizes all the above at no cost to residents in our commitment to supporting individuals dedicated to positive social change through creativity.
APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE AT: SFAI.ORG/EQUALJUSTICE
APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 12, 2017
About the Equal Justice Theme:
From September 2017 through July 2018, SFAI programming will explore and address systemic structural issues of social inequity, both historically and in contemporary society. Equal Justice is often thought to be the basis of democratic society--yet as democracy has developed around the world, there are many governmental, societal, and trade barriers to equity such as segregation, racial profiling, gender discrimination, xenophobic policies, mass incarceration, and forced cultural assimilation.
We ask, how can an exploration of true equal justice and democracy lead to an international dialogue?
How can art be used to engage systems of power and foster social equity?
How can community action creatively address accountability and responsibility for equal justice within legal, financial and social systems?
How can creative practices bear witness and give testimongy to those who experience and suffer injustice, and in the process help to transform systems of structural oppression?