The Wassaic Project’s 2018/19 Winter Residency program
Application Opens: May 14th
Deadline: June 25, 2018, midnight
The Wassaic Project accepts 1 – 4 month proposals for our Winter Residency program: December 2018 - March 2019.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
We recognize that artists who have families often opt-out of peer community building for practical reasons: residencies don't often take children, events happen late at night, childcare is expensive. Bowie, Jeff and Eve (Wassaic co-founders) have kids; they're all artists. They have families that they want to be with and not away from. And they ALSO want to connect with other artist peer groups and build community. While we can't solve all these problems at once (yet!), we have solved the first one: we now offer Family Residencies from December - March from 1 to 8 weeks in length.
HOW TO APPLY:
We accept proposals for 1 to 8
weeks from December through March, and will work with each family to
accommodate their specific needs. Each Family will be provided with a
private house complete with a kitchen, living room, dining room, bathroom, and
three bedrooms.
REVIEW PROCESS”
Residents are selected by a review committee composed of the
Wassaic Project Co-Directors, Residency Director, and professionals in their
field. Artists and writers will be selected based on the quality of their work,
commitment to their practice, and ability to interact positively with the
community at large.
STUDIOS +HOUSING:
Our winter studios are located
in the first and second floors of the Old Hotel in Maxon Mills. Residents
will receive an adaptable raw studio that is roughly 100 square feet. Artists
will have 24 hour access to their studio. Artists also have access to the
residency’s woodshop, located on the first floor of Maxon Mills. They also have
the possibility to expand on large scale projects within the seven floors of
Maxon Mills.
Residents are required to bring everything they need for their creative practice. Each studio is provided with a table, chair and limited lighting. We do not provide any art materials.
The Wassaic
House Hotel, built in the 1850s by Noah Gridley of Noah Gridley and Son
Ironworks, was a direct product of the railroad and functioned as a leisure
location where upper class railroad passengers could rest, dine, and socialize.
The hotel abuts the Maxon Mills and now serves as our winter residency studio
space.
FEES:
In an effort
to serve and support emerging artists, we are able to subsidize residencies for
all individual artists who do not have other forms of support. Thanks to the
generous support of donors and grants, the fee for the Family residency is $900
per month. We are open to shorter stays at a prorated rate.
We are, however, able to offer up to $300 in need-based (as
self-reported in their applications) financial assistance to residents for whom
it would be impossible to attend without financial support. Our intention is for financial assistance to be
given to artists for whom it would be impossible to attend without financial
support. If that is not the case for you. Financial assistance is provided to
reduce financial hardship; our allocation is not based on merit.
Accepted
artists will pay their first month’s residency fee + $50 security deposit upon
signing their artist contract. Subsequent fees are due at the first of each
month. There are no refunds.
PROGRAMMING:
Two to three times per month, creative professionals will
visit to givehttps://www.wassaicproject.org/events?category=Visiting%20Artist%20Lecture"> public lectures and make one-on-onehttps://www.wassaicproject.org/artists/studio-visits"> studio visits with creative professionals our residents. Our
embedded critics, Adam Eckstrom and Lauren Was (of Ghost of a Dream), will lead
group studio visits.
All artists are also
invited to participate in a monthly evening of artist’s talks and
presentations, and are encouraged to be available on the last Saturday of every
month to participate in ourhttps://www.wassaicproject.org/events?category=Open%20Studio"> Open Studios program.
For more information at the Wassaic Project’s Family Residency:
https://www.wassaicproject.org/artists/family-residency">https://www.wassaicproject.org/artists/family-residency
Website:
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Contact info:
will@wassaicproject.org
The Wassaic Project
37 Furnace Bank Road
Wassaic, NY 12592