Applications for the 2020/21 Artists in Residence program are now being accepted in PAINTING/DRAWING or MOTION GRAPHICS/ANIMATICS. Applications may be submitted now through MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2020, Midnight EST.
The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Artists in Residence program (AIR) is an education-based residency which allows two emerging artists from different disciplines to live and work on the https://www.mwpai.org/">MWPAI and https://www.mwpai.edu/">PrattMWP College of Art & Design campus in Utica, NY for one academic year.
The AIR program is designed for emerging artists or recent visual arts MFA graduates interested in art education in community arts and college curriculums while receiving support to develop a vibrant, self-directed studio practice. Programming includes presenting a lecture to PrattMWP students and the public, teaching community arts education classes, holding a public open studio event, and designing and implementing accessible community projects at the Museum of Art. Artists receive financial support, housing, meals, studio, and two-person exhibition in the museum’s PrattMWP Gallery.
THE MWPAI RESIDENCY:
Disciplines are PAINTING/DRAWING or MOTION GRAPHICS/ANIMATICS
Residency is nine months, August 24, 2020 through May 24, 2021.
Call for artists rotates through disciplines each academic year.
Two artists working in different media are in residence simultaneously.
Artists receive two stipend payments of $1,250 in September and in January for a total of $2,500
Fall and Winter session non-credit teaching opportunities in the Community Arts Education program; paid compensation as a Community Arts Education Instructor and subject to enrollment guidelines.
Joint fall artists talk, winter open studio, spring Museum of Art exhibition, and promotion for these events.
Work with Museum Education Department to develop community programming.
Access to school facilities in your discipline.
Second floor studio space in the Tracy Street Studio building.
Furnished two-bedroom apartment with shared living and kitchen in the heart of the MWPAI campus.
Cafeteria meal plan. (19 meals per week while college program is in session)
Program details at http://www.mwpai.org/learn/artists-in-residence/">www.mwpai.org/learn/artists-in-residence/
Questions? Contact ataylor@mwpai.edu
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Develop own artwork and self-directed studio practice in the provided studio space.
Participate in campus and community life with genuine interest in creative collaboration and education.
Work with the Community Arts Education and Residency Director prior to arriving to develop non-credit community classes to teach each semester. (See Stipends and Pay)
Present a lecture of current work, open studio, and joint exhibition of new work during residency.
Work with the Museum Education Department to imagine, design, and plan art projects for three to four community Art Alive Family Days. (See Stipends and Pay)
Work with PrattMWP College of Art & Design Faculty and undergraduate student body with the potential to teach credit courses, contingent on enrollment.
Collaborate on one to two community projects as representatives of the AIR program.
Artists must provide own materials and specialized equipment for personal studio practice and are responsible for transportation to and during residency and any additional costs of living.
Disciplines rotate each academic year. An AIR could be accepted in two of the following media in future calls: Animation, Painting/Drawing, Ceramics, Jewelry/Metals, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Communications Design, and Video. Please check back each year.