CALL for ENTRIES: Table Testaments

Posted on September 3, 2019September 18, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

SOUPER bowls

I plead guilty to taking my eating utensils and dishes for granted. Because of my love for the art of plating food, I’ve always owned solid white functional dishware. My mother is a “collector” of flatware and hasn’t allowed me to pick my own, EVER. It is bestowed upon me on occasion without request or explanation. We all have our burdens, ha.

Now I am married to a commercial production potter (120+ pots a day & NOT pictured here), and suddenly the world of dishware is my oyster. Did you know you need differently sized and shaped bowls for salad, cereal & pasta? As I said, we all have our burdens, ha. I love eating out of the bowls my husband has thrown. Every once in a while he comes home with a “one off” just for me because he thought it looked like it was “meant for me”. *swoon* I’ve been trying to convince him to enter this show because I love this venue. It isn’t restricted to a literal interpretation, so be sure to investigate this opportunity.

Check out this Call for Entries from Arts Benicia (Benicia, CA) for Table Testaments. $45 Entry & 40% commission. Take a closer look at this community-based non-profit…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Table Testaments
from Arts Benicia

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to ceramic, wood, glass, metals, paintings, prints, photographs, mixed media, installation artworks & digital works.

THEME: This exhibition will coincide with seasonal gatherings around tables, offering an exploration of sculptural and functional tableware as contemporary carriers of narrative & story – central elements in human gatherings. Utensils and flatware, table linens and tables & chairs themselves will be considered, as will wall-hung works that relate to the exhibition subject.

DEADLINE: October 2, 2019

NOTIFICATION: October 12, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $45 up to 3 ($35 for members)

JUROR: Juan M. Santiago’s art practice explores the narrative of human experience using traditional & non-traditional methods in clay and other mediums. He has taught at Sonoma State University, Diablo Valley College, Chabot College & California College of the Arts. He is currently a professor at Southern Oregon University. Juan holds an MFA from Alfred University & a BFA from California College of the Arts & Crafts.

AWARD: Best of show $250, Juror’s Choice 2-D $100 & Juror’s Choice 3-D $100.

SALES: Arts Benicia, a non-profit organization, receives 40% commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

OPEN CALL for Proposals: IA&A at Hillyer

Posted on August 12, 2019September 2, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

just BREW it

How do you fuel your early afternoons? I know some of you find it freaky that I’ve not consumed coffee in 20+ years, but I’ve just never acquired the taste. Whether you choose sugar-full or sugar-substituted, soft drinks are a horrible alternative. So, I am taking suggestions. Smoothies are fantastic, and I can make pretty healthy choices that offer a little energy boost. However, to maintain any sort of variety, I’d need a much larger amount storage space. Has anyone tried the the soup & smoothie subscription service? (not a paid post or affiliate link). It might be an interesting way to get variety. Sometimes you just need a little help.

This next Call is MORE than just a little help. Many of you will live outside the qualifiers (living either within 150 miles of D.C. OR non-Americans living outside the U.S.), but on the off-chance some of you might qualify, I wanted to be certain to post this opportunity. The award is invaluable and listed in full below. Take a minute and investigate. If you don’t qualify, share this post with someone that does.

Check out this Open Call from International Arts & Artists [IA&A] at Hillyer (Washington, DC) for Annual Show Proposals. $30 Entry, HUGE award value, and no sales commission. This is a great venue…

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OPEN CALL:
Annual Show Proposals
from IA&A at Hillyer

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This is an open call for proposals for solo exhibitions for Hillyer’s 2020/2021 season.

ELIGIBILITY: Hillyer focuses on under represented artists. We accept proposals from regional artists that live within 150 miles of Washington, DC and have not had a solo exhibition in the last three years in a professional gallery or art space OR work from international (non-American) artists that are both living & working internationally.

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: September 10, 2019 (by 4pm)

ENTRY FEE: $30

AWARD: A month long exhibition in one Hillyer’s three gallery rooms, Artist honorarium, Inclusion in annual RISE exhibition, previewing selected artists for 2020/21 season; Ongoing support from Hillyer staff, including a studio visit and exhibition consultation with Hillyer’s Director, assistance with exhibition installation and de-installation, review of exhibition materials (artist statement, bio, labels, etc), and marketing and promotion of exhibition. Accepted artists also benefit from our Artist Advisory Program, where our highly qualified Artist Advisory Committee works individually with each artist to help them prepare their exhibitions and establish themselves in the DC-arts community. Opportunity to give artist talks, lead public programs and workshops, artist interviews featured on blog, in artist spotlight video, and a One-year membership to International Arts & Artists.

SALES: Hillyer is not a commercial establishment and does not sell the artwork on exhibit. Any interested parties will be put directly in contact with the artist. Hillyer does not take a commission on sold works.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Cimarron Nat’l Works on Paper

Posted on June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

list of DISTASTE

On paper, I am NOT a finicky eater, but there is a list of things I don’t eat by choice. I’ve always disliked Ranch dressing until this 40 Aprons recipe changed my mind (not a sponsored post). The remainder of the list includes collard greens, anything eaten alive, American “cheese”, licorice & few other random odds & ends that are not normal options anyway. Sometimes you don’t know until confronted with an unedible. I had to eat American cheese last week, and it is still on my mind, obviously, ha. What are your outside food limits?

This next Call is on another of my lists, but this one is for far better reasons. I appreciate academic shows, and they align with my list of shows that will help push me toward my career goals. OSU’s Art Department has a great record of good shows and excellent jurors. This one is no different. If you work on paper (including photography), and are looking for a quality show, try this one. They even pay return shipping up to $100. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Oklahoma State UniversityDepartment of Art, Graphic Design & Art History (Stillwater, OK) for Cimarron National Works on Paper. $30 entry fee. You know how I love an academic show…

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Cimarron National Works on Paper
from O.S.U. Department of Art, Graphic Design & Art History

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all U.S. resident artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to work on paper, including photography & paper-based multi-media work.

DEADLINE: July 8, 2019

SHIPPING: If accepted, work must be received by August 29, 2019.

ENTRY FEE: $30 up to 3

JUROR: Jodi Throckmorton, curator of contemporary art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. As PAFA’s Contemporary Curator, Throckmorton oversees such programs as, the Morris Gallery Program and the Sculpture Plinth Program. Prior to her current position at PAFA, Throckmorton served as Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University and as associate curator at the San Jose Museum of Art. She holds an MFA in Museum Studies from San Francisco State University, and a bachelor’s degree in Art History and French from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

AWARD: $2,000 will be available for purchase awards. Purchased work will be added to the permanent collection of the Department of Art, housed in the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art. Awards will be selected by the juror after the accepted work has been received.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Cover Art

Posted on May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

a HUNGRY summer

I’ve had my head down working and planning and growing. How about you? Spring always makes me take a second look at my process, while summer makes me kick into production mode. What are you doing to support your work? I am contemplating meal kits and taking a day off from the studio. I know that doesn’t make a lot of sense at first glance. But lunch is the bane of my daily schedule. Just when I hit a creative stride, it is time for some sort of meal prep for lunch. I live in a house with folks with dietary restrictions, and everyone eats lunch at home. So, I’ve been exploring options. Take out takes just as much time to pick up, and delivery is cost prohibitive. A lot of meal kits are labor intensive despite arriving with pre-prepped foods, and many of them are the wrong quantity or, again, cost-prohibitive. I’ve found one (Hungryroot & no, this is not sponsored) I think I am going to give a try. The ingredients look good, the sizing is right, the cost is manageable. I am excited about getting lunch off my plate, so to speak.

One of the other big stumbling blocks for me is juggling my boring-but-necessary household tasks with my work schedule. Finding time. I find it hard to work creatively when I am encumbered with a list of non-creative tasks to do at home. My husband more than carries his half of the burden, but someone still has to do my half, ha. So, I’ve been practicing taking one day off from the studio and trying to cram all of the household tasks I can into that day –laundry, appointments, meal planning, grocery shopping. It is a work in progress. I’ll be sure to give you an update before summer’s end. In the meantime, I’ve had two acceptances for publication in two different magazines, and I am inspired by the positive attention it has drawn to my work and added to my social media reach. So, I am offering a few publication calls this week. I am running close on deadlines, so don’t delay in submitting your work.

Check out this Call for Entries from New England Review (Print & Digital Publication) for Cover Art. There is an additional call for artwork for use on their website on the same page. This is a reputable publication option, with artist payment (albeit tiny) and little to no risk. Is this a good fit for you?

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Cover Art
from New England Review

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to any genre (painting, photo, sculpture, etc.) that will reproduce well as cover art. “We strongly favor abstraction.”

DEADLINE: May 31, 2019

NOTIFICATION: Within 12 weeks, if possible.

ENTRY FEE: $2-$3 for writing submissions, but cover art submissions appear to be no charge. Fees are waived for current subscribers.

AWARD: $100 for cover art, plus two copies of the issue in which the work appears and a one-year subscription. The cover will be printed in full-color, full bleed, with the magazine’s logo in overprint and will be reproduced on the magazine’s website and electronic publications. The size of the printed cover is 6.75 inches wide by 9.75 inches tall, so the image may need to be adjusted to fit the trim size.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Opulent Mobility 2019

Posted on May 6, 2019May 5, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

practice what you PEACH

I reject the notion that extravagant dishes require exotic foods. I find that the simplest foods, treated extravagantly, remain my favorites. Have you ever had a vanilla-poached peach? Top it with freshly whipped cream and a drizzle of raw honey, and it makes for the the most opulent dessert (or breakfast) you could ever want. I’ve spent many a year unimpressed by this simple stone fruit to only to realize it was my own lack of imagination at fault.

This next Call addresses mobility devices and their common ground the the common peach — a need for re-imagining. Each year when this Call is announced, I revel in the notion of opulent mobility. You need look no further than the work of curator A. Laura Brody as inspiration. At its core, this show suggests that not only are we enough, but that we should celebrate our enough-ness. That we deserve to move through our lives, through this world with a personal sense of opulence, with purposeful, extravagant creativity. Sit with the notion of this Call and see where it takes you.

Check out this Call for Entries from curator A. Laura Brody for Opulent Mobility 2019. This year the exhibit will be at the Dora Stern Gallery in New Jersey. $20 Entry, 40% commission & a unique curatorial theme. Stretch your creative muscles with this Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Opulent Mobility 2019

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“I challenge you to imagine a world where mobility, disability, and access can be opulent. I challenge you to approach the work with thoughtfulness, humor, creativity, and care. Because if we do not imagine a better world, we can’t make one happen.” — A. Laura Brody

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all 2 & 3-D work, film, videos of performance art & music.

THEME: Radical re-imagining of the mobility of disability

DEADLINE: June 30, 2019, 5pm PST

NOTIFICATION: by August 1, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $20 flat fee

CURATORS: A. Laura Brody is a professional costume maker and designer who developed Opulent Mobility as a series of artworks, then built it into a juried group exhibit. Anthony Tusler is a photographer & disability arts activist. His photographs of the 1977 disability occupation of the San Francisco Federal Building are on his site: aboutdisability.com. Celene Ryan, Director of Artist Development for Arts Unbound has more than twelve years of experience as an arts management professional in NYC, working directly with many self-taught artists, most with special needs.

AWARD: This year, Opulent Mobility 2019 will be hosted by Arts Unbound. If accepted, artists’ work will be included in the physical exhibit at the Dora Stern Gallery in New Jersey.

SALES: 40% commission taken on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: On the Easel Magazine

Posted on March 18, 2019March 17, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

don’t paint with FISH SAUCE

Every week I manage to make a handful of Insta-worthy, perfectly staged lunches & dinners, completely by accident. More often, I conjure tasty dishes that are weirdly, mostly shades of brown due to carmelization, excessive de-glazing and a love for soy, fish, Worchestershire & all other sauces, brown & salty. As you might imagine, the brown food pics, outside of coffee & walnuts, aren’t really winners on social media, ha. My work is not brown or salty, but similar & not…

A few times per week I manage to pull off a perfectly Insta-worthy image of my work in progress –always at an off-kilter angle with short focus to blur unresolved issues and just the right light to allow a contrast-y filter to make me look like a rock star. It is deceptive and born out of equal measure of insecurity and social media pressure to look like I always have everything effortlessly under control. I have guilt, but not. I don’t like feeding into the notion that studio life needs to be glamourous, but I also don’t like exposing my vulnerability underbelly to nameless, faceless critics. Then enters this Call. As you might imagine, I read A LOT of Calls, and I like options for art publication. But THIS call is different. This call wants to see the mess. Finally, there is an option to show studio life, work-in-progress specifically. I think that this is the kind of aspirational we can feel good about –always real, likely messy & unresolved. Seeing yourself represented as an artist is important. This Call is the brainchild of one of our previously Featured Artists, Robyn Thompson. It is a project of her course work while working toward her Master of Arts in Social Practice, making this a great opportunity to lift up ourselves AND one of our very own.

Check out this Call for Entries from On the Easel Magazine (digital/print) for Works In Progress. No entry fee for this aspirational call for work in progress. There are no cash awards, but this Call is all pros, no cons for me. Take a look, and please contact me personally if you have concerns…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Work in Progress
from On the Easel Mag

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“On The Easel (OTE), a new hybrid digital/paper magazine is seeking submissions of works in progress. We want to see the mess. We want to show the struggles.”

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media. Despite the name, this Call is not restricted to painting. They “want to show work during its awkward teen years in the hopes that it will inspire folks to push through to bring it to fruition.”

DEADLINE: Rolling. April 15, 2019 or until all spots have been filled.

NOTIFICATION: 1 week post submission.

ENTRY FEE: None

EDITOR: Robyn Thompson, visual artist who is working toward her M.A. in Social Practice program at the University of the Highlands and the Islands. This project is a part of Thompson’s course work. Your participation would be appreciated.

AWARD: Each page will include a full page image of your work in progress or a detail from it. We welcome submissions of either. Your name, links to your work and a paragraph about your process will also be included. The publication will be available for free online and you will be able to order print copies at cost if you wish.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: 2019 Trestle Residencies

Posted on September 20, 2018September 20, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

JELLY much?

Why do we always want what we cannot have? Deprivation drives some people mad. I am not being deprived; I’m just stubborn. It is a control issue. The food at my residency is phenomenal cuisine offered in a beautiful setting. I have eaten every manner of velouté, terrine & and savory foam imaginable, but I am currently craving a PB&J and banana pudding, separately of course. Ridiculous. This next Call is for a residency that does not provide meals, so you are welcome to eat all the junk food you can stand, ha. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Trestle Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) for Trestle Artist Residency and Visiting Artist Residency. This is an opportunity to have work space in Brooklyn while developing a relationship with a great non-profit contemporary art space for only a $10 submission fee. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
2019 Artist Residencies from
The Trestle Gallery

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The visiting residency is “ideal for established artists with a serious practice looking for a space to make work while engaging with the Trestle Gallery & Art Space community.” While the Trestle Artist Residency is “aimed at helping artists find a foothold in the art world while they develop a new body of work as an Trestle Art Space Member.”

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists.

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: October 1, 2018

RESIDENCY DATES: January 1 – June 30, 2019

SUBMISSION FEE: $10 for up to 3

NOTE: These residencies do NOT provide housing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

ARTIST RESIDENCY: AiR Tilburg (The Netherlands)

Posted on September 16, 2018October 15, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

pie or TAART

When I was a child, my grandmother would occasionally bake a special dessert and exclaim, “as American as apple pie” when she would deliver it to the table. I’m not sure why, just an odd familial colloquialism I suppose. But apple pie certainly isn’t an American original. The Dutch have recorded recipes for apple pie dating back to 1514. An appeltaart is a deep pie with a pastry top and bottom. It’s filled with a apple, sugar, cinnamon & lemon juice and sometimes raisins or currants. Now, I’m hungry. This next Call is for a residency in The Netherlands. It is as Dutch as apple pie. *snicker* Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the SEA Foundation (The Netherlands) for a Open Call AiR. 30€ application fee. Two residents will receive full funding; there are non-funded residency options as well. This gift of time may be just what you need…

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ARTIST RESIDENCY:
Open Call AiR
from the SEA Foundation

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to professional artists, age 25+. Students are not eligible.

MEDIA: Open to visual artists, curators & art theorists/writers in all stages of their career.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: October 22, 2018 (Editor’s note: Please pay attention to the time and zone of the deadline when applying.)

NOTIFICATION: Longlist November 1, 2018. Shortlist (invited) November 15. Fellowships announced December 1.

ENTRY FEE: €30 (currently approx. $35 USD)

JURORS: Artistic merit is the basis for selection. All applications will be judged by a panel consisting of SEA Foundation team members that is complemented by international advisors.

AWARDS: Two selected residents for the 2019-2020 program will be offered a fully funded fellowship which includes access to all facilities, mentoring, a weekly stipend and a production budget. Funded by SEA Foundation: Studio and private living quarters; Heating, water and electricity; Bespoke mentoring and training; Use of shared kitchen and common residency rooms; WIFI everywhere on the premises; Breakfast; Use of workshop and equipment; Use of art-related library; Interaction with local peers and other residents; Office facilities and printers; PR activities; Free parking (road side) Bike on loan; Stipend of 200 euro (approx $233 USD) per week; Production budget 1500 euro (approx. $1745 USD) depending on project costs. Paid by the resident: Travel costs & personal expenses.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Relationship

Posted on May 15, 2018May 14, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

CHEESE glorious cheese

I still get email about my relationship with food. A number of my friends & peers are vegan and are bothered by my cheese obsession. I dare say the majority of the people I know are vegetarian; therefore, any mention of meat ends in a little hate mail from frenemies. And I still regularly get the “why do you write about food” question even though we’ve been at it for almost 10 years now. I am surprised EVERY time. I forget people read what I write, ha. This next Call wants to know about your relationship to anything you care to share. How will you answer this Call?

Check out this Call from L.A. Photo Curator (online) for the Relationship exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants. $20 entry and a curatorial them to which everyone can relate. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Relationship
from L.A. Photo Curator

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

THEME: “Relationship is a word that can take on a wide range of meanings and characteristics. We all share many relationships: with our pets, with our friends, with money, with yourself, with each other, with our environment, etc. In the scope of this call-for-entry, I am looking for images that illustrate how you define a relationship that is important to you. Is it a challenge for you to get out of bed, because of your relationship with a nagging back? Is driving frustrating to you because____ (fill in the blanks)? Do you look forward to going to your weekly arts meeting because your friend is there, and you would like the relationship to go deeper? No matter how you define it, you cannot go through your day without experiencing a multitude of relationships. It’s your call!” — Timothy B. Anderson

DEADLINE: May 22, 2018 (Midnight PST)

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 20% of artist fees go to 2 charities –½ to the curator’s choice of charity & ½ goes to the 1st place winner’s choice. Timothy B. Anderson has chosen The Sierra Club.

CURATOR: Timothy B. Anderson publishes Shadow & Light Magazine, 100-page bi-monthly photography magazine, which is now available in print. Anderson is also a publisher (Cygnet Press), and Editor-at-Large for black-and-white photography magazine, Adore Noir. You can see current examples of his photography at his personal site, below. He has juried throughout the country for ANMPAS, Review Santa Fe, Review LA, Photo Lucida, The Center for Fine Art Photography, The Gala Awards & The Palm Springs Photo Festival. He has photographed workshops by Elizabeth Opalenik, Joyce Tenneson, and was asked by the iconic photographer Lucien Clergue to document his nude outdoor location workshop in Béssége, France, in 2009.

AWARDS: The curator chooses 1st place, 2nd place & 3 honorable mentions. The 1st place winner will receive a review by one or more curators including a Q&A about the photographer’s work. In addition, their image will be on the home page for a month. 2nd place & honorable mentions will have their image shown along with their bio, artist statement, C.V. and a link back to their website.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer. There is no commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Fall Residency at Ox-Bow

Posted on April 18, 2018April 19, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

just say YES

I don’t understand the Sunday “cheat day”. I have lots of health conscious friends that believe Sundays are for eating anything you want, no matter how processed, fatty or sugar-laden. They are looking for a respite, I suppose, from the restrictive day-to-day food habits they practice. But, I’m an adult, and I don’t need a cheat day. I am going to eat what I want when I want and deal with the consequences. Life is short; I want everyday to be a respite from deprivation. So there. This next Call offers you a respite from the world and time to concentrate on your art. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Ox-Bow School of Art (Saugatuck, MI) for Fall Artists’ Residency. No entry fee AND no residency fees for up to 2, 3 or 5 weeks PLUS a possible stipend. The gift of time…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Fall Residency from
Ox-Bow School of Art

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: May 1, 2018

NOTIFICATION: June 15, 2018

ENTRY FEE: None. Ox-Bow has furthered its commitment to the needs of artists by no longer charging fees for the residency program (including application, room and board, and residency fees).

AWARD: 2, 3, and 5 week residencies, September 3 – October 7, 2018. All accepted residents will be fully funded. Artist may be considered for additional stipends to help pay for the cost of travel, supplies, and time away from work. Please indicate your interest in being considered for an additional stipend on your application. Recipients residency fees are waived and can possibly receive a $200/ per week stipend.

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