have you seen this
VEGETABLE?

I spent a little time in Mexico a couple of years ago and fell in love with the chayote.  I haven’t been able to find this veggies since my return.  It is sometimes call the “pear squash” and is used like a summer squash.  It was fantastically light and fresh. My husband and I are entering this next Residency Call as musicians.  If we get in, I’m going to drive back a bushel of chayote.  Maybe this residency is the right opportunity for you, too…

Check out this Call for Applications from 360 XOCHI QUETZAL Artist & Writers Residency Program (Chapala, Mexico) for their Summer Residency Program.  Free studio, housing & a food stipend. You just have to get yourself to Mexico.  Just apply through the CAFE system; you know you need this…

RESIDENCY:
360 Xochi Quetzal

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all visual artists, musicians & writers

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE:  April 5, 2014

NOTIFICATION: April 26, 2014

ENTRY FEE: The application fee is $36 and if you apply to both residencies (artist and writer), there is a $12 discount. Artists who are re-applying also qualify for a $12 discount. Only one discount will apply.

For a list of discounts and specifications, download: Download COUPON CODES AND DISCOUNTS FOR WEBSITE.

JURORS:  Jeannine Falino, Juror for Visual Arts, is Adjunct Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City and is a paintings consultant at the Museum of the City of New York. She was previously Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Jeannine has published and lectured widely on American art, especially decorative arts and contemporary craft, and teaches the history of American ceramics at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island.

Alice Fogel, Juror for Writers and Musicians,  is the State Poet Laureate of New Hampshire (USA) 2014 – 2019 and recent winner of the Nicholas Shaffner Award for Music in Literature. Alice is the author of Strange Terrain: A Poetry Handbook for the Reluctant Reader (Hobblebush Books, 2009).  Alice teaches creative writing and poetry at Keene State College, Keene, NH and Landmark College, Putney, Vermont.

AWARDS: This is a free one-month residency. Your residency offers you free wi-fi, weekly maid service, a food stipend of $1,000 pesos and all utilities. You will only be responsible for your laundry, local transportation, entertainment and additional food. International calls can be made via skype.

You are responsible for your travel to and from the Guadalajara International airport, which is just 25 minutes from Chapala.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!