BEAM ME UP!
It is getting cold in the Smokies, folks…and I LOVE it. And I love to tell you about exotic getaways that will allow you to learn a new culture or climate. Remember the residency call for Roswell, NM? I was all set to bake alien shaped cookies (like these from organic bakery Beautiful Sweets). Well, this next Call for Residency applications is a great opportunity, and it may even be a new climate for you…but it isn’t likely to be any warmer.
Check out this Call for Submissions to the Summer Residency Blue Sky Project. This is an eight-week chance to make a difference with your art.
CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Summer Residency Blue Sky Project
Blue Sky Project invites professional artists from around the world and Dayton-area teens to create new works of contemporary art. This eight-week Artist-in-Residence Program hosts artists who have a demonstrated commitment to innovation and exploration and are interested in collaborating with fellow artists and young people as a means of creating new works.
ELIGIBILITY: Visual Artists, Artist/Activists, Filmmakers, writers, dancers, musicians, theatre performers, and people working in other creative media are encourage to apply.
As a Blue Sky Artist-In-Residence, you will cross-pollinate with other practicing artists, collaborate with teens, expand your ideas and add artistic breadth and depth to the Dayton community.
LOCATION: Relocated for 2009 to Ohio from our original location in Illinois, artists gather for eight weeks from mid-June to mid August at the University of Dayton, located 2 miles from downtown Dayton.
DETAILS: Monday – Thursday, from 10-3:30 are devoted to intensive collaborations between each individual artist and a small group of six to eight local teen participants, culminating in a final exhibition. Artists-in-Residence invent the remaining structure, working together or individually on projects. Their hope is that the projects will seep out, intervene, enhance and impact the community.
SUBMISSIONS: Your recent studio practice & new ideas should provide the foundation for your activities. Because of the collaborative nature of Blue Sky, your project must have an open-ended structure.
BUDGET: Your project must be achievable in eight weeks, within a $1,000 budget (excluding final exhibition expenses) and must engage others in its articulation and production. The rest is up to you.
DEADLINE: January 17, 2011
Previous projects have included: sculptural sound installation, self-published zine of local interviews, performance, musical composition, dance installation, filmmaking, photographic re-imaginings of local sites and nature interventions. See Afro-Galaxy Automythography Collaborative by Resident Artist Mequitta Ahuja in 2007 pictured above left.
