Salina Art Center -- Artist Initiative Residency Program

Deadline: September 15, 2008 (POSTMARK)

Salina Art Center
Artist Initiative Residency Program
Spring through Fall 2010


The Salina Art Center invites you to apply for the Artist Initiative Residency Program, a new, long-term residency program in conjunction with the Art Center’s newly renovated Warehouse. The Artist Initiative aims to increase opportunities for in-depth community interaction with artists and enrich Salina’s role as a vital and viable site for the creation of substantive work by local, regional, national, and international artists. The program strives for a mix of emerging and established artists with well developed ideas, and welcomes those with the ability and interest to interact with our community as part of their residency.

Each residency will include weekly open studio sessions, education outreach, community activities/interaction, as well as time and facilities for the artists to create personal work that meets their creative goals. Artists also have potential for exhibition opportunities at the Salina Art Center’s gallery and screenings at the Salina Art Center Cinema. During their stay in Salina, artists will reside at the Warehouse in a furnished apartment complete with a private bath, kitchenette, laundry facilities, and computer access.

During the May/June residency, artists will have an opportunity to complete a temporary public art project in June in conjunction with the Smoky Hill River Festival. The Smoky Hill River Festival, set in Salina’s Oakdale Park, is an annual Salina event reaching over 80,000 visitors. Each year the Salina Art Center, in partnership with Salina Arts and Humanities Commission, coordinates an artist-in-residence to complete a community art project, art installation, or artist workshop at the Festival.

ELIGIBILITY
The program strives for a mix of emerging and established artists with well developed ideas, and welcomes those with the ability and interest to interact with our community as part of the residency. The residency program is open to visual, new genre/new media and interdisciplinary artists and intended for independent artists working in one or more of the following media: painting, digital imaging, drawing, installation, community and sound art, and sculpture with limited facilities for photography, printmaking, and ceramics.

JUROR
The program will be juried and coordinated by the Artist Initiative Residency Committee comprised of Salina community members, artists, and the Art Center executive director and curator.

Application Deadline:
September 15, 2008 (postmark) for the spring 2010 through fall 2010 residencies. Applicants will be notified in mid-November 2008.

Fee: Application Fee is $30.00.

Application Form: salinaartcenter.org/ArtistResidencyApplications.pdf

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