Rasmuson Foundation Artist Residency ProgramInfo session at the Anchorage Museum

June 26, 2015 | Jayson Smart & Jeremy Pataky

The Artist Residency Program supports eight-week residencies for

Alaska artists at Lower 48 organizations and Outside artists at

Alaska organizations. The program launched in 2013.

Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA | Island Institute, Sitka

McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC | Anchorage Museum

Santa Fe Art Institute & IAIA, Santa Fe, NM | Alaska Native Arts Center - UAF

Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH | Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer

Goals of the Artist Residency Program:

Support the creative growth of Alaska’s artists and arts organizations

Expose Alaskans to new work and the creative processes of Lower 48 artists

Introduce Lower 48 communities to unique Alaska perspectives through extended

engagements with artists

What disciplines are eligible?

All visual artsLiterary arts Social practice Media artsCrafts, Folk, & Traditional Art

Artists who are eligible…• have been full time AK residents for last two years, and will be through the residency

• can be established or emerging artists, 18 years and older

• can demonstrate an active and sustained level of accomplishment, commitment, and excellence in their work

•have been formally recognized for their work sometime in the past five years.

•Further criteria details available online.

Djerassi Resident Artists Programnear Woodside, California

•Poetry•Scriptworks•Fiction•Creative Nonfiction •Media / Film

McColl Center for Art + Innovation

Charlotte, North Carolina

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The Center seeks an artist who is knowledgeable about current environmental issues affecting urban ecosystems who will work in advance with Center staff and community partners to identify an existing problem and path of inquiry that will be addressed during the two-month residency period.

Maria Shell installs the community quilt, “Home”, at Moore Place, Charlotte, North Carolina

Santa Fe, New Mexico

The residency is designed for Alaska Native visual artists

who work in the areas of traditional crafts,

contemporary painting, photography, printmaking,

sculpture,or new media.

HistoryIn 2013, the Higher Learning Commission approves IAIA’s first Master’s in Fine Arts program in Creative Writing.

Painting Studio

Jewelry Studio

Ceramic Studio - Glazing Station

Sculpture Studio – Fabrication

Printmaking Studio

Zygote PressCleveland, Ohio

This residency is designed for visual artists with an interest in printmaking. Artists who are not printmakers but want to experiment with printmaking are encouraged to apply.

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How does one apply?

1. Choose which residency program you’ll apply to – Djerassi, McColl, Santa Fe Art Institute, or Zygote?

2. The entire application is online. This system is distinct from the Individual Artist Award system, so you must start this one from scratch the first time you apply.

You will be asked to upload or complete: Artist resumeArtist cover sheet & questionnaire Work sample(s) Work sample information

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Artist Questionnaire: • Tell us about your training, career goals, career achievements and current

practice;• There will be public speaking and community engagement opportunities. Are

you comfortable sharing your work and ideas with the residency center community?

• What are your basic needs in a studio? • Your host organization will provide comfortable living space, but tell us if you

have any special needs in terms of living conditions or accessibility. • Why is this residency important to you? What do you hope to accomplish in the

two months you will be at the residency center? • Beyond your work as an artist, share three things about yourself that you would

like us to know.

Rasmuson Foundation Artist Residency ProgramJayson Smart | 907-297-2882 or toll free 877-366-2700Jeremy Pataky | 907-244-7717

www.rasmuson.org