YADDO RETREAT
Yaddo
DEADLINE: January 5, 2023
INFO: Yaddo has been a haven for artists for a century. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment for individual artists, giving you the time, space and silence to create your best work. Our mission is to nurture the creative process at our 400-acre retreat in upstate, New York, protecting the essential privacy of artists and offering an opportunity to work without interruption in a supportive environment.
We offer residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following disciplines: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. You may apply individually or as members of collaborative teams of up to three artists. Peer review is the keystone of our selection process, with different panelists each season. Residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board and a studio. There is no fee to come to Yaddo, and we have access grants to help offset the costs of attending a residency.
All artists are encouraged to apply! Generally, those who qualify for Yaddo residencies are either working at the professional level in their fields or are emerging artists whose work shows great professional promise. An abiding principle at Yaddo is that applications for residency are judged solely on the quality of the work. There are no publication, exhibition or performance requirements if granted a residency.
ELIGIBILITY: Artists in all disciplines who are enrolled in graduate or undergraduate programs, or are engaged in completing work toward an academic degree at the time of application, are not eligible to apply to Yaddo.
Artists may apply once every other calendar year. For example, if you applied in 2021 (January or August deadline), you will be eligible to apply again in either January or August of 2023.
REAPPLICATION: All artists seeking residency at Yaddo must submit a complete application, including recent work samples. The criterion for repeat visit requests is the same as for first visits – the quality of the artist’s work. However, preference is normally given to artists who have not recently visited Yaddo.
FEES: Yaddo’s nonrefundable application fee is $30, to which is added a fee for media uploads ranging from $5 to $10, depending on the discipline. Application fees must be paid by credit card. Applicants who might experience difficulty in paying the application fee are encouraged to contact our Program Department. Artists are responsible for the means to travel to and from Yaddo. However, we have access grants available to offset the costs of accepting an invitation to Yaddo.
LENGTH OF STAY: Residencies vary in length – the average stay is five weeks. The minimum stay is two weeks; the maximum is eight weeks.
FINANCIAL AID: Funds exist to provide limited financial aid to artists, based on need. Only individuals who have already been invited for visits may apply for financial assistance. Specific instructions and an application form are included with each letter of invitation.
ADMISSIONS PANEL: Applications are considered by five independent admissions committees in the artistic disciplines represented at Yaddo: Literature, Visual Art, Music Composition, Performance, and Film & Video. Membership in these committees rotates frequently and the members are artists whose work is recognized and esteemed by their peers. Collaborative applications are considered by appropriate cross-disciplinary panelists.
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES:
Five admissions panels consider applications to Yaddo in the following disciplines:
Literature, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, translation, librettos, and graphic novels.
Visual Art, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, mixed media, and installation art
Music Composition, including instrumental forms, vocal forms, electronic music, music for film, and sound art
Performance, including choreography, performance art, multi-media and/or collaborative works incorporating live performance
Film & Video, including narrative, documentary and experimental films, animation, and screenplays
Applicants should apply to the Admissions Panel that best represents the project they wish to undertake should they be invited for a residency. Applicants may apply to only one admissions panel, and in one genre, at a time. Artists working in new disciplines or on projects that do not fit easily into the above disciplinary categories are encouraged to contact the Program Director about which category is most appropriate for their project.
COLLABORATIONS: Small groups (2 to 3 individuals) of artists wishing to work collaboratively are encouraged to apply. Each member of the group will need to submit an individual application under “Collaborative Teams.” Work samples should give a clear and precise representation of the nature of the collaboration, preferably via previous work the applicants have undertaken together as a collaborative team. Support personnel or interpretative artists, such as computer programmers, instrumentalists, set and lighting designers, and dancers, cannot be included in a residency as part of a collaborative team.
Artists who do not have a collaborative history but who wish to be in residence at the same time should apply to the admissions panel most closely connected to their individual artistic discipline, rather than Collaborative Teams. Concurrent dates of residence may be requested.
Specific questions should be directed to the Program Director before submitting an application.
REFERENCES: Artists are required to have one current reference on file for each application. Rather than a standard letter of recommendation, applicants must provide the name of a colleague who can answer two brief questions regarding artistic work and character. Jurors evaluating your application give more consideration to references from peers in your field. Yaddo does not accept letters of reference on paper or from Interfolio or other reference services. All references must come through SlideRoom.
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Saltonstall Residency
DEADLINE: January 15, 2023
INFO: Saltonstall offers free residencies to artists and writers who are current residents of New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located therein. Our residencies are designed for those looking for a quiet, supportive environment in which to focus on their craft.
In 2019, we piloted a new program: a free six-night residency specifically for artist/writer parents with at least one dependent child under the age of 18 at home. This new residency was a huge success, and is now in its fourth year. We are not able to accommodate children, spouses, partners, or collaborators. This residency is designed for the artist/writer parent alone.
Our categories include:
Poetry
Fiction & Creative Nonfiction
Photography (film or digital) & Filmmaking
Painting | Sculpture | Visual Arts
Each residency session includes the same combination of five artists and writers: one poet, one fiction or creative nonfiction writer, one photographer or filmmaker, and two visual artists. These residencies are designed for individual artists and writers; we cannot accommodate collaborations or partners working together.
All residencies (incl. the six-night residency for artist/writer parents, the two-week, and four-week) function exactly the same way. Each group of five arrives and leaves together, and the application process for all residencies is also exactly the same.
2023 RESIDENCY DATES:
We are offering two residencies specifically for artist/writer parents:
Thursday – Thursday, June 1 – 8
Thursday – Thursday, October 19 – 26
(Please note: this residency is strictly for artist/writer parents who have at least one dependent child at home. The residency is designed to be a period of solitude and focus; as such, we ask that children and other family members remain home.)
Our four-week residencies:
Monday – Monday, June 12 – July 10
Monday – Monday, July 17 – August 14
Our three-week residency (new in 2023!):
Monday – Monday, August 21 – September 11
Our two-week residencies:
Thursday – Thursday, September 14 – 28
Monday – Monday, October 2 – 16
Our one-week residency (new in 2023!):
Monday – Monday, October 30 – November 6
Note: for our two-, three-, and four-week sessions, artists and writers will be expected to participate in an open house at the end of the residency.
AWARD: There is no cost associated with the residency and no cost to apply. Artists and writers who are awarded a residency are provided the following:
$100 per-week stipend + additional stipend support based on financial need. This will be new in 2023. We expect the upper threshold to be approximately $1,000 with priority given to those living below the median household income for their NYS County.
writers: a spacious private apartment with ample desk space
visual artists: a private apartment with adjoining studio space on the same level
photographers or filmmakers: a private apartment with ample desk space and a fully functional wet darkroom
all apartments have private baths and a patio or balcony
hearty chef-prepared vegetarian dinners (we always accommodate for allergies but cannot always accommodate very specific dietary sensitivities.)
groceries and a 24-hour accessible kitchen
washer and dryer in each building
Saltonstall is located eight miles outside Ithaca, NY in the heart of the beautiful Finger Lakes region.
The residency competition is statewide and is open to residents of New York State and/or the Indian Nations located therein. Residency alumni are eligible to re-apply two years after being accepted for a residency. (Ex. artists/writers who were in residence in 2021 are eligible to re-apply in 2023.)
saltonstall.org/residencies/juried-residencies/
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2023 Emerging Artist Residency - For MN & NYC Artists
Anderson Center at Tower View
DEADLINE: January 16, 2023
APPLICATION FEE: $0
INFO: The Anderson Center’s Emerging Artist Residency Program offers month-long residency-fellowships at Tower View to a cohort of early-career artists from Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City for concentrated, uninterrupted creative time to advance their personal artistic goals and projects.
The Anderson Center’s Emerging Artist Residency is an ideal fit for early-career artists in need of focused time and dedicated space in an inspiring residency work environment that empowers them take risks, embrace challenges, and utilize unconventional approaches to problem-solving.
Thanks to generous support from the Jerome Foundation, selected emerging artists receive a $625/week artist stipend, documentation support, art-making resources, lodging & studio space, a travel honorarium, groceries, and chef-prepared communal dinners.
The Anderson Center is an artist community founded in 1995 on the Tower View estate, a venerable research-and-development lab for the arts rooted in an expansive natural setting in rural Red Wing, MN (approximately 1-hour outside the Twin Cities metro).
The Anderson Center’s Emerging Artist Residency is geared toward generative art making, as well as exchange across an interdisciplinary cohort. The program is well suited for vocational early-career artists in pursuit of time, space, and resources to truly commit to a project and explore new creative territories. Critiques, studio visits, and formal professional development are not offered.
The Anderson Center seeks to support emerging writers and artists with an uncompromising drive to create new work at Tower View in August 2023 that demonstrates significant potential for cultural and community impact, is technically accomplished, and engages diverse communities. The organization also believes that the environment and resources of Tower View, along with an exchange of ideas between artists working across disciplines, can serve as a catalyst for new inspiration and innovative directions for the work emerging artists create while in residence.
DEFINITION OF “EMERGING ARTIST”: While the Anderson Center’s general Artist Residency Program hosts artists with a wide range of talent and experience, its Emerging Artist Residency Program exclusively focuses on meeting the specific needs of artists who are in the early stages of their artistic development and career.
The Anderson Center’s goal is to support artists early in their careers who create work that is and/or has the potential to be:
Compelling—offering distinctive vision and authentic voice;
Deeply considered, imaginative, and executed with attention to craft and with technical proficiency, providing artistic experiences that communicate unique perspective/s, and invite viewers to question, discover, explore new ideas in new ways;
Innovative and risk-taking—engaging, questioning, challenging or re-imagining conventional artistic forms.
The Anderson Center defines an emerging artist as someone in the early stages of their creative development with 2-10 years of generative experience, and:
have a focused direction and goals, even while still developing their artistic “voice”
have yet to be substantially celebrated within their field, the media, funding circles or the public at large
are vocational (as opposed to avocational, academic, amateur or educational) artists
Artists who have been in the field for longer than 10 years (excluding any time in a degree-granting program; as a dancer in work created by others; remounting the work of other choreographers; or time away from working as an artist due to circumstances–e.g., having children, caring for family members, long-term illness, etc.) are generally not eligible, even if they feel under-recognized. Age is not a factor in determining emerging artist status.
ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES:
The four primary eligibility guidelines for the Anderson Center’s Emerging Artist Residency are:
Legal residency in the State of Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City.
Not enrolled in any degree-granting program from time of application through residency period.
Self-identification as an “emerging artist” with 2-10 years of generative experience in the field
An artistic practice centered in generating and creating entirely new work.
Minnesota or New York City artists - Artists must currently be legal residents of Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City and have been residents for at least one year prior to the submission of an application. Artist did (or will) file US federal taxes as a resident of Minnesota or New York City. Account address in Submittable must be within MN or NYC. Selected artists will be required to provide proof of Minnesota or New York City residency before a residency is formally offered. Artists must have a US Social Security Number or US Tax ID.
No students - Students enrolled in any degree-granting program from the time of application through the residency period are not eligible to apply for an Emerging Artist Residency at the Anderson Center (this includes any and all K-12, technical school, college, graduate, postgraduate, ABD studies). There are no exceptions to this eligibility criterion. If an artist is pursuing a degree-granting program in some form, they are not eligible. Please do not contact Anderson Center staff regarding technical situations or special edge cases around student status. This program supports vocational artists, not students. No matter the specifics or details, if an artist can be considered a student of a degree-granting program in any way, they are simply not eligible.
“Emerging Artist” Status – Eligible artists self-identify as an “emerging artist” and are in the early stages of their creative development with 2-10 years of generative experience. The Anderson Center’s goal is to serve a spectrum of artists typically in their 2nd to 10th year of creative practice, post-student status (if applicable). This spectrum is framed by artists with some track record of creating and presenting full work (not beginning artists), and artists who are NOT at a point in their careers where they receive consistent development and production opportunities and significant recognition, awards, and acclaim (not mid-career or established artists).
Artists who have been in the field for longer than 10 years (excluding any time in a degree-granting program; as a dancer in work created by others; remounting the work of other choreographers; or time away from working as an artist due to circumstances–e.g., having children, caring for family members, long-term illness, etc.) are generally not eligible, even if they feel under-recognized.
Age is not a determining factor. Career stage is assessed by the cumulative number of years an artist has been generating their own work. Mid-career or established artists shifting from one artistic discipline to another will not be considered early career. For example, a composer with a substantial career in music who is now moving into film will not be considered early career.
The Anderson Center has defined the 2–10 year span recognizing that some artists may experience enormous success and move past early career status well before their 5th year or 10th year. The organization recognizes that the number of opportunities afforded to artists may differ significantly based on discipline, race/ethnicity, class, gender, physical ability, and geography among other factors. Consequently, some artists may be past their 10th year and still be on the spectrum of early career status due to taking time out of active artistic practice for school or other circumstances. The Anderson Center understands that the lack of an absolute or rigid definition leaves room for interpretation, but embraces this flexibility out of our value around diversity and in recognition of the many variables that impact artists’ careers.
New Work – Eligible artists are generating and creating entirely new work (rather than interpreting, translating, arranging, copying, remounting pre-existing work or the work of others). Generative artists are those who conceive and create new original work (e.g., choreographers, composers, playwrights and devisers, filmmakers, writers, visual artists, etc.). This program does not support artists who solely perform or develop/produce the work of others (e.g., dancers, musicians, actors, editors, journalists, etc.).
Collaboratives - Artists that are part of an artistic collective, partnership, or collaborative are welcome to apply, but collaborative residencies are also rare. The program is extremely competitive, and space is simply limited. Each artist must also complete their own application form. Obviously, each application will repeat things and have much overlap. That is OK. In the work plan for in each application, highlight that artist's contribution / skills, while making clear the collaborative nature of the project.
Notes - Artists of all disciplines are eligible and are encouraged to apply. Applications must be submitted through the Anderson Center’s online webform via Submittable.
Please direct any questions regarding emerging artist status and eligibility requirements to Adam Wiltgen, Anderson Center at Tower View Program Director at: adam@andersoncenter.org.
APPLICATION: A completed application form includes a brief artist statement, a work plan, an emerging artist statement, a community engagement statement, work samples, and a resume or CV. Incomplete or late applications will not be reviewed by the panel. You may begin your application, leave and return as many times as necessary to complete the form PRIOR to clicking the submit button at the bottom of the completed form. Important: do not submit your application form until you are completely finished editing as your application will be finalized at that time. If you are a prior resident of the Anderson Center, you must wait one year from the time of your residency to apply again.
The Artist Statement, provides an opportunity for you to share, in 100 words or less, a brief statement or summary about your current and future work.
The Resume, CV, or Biographical Statement is a Word or PDF document that shows education, work experience, publications, awards, and previous residency experience. 3 pages maximum.
The Work Plan is a one page Word or PDF document that clearly and concisely describes what you are working on and what you’d like to accomplish at the Anderson Center. Successful applicants address how the timing, location, and cohort-based model of the residency would benefit their practice. Artists may also mention how specific amenities or resources at the Anderson Center (such as the surrounding natural environment, specific studio spaces or equipment) would advance their work. The statement can be single-spaced.
An Emerging Artist Statement addresses, in 250 words or less, your status as an emerging artist or early-career artist. How would participating in this program impact or advance your practice as an emerging artist? In what ways would this program meet your needs as an emerging artist? Why is this residency important to this stage of your career path? How do you identify as an emerging artist?
Community Engagement Statement is a chance for you to address, in 200 words or less, any interests, goals, or connections that may help staff in developing your engagement activity with community members in Red Wing. What sort of mutually beneficial exchange would both advance your practice and be meaningful for local participants? We are not asking for any concrete plans here, just some general ideas for us to consider.
Work Samples should be of recent work and should include:
· For composers and musicians: 3 to 5 recordings
· For visual artists: At least 5 images of work (300 dpi or larger)
· For nonfiction and fiction writers: 10 pages of double-spaced prose
· For playwrights & screenwriters: 10-page excerpt (does not need to be from the beginning)
· For poets: 10 pages of poetry
· For translators: 10 pages of translation and original text
· For performance artists: 3 short videos excerpts of performances (no videos longer than 5 minutes)
· For filmmakers: at least 3 short film clips (no videos longer than 5 minutes)
· For Scholars: 10 pages of work, including research abstracts and relevant diagrams
DURATION OF RESIDENCY
The Anderson Center’s Emerging Artist Residency Program is a 4-week residency-fellowship the month of August 2023. Selected artists must commit to arriving on August 1 and departing on August 30. August is the only month the program takes place.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Each artist-in-residence receives:
· $625/week artist stipend
· Travel honorarium ($550 for New Yorkers and $150 for Minnesotans)
· $450 documentation budget (services for photography, video, audio, etc.)
Evening dinners are prepared and presented by the Anderson Center chef Monday through Friday. The chef also shops for meal items for artist residents, and residents are responsible for preparing their own breakfasts and lunches, and meals over the weekends. There are also housekeepers who clean and maintain the historic facilities.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Each resident is provided room, board, and workspace for the length of the residency period in the historic Tower View residence. Visual artists are provided a 15' x 26' studio and are responsible for supplying their own materials. Other workspaces on site include a cone 10 gas kiln and electric kilns, an open-air metalsmith facility, a dark room, and a print studio (with a Vandercook 219 letterpress and a Charles Brand-like etching press). Practice space is also available for dancers, choreographers, and musicians. Composers are provided with access to a 1904 Steinway piano and a Royale grand piano.
Residents have access to the many walking trails on campus and to the Cannon Valley Trail, which goes through the Anderson Center’s property. Bicycles are also provided. Residents have responded to many different aspects of the gorgeous Tower View campus through their work, including composers sampling natural sounds and visual artists harvesting plant materials to create site-specific natural inks.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
The program is set-up to minimize distractions and other obligations so that artists have every opportunity to fully focus on their work. However, the Anderson Center was one of the first artist residency programs in the country to require that residents give back to the local community and connect with area residents & organizations through community engagement activities.
Staff work with artists to facilitate and customize at least one hour of mutually beneficial exchange with the Red Wing community that helps foster connection and greater a sense of place.
Within the last few years, Anderson Center residents have connected with 12 schools in five area communities (ranging from elementary through college), 5 senior centers, 2 correctional or detention facilities, 7 community organizations serving children and families, and 8 community organizations serving adults. Residents have also engaged individuals from all walks of life through public workshops, events, discussions, and artful interventions -- both at the Anderson Center or in the community of Red Wing.
PROGRAM MISSION & VALUES
The mission of the Anderson Center is to, in the unique and historic setting of Tower View, offer residencies in the arts, sciences, and humanities; provide a dynamic environment for the exchange of ideas; encourage the pursuit of creative and scholarly endeavors; and serve as a forum for significant contributions to society.
The Anderson Center Residency Program was set-up by a working poet to support other artists and continues to function by those with hands-on experience in the creative process. The organization seeks out feedback from residents each month in order to implement necessary changes as it works toward continual improvement of the program. Most importantly, staff trust artists to know what they need most to advance their individual practices. The Center does not dictate specific outcomes or arrange regular structured activities. Instead, the expectation is that the gift of time and space will generate significant advancements in residents' work. The Anderson Center trusts the artists to best use their time to benefit their own work and reach their own goals.
Since 2014 the Anderson Center has offered such month-long residencies in alternating years to small groups of Deaf artists, including poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers, whose native or adoptive language is American Sign Language (ASL). Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Anderson Center's Deaf Artists Residency is the only program in the country that is Deaf-centric. It was developed with the goal of contributing to the creation of a local and national network of Deaf culture-creators.
The Center also engages in artist exchange programs with the city of Salzburg, Austria, and with Red Wing's Sister City, Quzhou, China. The Center participates in annual scholarship programs with the MFA programs at The University of Minnesota and Pacific Lutheran University in Washington.
As an interdisciplinary arts organization, the Anderson Center embraces artists who are diverse in every way. Since its inception, the organization has intentionally worked with artists representing a wide range of disciplines, with the belief that the exchange of ideas is generative. The residency program supports artists from around the world, representing a wide range of cultures, races, sexual identities and genders. The Center strives to bring people and ideas together and operates with a spirit of welcome for all.
VACCINATION POLICY
Prior to arrival, all artists are sent a revised Residency Handbook outline many items related to daily life for artists-in-residence, including the most current safety policies and protocols. The organization's goal is to balance standard pandemic policies and clear expectations while also highlighting areas where communication or flexibility within each cohort might be beneficial or needed. Again, the Anderson Center Residency Program trusts that artists know what they need most to advance their individual practices and how best to use their time to benefit their own work and reach their own goals. Likewise, artists are empowered to collectively make changes where appropriate and ultimately build the artist community they'd like to see.
At the same time, and as is outlined in the Residency Handbook, the Anderson Center is committed to supporting artists by creating a safe space for their residency experience. As such, for the 2023 season, the organization requires all participating artists to provide proof of up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination prior to arrival.
Of course even with all of these precautions, by simply participating in an artist residency program, there is an inherent risk of exposure, even for vaccinated persons, that is beyond the ability of the Anderson Center to control entirely. By applying to this program you are communicating that you are comfortable with that risk and that you are also up-to-date on your COVID vaccinations (or will be prior to arrival).
SELECTION TIMELINE
January 16, 2023 (12:00 p.m. Noon CST) – application deadline
February 3, 2023 – Jury has selected Round 2 applications. All artists are notified of the status of their application.
February 20, 2023 – Jury has determined finalists. Phone interviews with finalists begin.
March 2, 2023 – Final notification to selected artists, wait-list and runners-up
SELECTION CRITERIA Selection criteria include (in order of importance):
1) Artistic excellence as demonstrated by work samples, resume and artist statement
2) Potential benefit and impact on career as demonstrated by work plan and emerging artist statement
3) Balance of artistic disciplines, identity, geography, etc within selected cohort
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
The Anderson Center provides equal opportunity for all people to participate in and benefit from the activities of the Center, regardless of race, national origin, color, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, in admission, access, or employment. The Anderson Center staff is willing to do what they can to accommodate residents with disabilities. Please call before applying to discuss special needs.
theandersoncenter.submittable.com/submit/237467/2023-emerging-artist-residency-for-mn-nyc-artists
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2023 Anderson Center Residency
Anderson Center at Tower View
DEADLINE: January 16, 2023
APPLICATION FEE: $20
INFO: The Anderson Center, founded in 1995 on the Tower View estate in rural Red Wing, Minn., has renovated and restored historic buildings to support working artists and the creative process, including developing twenty-two active studio spaces and three galleries. A renovated barn serves as a performance and event venue, the historic main residence houses artists-in-residence, and fifteen acres support a sculpture garden.
The Anderson Center at Tower View's flagship artist residency program enables artists, writers, musicians, and performers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment to create, advance, or complete work. In addition to community engagement activities through the artist residency program, the organization has a strong history of helping integrate the arts into community life through local partnerships, hosting annual arts events and participating in other community-based initiatives.
ELIGIBILITY: The Residency Program is open to emerging, mid-career, and established visual artists, writers, composers, choreographers, multidisciplinary artists, musicians, performance artists, scholars, and translators from across the globe. The program is interdisciplinary and the organization welcomes applications from a wide range of creative and intellectual genres, including those that don't fit neatly into the above list.
To be considered, artists must submit an application through the Anderson Center’s online form via Submittable. Complete program details are below. Please contact Adam Wiltgen at 651-388-2009 x4 or adam@andersoncenter.org for any questions.
DURATION OF RESIDENCY: For the 2023 season, the Anderson Center is offering month-long residencies in July, September, and October with rare exceptions made for two-week stays. Additionally, a 2-week session is also taking place the first half of November 2023. In general, there is a 48-hour turnover between residencies to allow time for housekeeping. Specific start and end dates are listed in the application form. Please plan your requested residency dates carefully and provide as much detail as possible regarding your availability.
The Anderson Center is not offering residencies in May or June of 2023 as restoration work and improvements are being completed on the Historic Tower View Residence. August 2023 residencies are reserved for the organization’s Emerging Artist Residency-Fellowship Program.
2023 SCHEDULING & AVAILABILITY: With construction work happening on the residency house in May and June, the 2023 season is running from July through the first half of November. This truncated schedule, coupled with other fellowships, exchanges, and deferrals, has resulted in less availability than would be offered during organization’s regular full May – October season.
Available spots in 2023 for artists submitting materials for this General Residency program opportunity (as of 9/2022):
July 2023 - Three 4-week spots; space for 3 – 5 artists depending on duration
September 2023 - Three 4-week spots; space for 3 – 5 artists depending on duration
October 2023 - Two 4-week spots; space for 2 artists each staying the entire month
November 2023 – Four 2-week spots; space for four artists each staying two weeks
Please keep in mind the organization gives preference to 4-week residencies. While flexibility is possible, in general, no more than two spots (4 artists) would be scheduled for 2-week residencies in a given month. Again, ideally all residencies outside of November 2023 would be 4-weeks in duration. In practical terms across the season, there is space available for eight 4-week residencies (and the four 2-week residencies in November) or at least four 4-week residencies and up to twelve 2-week residencies.
Due to the competitiveness of the program, the organization's goal is to be upfront and transparent about the availability for the General Residency program in 2023 in an effort to help you make a decision about whether this year is the best time to submit an application. Please contact us if you have any questions or need further clarification here.
LOCATION: The Anderson Center campus is located on the 350-acre historic Tower View Estate, built by scientist & farmer Dr. Alexander Pierce Anderson between 1915 and 1921, on the western edge of Red Wing, Minnesota, and its buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Center features a large sculpture garden, and is adjacent to the Cannon Valley Trail, a 20-mile biking and walking trail that runs from Cannon Falls to Red Wing.
The Center is approximately 45 minutes southeast of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Transportation is provided between the Center and the Twin Cities airport on the first and last day of residencies only. Artist Residents that choose to drive will have access to private parking on the property.
The community of Red Wing, Minn., (pop. 16,000) is nestled amidst the scenic bluffs of the upper Mississippi River.
The town is settled on the ancestral homelands of the Mdewakanton & Wahpakute bands of the Dakota people. The City of Red Wing is named after Tatanka Mani (Walking Buffalo), a leader of the Mdewakanton Dakota in the upper Mississippi Valley who wore a ceremonial swan’s wing dyed in brilliant red. In 1815, Tatanka Mani and his people moved their village south to a place they called Khemnichan (Hill, Wood, & Water) in present-day downtown Red Wing. Euro-American immigrants who met him as they advanced into the region in the early nineteenth century came to know him and his village as “Red Wing.”
Since its settlement and eventual incorporation in 1857, Red Wing established itself as a center for agriculture, industry, tourism, medical care, technology, and the arts. The Red Wing Shoe Company and its iconic brands, in particular, continue to have a significant impact on the community’s economic, business, and community development climates. Natural resources abound with Red Wing's riverfront, winding paths through the majestic bluffs, bike trails, and 35 city parks. The Prairie Island Indian Community is located northwest of the city. Frontenac State Park is to the southeast on Lake Pepin. Minnesota State College Southeast Technical’s Red Wing campus is known for its string and brass instrument repair programs. The MN Dept. of Corrections also operates a large juvenile residential facility in Red Wing.
Other amenities include a destination bakery, a chocolate shop, coffee shops, restaurants, the flagship Red Wing Shoe Company store, Goodhue County Historical Society Museum, the Red Wing Stoneware & Pottery store, the Pottery Museum of Red Wing, a Duluth Trading store, the Red Wing Marine Museum, a Target, several pharmacies, a plant nursery & garden center, a Mayo Health System Hospital, a small independent bookstore, and a public library.
Other key community stakeholders include the historic Sheldon Theatre, the Red Wing Arts Association, Red Wing YMCA, Red Wing Youth Outreach, Hispanic Outreach of Goodhue County, Red Wing Area Friends of Immigrants, Red Wing Area Women’s Network, Live Healthy Red Wing, Artreach, Red Wing Artisan Collective, the Artist Sanctuary, Pier 55 Red Wing Area Seniors, Big Turn Music Festival, Red Wing AAUW, Red Wing Environmental Learning Center, Red Wing Girl Scouts, Red Wing Public Schools, Tower View Alternative School, and Universal Music Center, as well as several City boards, commissions, and departments.
APPLICATION: A completed application form includes a brief artist statement, a work plan, a community engagement statement, work samples, and a resume or CV. Incomplete or late applications will not be reviewed by the panel. You may begin your application, leave and return as many times as necessary to complete the form PRIOR to clicking the submit button at the bottom of the completed form. Important: do not submit your application form until you are completely finished editing as your application will be finalized at that time. If you are a prior resident of the Anderson Center, you must wait one year from the time of your residency to apply again.
The Artist Statement, provides an opportunity for you to share, in 100 words or less, a brief statement or summary about your current and future work.
The Resume, CV, or Biographical Statement is a Word or PDF document that shows education, work experience, publications, awards, and previous residency experience. 3 pages maximum.
The Work Plan is a one-page Word or PDF document that clearly and concisely describes what you are working on and what you’d like to accomplish at the Anderson Center. Successful applicants address how the timing, location, and cohort-based model of the residency would benefit their practice. Artists may also mention how specific amenities or resources at the Anderson Center (such as the surrounding natural environment, specific studio spaces or equipment) would advance their work. The statement can be single-spaced.
Community Engagement Statement is a chance for you to address, in 200 words or less, any interests, goals, or connections that may help staff in developing your engagement activity with community members in Red Wing. What sort of mutually beneficial exchange would both advance your practice and be meaningful for local participants? We are not asking for any concrete plans here, just some general ideas for us to consider.
Work Samples should be of recent work and should include:
For composers and musicians: 3 to 5 recordings
For visual artists: At least 5 images of work (300 dpi or larger)
For nonfiction and fiction writers: 10 pages of double-spaced prose
For playwrights & screenwriters: 10-page excerpt (does not need to be from the beginning)
For poets: 10 pages of poetry
For translators: 10 pages of translation and original text
For performance artists: 3 short videos excerpts of performances (no videos longer than 5 minutes)
For filmmakers: at least 3 short film clips (no videos longer than 5 minutes)
For Scholars: 10 pages of work, including research abstracts and relevant diagrams
ACCOMMODATIONS: Each resident is provided room, board, and workspace for the length of the residency period in the historic Tower View residence. Visual artists will be provided a 15' x 26' studio and are responsible for supplying their own materials. Other workspaces on-site include a cone 10 gas kiln and electric kilns, an open-air metalsmith facility, a dark room, and a print studio (with a Vandercook 219 letterpress and a Charles Brand-like etching press). Practice space is also available for dancers, choreographers, and musicians. Composers are provided with access to a 1904 Steinway piano and a Royale grand piano.
Dinners are prepared and presented by the Anderson Center chef Monday through Friday. This chef also shops for groceries for artists-in-residence. Residents are responsible for preparing their own breakfasts and lunches, and meals over the weekends. There are also housekeepers who clean and maintain the historic facilities.
Residents have access to the many walking trails on campus and to the Cannon Valley Trail, which goes through the Anderson Center’s property. Bicycles are also provided. Residents have responded to many different aspects of the gorgeous Tower View campus through their work, including composers sampling natural sounds and visual artists harvesting plant materials to create site-specific natural inks.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: The program is set-up to minimize distractions and other obligations so that artists have every opportunity to fully focus on their work. However, the Anderson Center was one of the first artist residency programs in the country to require that residents give back to the local community and connect with area residents & organizations through community engagement activities.
Staff work with artists to facilitate and customize at least one hour of mutually beneficial exchange with the Red Wing community that helps foster connection and greater a sense of place.
Within the last few years, Anderson Center residents have connected with 12 schools in five area communities (ranging from elementary through college), 5 senior centers, 2 correctional or detention facilities, 7 community organizations serving children and families, and 8 community organizations serving adults. Residents have also engaged individuals from all walks of life through public workshops, events, discussions, and artful interventions -- both at the Anderson Center or in the community of Red Wing.
theandersoncenter.submittable.com/submit/237200/2023-anderson-center-residency
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2023 Writer's Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices
Lambda Literary
DEADLINE: January 18, 2022
APPLICATION FEE: $25
INFO: Applications to attend the 2023 Writer's Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices open on November 30, 2022 and close at 11:59 pm EST on Wednesday, January 18, 2022. You may apply to more than one workshop, however, each application must be submitted separately and requires an additional fee.
The application fee for each application is $25.00. We are offering a number of application fee waivers for the QTBIPOC** (Queer and Trans folks who are Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color) members of our community applying for a fellowship (excluding Writers in Residence). Please email retreat@lambdaliterary.org with your eligibility to request an application fee waiver.
WRITERS IN RESIDENCE: Writers in Residence is a program within The Retreat specifically for Retreat Alumni. There are seven spots open for Writers in Residence in 2023 to study within the seven genres we offer. Please only apply to be a Writers in Residence if you are a former Retreat Attendee.
Writers in Residences will be able to attend daily workshops within one of our seven genre-specific cohorts, but will not have their manuscript workshopped within the cohort. Writers in Residence, will, however, be given a one-on-one with the faculty member leading the genre you apply to.
For example, the Writer in Residence for the Nonfiction cohort with Meredith Talusan will be able to attend 5 days of nonfiction workshops, and will have a one-on-one with Meredith to workshop and critique their piece of writing.
There will be one Writer in Residence chosen per in-person genre for a total of seven spots available for Writer's in Residence in 2023 in-person.
We are also giving Writers in Residence the option to be a part of a panel during the retreat, Life After Lambda, to share with current fellows their experiences as an alumni of The Retreat.
In-Person Retreat Dates and Location
The 2023 Writer's Retreat will be held from July 30-August 5, 2023, at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Virtual Retreat Option
Lambda Literary is excited to announce its all-new Multi-Genre Virtual Cohort, a completely virtual option to attend The Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. Like our in-person workshops, this cross-genre cohort will serve twelve writers. The group will be led by a talented multidisciplinary faculty member with experience in a multitude of different forms, genres, and approaches. This cohort’s daily workshops will take place fully online all week, with the opportunity to virtually attend all other panels, craft talks, and nightly readings held during the week of The Retreat.
As we work to confirm our Multi-Genre Virtual Cohort faculty member, we will adhere to the same high standards we always have when inviting an instructor to lead at The Retreat, We will be releasing the application with the option to choose “Virtual Cohort”, and we will notify our community once we have the faculty member on board. This will be a wonderful opportunity for writers looking to work in multiple genres. Writers of all genres represented at The Retreat are encouraged to apply to the Virtual Cohort.
Tuition & Scholarships
Writer's Retreat tuition is $1,875. Lambda Literary has a host of full and partial scholarships that are available for accepted applicants. Ability to pay is in no way part of the decision-making process. The $25.00 application fee is processed through Submittable's online portal. If you wish to pay by cash or check please contact retreat@lambdaliterary.org.
Application Status Notifications
Writer's Retreat Faculty make the final determinations regarding accepted and waitlisted applicants. All applicants will be notified of their application status in March 2023.
Refund Policy
The $25.00 Writer's Retreat application fee is nonrefundable.
Covid-19 Policy
Lambda Literary will monitor infection rates, health care system capacity, variants, and state and local regulations. If any changes, spikes, or other information deems necessary to switch back to all-virtual programming, we will make the call to do so. Find our full Covid-19 safety policy on our website.
Accessibility Strategy for In-Person Retreat
Chestnut Hill is a very small campus, find their map here. The workshops, readings, and panels will take place in building 1, Fornier hall, which is the bulk of where fellows will be spending their days. Fellows will be staying overnight in building 4, Fitzsimmons hall, where all dorm rooms are air conditioned. The map doesn’t have distance on it, but Fitzsimmons hall is about .1 mile to Fornier hall.
The school has a variety of physical accessibility supports built in such as elevators in the dorm, ramps and lifts throughout for wheelchair users, and hand railings on all other steps. Outside of the dorms, our meeting rooms are all situated on the first floor, but there is elevator access throughout Fornier hall as well. All of the classrooms, larger meeting spaces, and dining hall are in close proximity inside Fonier hall. Bathrooms in the dorms and Fournier Hall are accessible for those with wheelchairs as well.
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WURLITZER FOUNDATION RESIDENCY
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation
DEADLINE: January 18, 2023
APPLICATION FEE: $30
INFO: The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico (HWF) is a private, 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational and charitable organization committed to supporting the arts. Founded in 1954, the HWF manages one of the oldest artist residency programs in the USA and is located on fifteen acres in the heart of Taos, New Mexico, a multicultural community renowned for its popularity with artists.
The Foundation offers three months of rent-free and utility-paid housing to people who specialize in the creative arts. Our eleven artist casitas, or guest houses, are fully furnished and provide residents with a peaceful setting in which to pursue their creative endeavors.
The Foundation accepts applications from painters, poets, sculptors, writers, playwrights, screenwriters, composers, photographers, and filmmakers of national and international origin.
Applications are reviewed by a selection committee consisting of professionals who specialize in the artistic discipline of the applicant. Numerous jurors serve on committees for each: visual arts, music composers, writers, poets, playwrights, and filmmakers. Jurors, who know nothing about the artist's demographics, score in five categories based purely on the merit of the applicant's creative work samples.
Artists in residence have no imposed expectations, quotas, or requirements during their stay on the HWF campus. The HWF’s residency program provides artists with the time and space to create, which in turn enriches the artistic community and culture locally and abroad.
GUIDELINES:
Literary artists may upload writing samples in .pdf format using the application form above. Alternatively, literary artists may choose to mail hard-copies. Include a cover sheet containing your contact info and table of contents, but please omit names and contact info on the writing samples themselves.
Writers: samples should not exceed 35 double-spaced pages
Poets: a maximum of six poems.
Playwrights: include one complete play.
Screenwriters: include one complete screenplay.
Digital work samples are accepted and encouraged for applications from visual artists and composers. Applicants should prepare to submit five work sample files when filling out the online application form. Acceptable file types for images include jpg, gif and png. Accepted types for audio files are mp3 and m4a.
Filmmakers must mail a DVD or USB-drive containing up to 30 minutes of video which represents no more than five different samples of your work.
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DCEFF Vantage Grant For Emerging BIPOC Filmmakers
Environmental Film festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF)
DEADLINE: January 20, 2023
INFO: It is widely known that the harms from climate change fall disproportionately upon underserved communities, and particularly Black, Brown, and Indigenous people. This invokes the need to consider the racial inequities that result from various environmental issues. While many films in recent years have addressed environmental disparities, most of these are made by filmmakers who do not identify with the communities they portray. The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF) is committed to expanding the storytelling pipeline, amplifying the voices and supporting the work of emerging BIPOC filmmakers with a commitment grant. The $12,500 DCEFF Vantage Grant will be bestowed to an emerging BIPOC filmmaker, working on a short film or their first feature, addressing a timely environmental issue at any stage of pre-production through post-production. The grant will be the culminating award given to a winning pitch, presented live at the 31st Annual DCEFF on March 26, 2023.
THE PITCH PROCESS: On December 13, 2022, DCEFF opened pitch project submissions on FilmFreeway, from which 4-6 emerging BIPOC filmmakers will be selected to present their project in a live pitch in front of a panel of industry and environmental leaders and subject experts. All finalists will receive extensive pitch training from Judith Helfand, co-creator of Chicken & Egg Pictures, filmmaker (A Healthy Baby Girl, Blue Vinyl, Cooked: Survival By Zip Code) and professor at the Columbia University School of Journalism. Helfand will also emcee the live pitch program. Travel and hospitality will be provided to all pitch finalists to attend the Festival. Additionally, all of the pitch presenters will receive feedback on their projects from the industry panel, with one project awarded the $12,500 DCEFF Vantage Grant, as determined by the panel. All remaining finalists will receive $500.
ELIGIBILITY:
BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) Filmmaker (Director or Producer)
Emerging (not yet made a feature-length film)
Pitch project is a short or feature on an environmental theme*
Must be in stage: Research and development, pre-production, production, or post-production
If selected, pitch presenter must be available to attend, and travel from within the US (travel support from within the US only)
If selected, you must be able to present in English
*DCEFF defines environmental as any theme broadly related to the natural and built environment. Examples include (but are not limited to): conservation, climate change, environmental justice, Indigenous perspectives, advocacy and activism, and sustainability.
IMPORTANT DATES:
February 3, 2023: Pitch finalists are notified
March 26, 2023: Live pitch at DCEFF
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MGM + THE BLACK LIST FEATURE PARTNERSHIP
MGM / The Black List
DEADLINE: January 23, 2023
INFO: The Black List and MGM invites new voices with unique perspectives from historically underrepresented communities to submit their work for the fourth and final round of the Feature Partnership. This submission window is the last chance for writers to opt in to consideration for a two-step Guild minimum blind deal with MGM.
MGM seeks to work with creative partners who want to tell original stories with universal, all-audiences appeal for the big screen. The studio is genre-agnostic and aspires to work with great talent to join the ranks of MGM’s historic studio. Stage play (plays and musicals) samples will be considered for this opportunity along with feature film samples - no pilots or webseries, please.
The fourth and final opt-in period for the MGM partnership begins September 23, 2022, and will close January 23, 2023. If you wish to purchase an evaluation for consideration in this partnership, we strongly recommend doing so no later than December 23, 2022 in order to guarantee that it is received by the partnership’s close.
MGM can offer the agreed upon deal to any number of or none of the shortlist candidates. Shortlist candidates may be asked to provide a resume and personal statement by MGM.
FAQ
When's the deadline?
The deadline for the fourth and final round of the MGM partnership is January 23, 2023. Please purchase your evaluation(s) no later than December 23, 2022 if you wish to receive them by the close of the submission window.
Who’s Eligible to Apply?
MGM seeks to discover new voices with unique perspectives from historically underrepresented communities. We are looking for creative partners who want to tell original stories with universal, all-audiences appeal for the big screen. The studio is genre-agnostic and aspires to work with great talent to join the ranks of MGM’s historic studio. For the first time ever, stage plays (plays and musicals) will be accepted along with feature film samples - no pilots or webseries, please.
Do I Submit a Feature or a Pilot?
Feature film and stage play (plays and musicals) samples will be considered for the MGM opportunity.
blcklst.com/partnerships/opportunities/93
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Climate Story Fund
Doc Society
DEADLINE: February 1, 2023
INFO: Doc Society's Climate Story Fund is open now!
The Climate Story Fund prioritizes climate stories centering the most affected, the unengaged and the underrepresented, and puts them at the center of the story. The Fund also prioritizes storytellers working in and from those communities, sharing narratives that resonate deeply with new and unengaged audiences, bringing them into critical conversations around climate justice.
The fund will support 6-8 projects with grants ranging between $50,000 to $100,000 per project.
We are looking for creative nonfiction projects including long form, shorts or episodic documentaries as well as podcasts and radio documentaries, that can complete production in 2023 with support from the Climate Story Fund. The Fund also supports completed creative nonfiction and fiction projects of any medium looking to pilot an impact campaign in 2023 to engage audiences who are not typically included in the climate conversation.
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ELEVATE COLLECTIVE
Inevitable Foundation
DEADLINE: Rolling
APPLICATION FEE: $0
INFO: The Elevate Collective empowers mid- and upper-level disabled screenwriters with the mentorship, coaching and connections they need to level-up their careers.
FAQS:
Why did you create Elevate Collective?
Mid- and upper-level disabled screenwriters need targeted support, education, connections and financial resources—small to medium-sized actions that can have an outsized impact, especially in an industry that is mostly focused on supporting emerging talent. Based on the learnings from our Fellowship program, we wanted to support more disabled screenwriters and help them accelerate their careers, with an important emphasis on building community. For mid- and upper-level disabled writers, there are very few places to turn for this industry-specific support, which is why we created Elevate Collective.
What is the difference between the Elevate Collective and an Elevate Collective Award?
Elevate Collective is an ongoing community of disabled writers who can turn to each other for ongoing support, networking and camaraderie. The Collective is made up of Elevate Collective Award recipients, who have received one-time $5,000 grants that can be used for coaching, education, mentorship, work-from-home equipment and/or IP acquisition.
What does an Elevate Collective Award include?
Elevate Collective Members receive a $5,000 professional development grant, which can be used for career coaching, professional development script consultations, equipment and IP acquisition. Elevate Collective Members also have quarterly check-ins with the Inevitable Foundation team and regular events for members to meet their peers and build community with other disabled screenwriters.
Does Inevitable Foundation own the Intellectual Property (IP) that Elevate Collective Members acquire?
No. When Elevate Collective Members use Elevate Collective Awards to purchase IP, the Member is the right’s holder.
How long does an Elevate Collective Award last?
The financial benefits of an Elevate Collective Award must be used within six (6) months. However, Elevate Collective Members will continue to have access to events and community building opportunities indefinitely.
Can I apply for an Elevate Collective Award more than once?
Yes. If you receive an Elevate Collective Award, you are not permitted to apply again for one (1) calendar year, after which you may re-apply. Receiving an Elevate Collective Award once does not guarantee that you will selected in the future.
ELIGIBILITY:
What are your eligibility requirements?
General eligibility requirements:
Self-identifies as disabled.
18 years of age or older.
Currently pursuing a career in screenwriting.
Not enrolled in an accredited degree program.
Currently or previously has worked in the entertainment industry.
Applicants must also meet at least two (2) of the following criteria:
Has an agent or a manager
Member of the WGA, Animation Guild or equivalent union
Has sold a script, TV show, or pitch before
Has staffed on a tv show or received a writing credit on a movie
Has been or currently are in development with a major production company, studio, or network
APPLICATION PROCESS:
What information does the Application ask for?
The Application requires the following information:
Standard Demographic Information including race, gender, sexual orientation, etc.
Writer Questions (max 250 words each)
What have you accomplished in your career over the last two years?
What is the next level you want to achieve in your career
What are the biggest things in the way of you reaching that next level?
Why is disability representation important to you?
What projects are you currently working on?
List title, format, genre(s) and loglines.
Resume or CV