LITERARY ARTS GRANTS
South Arts
DEADLINE: December 4, 2024
INFO: As part of its Literary Arts Initiative, South Arts is excited to announce grants for literary arts projects for writers and publishers. These grants deepen our commitment to amplifying literary traditions and practices of the American South through directly funding the initiation, development, and completion of literary arts projects in poetry, fiction, creative or literary nonfiction, young readers’ literature, and drama (playwriting and screenwriting).
Literary Arts Grants will be made to writers, independent literary publishers, and small presses:
LITERARY ARTS GRANTS FOR WRITERS: South Arts will award literary grants up to $5,000. Applicants (writers or organizations) must apply through Salesforce and include writing samples and other required attachments specified in these Guidelines.
LITERARY ARTS GRANTS FOR PUBLISHERS: South Arts will award literary arts grants up to $5,000 to support Southern independent publishers and small presses. Applicants must apply through Salesforce and include the publisher’s representative work samples and other required attachments as specified in these Guidelines.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline to Apply: 12/4/2024
Awards Announced: February 2025
Funding Cycle: March 1, 2025 – August 30, 2026 (18 months)
The award announcement may be earlier or later than the date listed above, depending on the number of applications and judging process.
Applicants who are not selected for an award will receive notification via the email on their application form before the award announcement.
South Arts reserves the right to not consider incomplete or improperly submitted applications without informing the applicant.
Judges do not communicate any information or details of their review. Given the volume of applications received, South Arts cannot provide individual feedback on the application and from the panel.
Applicants who move from the South Arts Region after they submit their application are encouraged to notify South Arts and will not be eligible to receive a grant award.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
ELIGIBLE ENTITIES
All applicants are eligible to receive only one grant award.
Current, full-time resident or Headquartered in the South Arts Region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, The Carolinas, Tennessee) both at the time of application and at receipt of the award.
For Writers
One application per artist or arts organization per funding cycle will be accepted.
Applicant artists must be 18 years of age or older.
Applicant artists must not be enrolled in a literary arts/writing academic program at time of application and at receipt of award.
Current, full-time residents for at least the prior 12 months s of the South Arts region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, The Carolinas, Tennessee) both at the time of application during the project period.
Works authored by more than one person are ineligible.
For Literary Arts Organizations
For Publishers: Independent nonprofit publishers and small presses including journals.
Based in the South Arts Region for at least the prior 12 months (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, The Carolinas, Tennessee) both at the time of application and during the project period.
Other non-profit organizations with a literary arts mission.
INELIGIBLE ENTITIES
Units of government
Colleges/Universities are ineligible to apply for this grant.
UNALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES
General operating support.
Support for a full season of programming.
Courses or coursework in degree-granting or continuing education institutions.
Literary publishing that does not focus on contemporary literature and/or writers.
Publication of books, exhibition of works, or other projects by the applicant organization's board members, faculty, or trustees.
Projects for which no curatorial, juried, or editorial judgment has been applied to the selection of artists or art works.
Social activities such as receptions, parties, galas, community dinners, picnics, and potlucks.
Costs of entertainment, including amusement, diversion, and social activities and any associated costs are unallowable; generally, this includes activities at venues such as bars, wineries, and breweries where the consumption of alcohol/social activity is the primary purpose of the venue.
Awards to individuals or organizations to honor or recognize achievement.
Commercial (for-profit) enterprises or activities, including arts markets, concessions, food, t-shirts, artwork, or other items for resale. This includes online or virtual sales/shops.
Construction, purchase, or renovation of facilities.
Sub-granting or regranting.
UNALLOWABLE COSTS
Cash reserves and endowments.
Startup costs or other costs associated with establishing new organizations.
Alcoholic beverages or other hospitality costs.
Purchase and/or use of gift cards and gift certificates to support project costs.
Gifts and prizes, including cash prizes as well as other items with monetary value (e.g., electronic devices, gift certificates).
Contributions and donations to other entities, including donation drives.
General miscellaneous or contingency costs.
Fines and penalties, bad debt costs, deficit reduction.
Marketing expenses that are not directly related to the project.
Audit costs.
Rental costs for home office workspace owned by individuals or entities affiliated with the applicant.
The purchase of vehicles.
Costs incurred before the beginning or after the completion of the official project period.
MATCHING REQUIREMENTS
All grants require a 2:1 cost share. South Arts matches $2 for every $1 the applicant contributes towards project costs.
Grants will pay up to 2/3 of the total cost of the opportunity, with a maximum award of $5,000. The applicant must cover remaining expenses, and South Arts requires a 2:1 match (2 South Arts: 1 grantee). Artists may include their own cash in the match. Examples:
Total Project Cost- $6,000, the applicant can request up to $4,000 and contribute the remaining $2,000 of funds through a combination of their own cash and other contributions.
Total Project Costs are $15,000: The applicant can request up to $5,000 and contribute the remaining $10,000 of funds through a combination of their own cash and other contributions.
Toal Project Costs are $3,000: The applicant can request up to $2,000 and contribute the remaining $1,000 of funds through a combination of their own cash and other contributions.
Budget details should identify the source of funds (including self-funding, private contributions, institutional stipends, or additional grant funding) not requested from South Arts.
Total projected expenses must meet or exceed the request by 50%.
Funds can be used for these eligible expenses directly related to participation in proposed activities:
For Organizations: Itemize project personnel costs
Travel (itemize air, ground, lodging, per diem, visa services)
Equipment rental (itemize all equipment rental expenses)
Office expenses (itemize supplies, and shipping/postage)
Services/professional fees (itemize editorial, graphic design, photography/videography, financial, publishing, production, and distribution services, etc.)
Marketing
Facility expenses (itemize rent, space rental, utilities)
Insurance
Childcare or elder caregiver service costs that arise as a result of applicant planning and executing the proposed project
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WRITERS RETREAT FOR EMERGING LGBTQ VOICES
Lambda Literary
DEADLINE: December 8, 2024 at 11:59pm EST
APPLICATION FEE: $30
INFO: The Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices is the nation’s premier LGBTQ writing residency. It is the only multi-genre writing residency devoted exclusively to emerging LGBTQ+ writers. The Retreat is an unparalleled opportunity to develop one’s craft and find community.
Since 2007, the Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices has offered sophisticated instruction in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young adult fiction, playwriting led by the most talented writers working today. In 2022, the Writers Retreat expanded to include instruction in screenwriting and speculative fiction, and in 2025, we will introduce the newest cohort serving writers working in both and between playwriting and screenwriting.
In 2025, as we did in 2024, we are holding our Writers Retreat online. This format allows for us as an organization to continue building our resources while offering the same high-quality programming that remains accessible to folks who may not otherwise be able to attend in-person programs.
We are excited to announce that this year, we will be lengthening the typically week-long program to a 10-day virtual retreat, from Thursday, July 31-Saturday, August 9. In this new model, we will use the first two evenings on Thursday and Friday to build community and hold additional programming. We hope that this new model will build relationships and community, offer more learning opportunities, but we also aim to allow those attending the retreat from home to continue to sustain the elements of their livelihood outside of the Retreat program.
Additionally, we will be adding a brand new cohort to our Writers Retreat: the screen/play/writing cohort. This cross-genre cohort is meant for performance writers who work outside of the stage/screen binary, those who waft between genres, and those who are working in adaptations. We invite all screenwriters and playwrights in this cohort to consider how their work can move between genres, between stage and screen, while centering writing for performance. Coming back for another year after an astounding stint as Playwriting Faculty in 2024, we welcome back Roger Q. Mason to lead this inaugural cohort!
SCHEDULE:
We’ve extended the typical length of the retreat from 7 days to 10:
We will have a mix of synchronous programming and asynchronous programming, and on days when we offer all day programming, fellows can expect to have ample breaks and rest from screens.
Thursday, July 31-Friday, August 1: Programming begins at ~7:00 pm EST/ 4:00 pm PST
Saturday, August 2-Friday, August 8: All day programming
Saturday, August 9: Programming ends at ~6:00 pm EST/3:00 pm PST
APPLICATION DETAILS:
Applications to attend the 2025 Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ* Voices open on November 1, 2024 and close at 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on December 8, 2024. You may apply to more than one workshop, however, each application must be submitted separately and requires an additional fee.
We are offering a number of application fee waivers for the QTBIPOC** (Queer and Trans folks who are or identify as Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color) folks who would be attending the Retreat for the first time. Please email retreat@lambdaliterary.org to request an application fee waiver.
To Apply, Please Prepare
1. An artistic/biographical statement (max 500 words).
2. a writing sample matching the genre of the workshop you’re applying for:
.DOC, .DOCX, or .PDF format.
For prose, double spaced, 12 point font.
For Fiction, Nonfiction, Speculative Fiction, and Young Adult Fiction: 15 pages maximum. This maximum applies to cross-genre samples as well as samples in verse.
For Playwriting/Screenwriting and Play/Screen/Writing: 15 pages maximum from a full-length work, short play/script, or piece of theatre/film.
For Poetry: 8 pages maximum.
The sample you apply with does not have to be the same sample you plan to workshop at the Retreat.
3. Optional, not required for acceptance:
Any publications of your work during the past two years, including anthologies, literary journals, magazines, websites, and books.
Any other writing conferences, retreats, and workshops have you attended.
If you're applying to scholarships, a scholarship statement (max 500 words).
TUITION + SCHOLARSHIPS:
Writers Retreat tuition is currently set at $1,625. However, we are working on raising funds to lower this price for fellows. This means there is a possibility that the price of tuition will go down, but it will not go any higher than $1,625. All accepted/waitlisted applicants will be notified of the final price of tuition before accepting their fellowship.
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. We have a robust and ever-growing host of scholarships available thanks to our intensive fundraising efforts and generous donors. Lambda also supports fellows in their own fundraising efforts using our fundraising platform. Many fellows who used our peer-to-peer fundraising platform in 2024 raised their entire tuition fee.
The $30.00 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:
Writers Retreat Faculty make the final determinations regarding accepted and waitlisted applicants. All applicants will be notified of their application status in April 2025.
lambdaliterary.org/emerging-writers-retreat/
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writers room
Life Jacket Theatre
DEADLINE: December 15, 2024
INFO: Life Jacket is now accepting applications for our WRITERS ROOM, a new dramaturgical home dedicated to supporting and uplifting emerging LGBTQ+ playwrights based in the New York City area who are interested in creating new investigative works based on (or inspired by) real people and events.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE:
MARCH-MAY 2025: Participants will meet twice monthly in a writing studio in Manhattan (six sessions in total) to take turns presenting new pages from full-length plays that they are actively developing. Playwrights will then receive feedback from their fellow participants to help refine and enhance their work.
MAY 2025: Life Jacket will produce one public reading featuring 10-minute excerpts of the playwrights’ collective works developed during this program. Each playwright will be responsible for securing the actors and directors needed to appropriately present their work.
ELIGIBILITY:
Qualified applicants will identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community, have written at least 2 full-length plays/musicals, reside in the New York City area, be able to meet twice monthly in-person during the duration of this program, and are classified as emerging (e.g., have not had a professional production of their work in New York City with a run longer than 4 weeks or 21 performances). Individuals currently enrolled in full-time degree/certificate programs are not eligible for this program.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
ARTIST BIO: 150 words max.
ARTIST STATEMENT: A description of why you are interested in this group and a synopsis of the work you wish to develop in this program. 500 words max.
WRITING SAMPLE: Excerpt of a completed play OR the work that you wish to develop while participating in this program. 10 pages max.
TIMELINE:
DECEMBER 15, 2024: Applications close (or earlier when 200 applications are received, whichever comes first).
FEBRUARY 2025: Applicants are notified of admission decisions.
If you have any questions regarding the application process, please email: lifejacketwritersroom@gmail.com.
lifejackettheatre.org/writers-room
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call for one-act plays
Third Coast
DEADLINE: Extended to December 15, 2024
ENTRY FEE: $3
INFO: Third Coast is seeking drama submissions.
GUIDELINES:
Please submit one-act plays of no more than 20 pages.
Third Coast strongly encourages the submission of 10-minute plays that have had readings or productions, but have not received publication.
Please submit in standard play format.
thirdcoastmagazine.submittable.com/submit
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FINE ARTS WORK CENTER FELLOWSHIP
Fine Arts Work Center
DEADLINE: December 16, 2024
APPLICATION FEE: $65
INFO: Each year, the Work Center offers 20 seven-month residencies to a juried group of emerging visual artists, fiction writers, and poets. Each Fellow receives an apartment, a studio (for visual artists), and a monthly stipend of $1,250 plus an exit stipend of $1,000. Residencies run from October 1 through April 30. During this time, Fellows have the opportunity to pursue their work independently in a diverse and supportive community of peers.
THE RESIDENCY:
During the course of the Fellowship, each Writing Fellow is invited to give a public reading and each Visual Art Fellow is given a solo exhibition opportunity. Readings and openings are attended by current and past Fellows, local residents, visitors to Provincetown, leadership of the town’s numerous cultural institutions, and the many illustrious artists and writers who make their homes in Provincetown. Events take place in the beautifully renovated public spaces of the Work Center: the Stanley Kunitz Common Room and Hudson D. Walker Gallery.
VISITING ARTISTS + WRITERS
While in residence, Fellows also help select a series of visiting artists and writers. These visiting artists and writers meet with the Fellows for studio visits and manuscript reviews and give public readings and artist talks that draw thousands from Provincetown and beyond. Visiting guests have included presidential inaugural poet Elizabeth Alexander; Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel; winner of the National Book Award for Poetry Mark Doty; Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress Robert Pinsky; artist and MacArthur Fellowship recipient Judy Pfaff; and Katherine Porter, whose work is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
The Work Center’s founders believed that seven months was the minimum amount of time needed for artists and writers in the crucial early stages of their careers to learn to structure their lives around their creative practice. Each generation of Fellows ideally moves on from the Work Center with a firm belief in their ability to pursue a life as a practicing artist or writer.
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NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship
NYFA
DEADLINE: December 17, 2024 at 5:00pm ET
INFO: The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is an $8,000 unrestricted cash grant available to artists living in New York State and/or one of the Tribal Nations located therein.
This grant is awarded in fifteen different disciplines over a three-year period (five categories a year) and the application is free to complete. The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is not a project grant, but is intended to fund an artist’s vision or voice, at all levels of their artistic development.
DISCIPLINES:
APPLICANTS MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
25 years or older by the application deadline date
Current residents of New York State and/or one of the Tribal Nations located in New York State
Must have maintained New York State residency, and/or residency in one of the Tribal Nations located therein, for at least the last two consecutive years (2023 & 2024)
Not enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind
Are the originators of the work, i.e. choreographers or playwrights, not interpretive artists such as dancers or actors
Did not receive a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in any discipline in the past five consecutive years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024
Cannot submit any work samples that have been previously awarded a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship
While collaborating artists are eligible to apply, the total number of artists cannot exceed three individuals (this includes the submitter). Each artist applying must all meet the eligibility criteria for this award. Artists applying as a collaboration cannot apply separately as an individual.
Applicants can apply in a maximum of 2 categories each cycle
Are not a current NYFA employee or have been in the last 12 months, a member of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, 2025 panelist, or an immediate family member of any of the above.
Artists that have been awarded five NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships receive Emeritus status and are no longer eligible for the award
NYFA only accepts applications online via apply.nyfa.org/submit.
nyfa.org/awards-grants/artist-fellowships
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Raise the Page, Uplift the Word: A BIPOC Festival of Short Plays
Abingdon Theatre Company
DEADLINE: December 20, 2024
INFO: Seeking Playwrights, Directors, and Actors for Abingdon Theatre Company's upcoming Raise the Page, Uplift the Word: A BIPOC Festival of Short Plays in collaboration with AMT Theater. Abingdon Theatre Company continues to be committed to creating opportunities for all voices to be heard. With this in mind, ATC is thrilled to open submissions for their fifth annual festival of short plays; a festival shedding light on stories by people of color.
Playwrights: Short play submissions should be unpublished, no longer than 40 pages and written by BIPOC individuals. We are accepting applications from artists from all experience levels, locations, and ages.
Directors: Seeking BIPOC directors for our festival of short plays. Please ensure you are available for the in-person festival in New York City from February 15-16.
Actors: Seeking actors of all ethnicities for our festival of short plays. Please ensure you are available for the in-person festival in New York City from February 15-16.
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Artivism Fellowship
Broadway Advocacy Coalition
DEADLINE: January 1, 2025 at 4pm ET
INFO: Artivism Fellowship is a 7-month incubation process that provides one participating artist-activist with $10k and the tools and resources to blend artistry, law, policy, and community engagement to leverage their creative talents to drive meaningful systemic change.
In the fifth year of the Artivism Fellowship, we’re focusing on a single fellow who will be exploring alongside our advocacy partner, Community Capacity Development. Community Capacity Development is a world renowned Human Justice and Healing Organization that uproots systemic challenges in marginalized communities. CCD develops and implements community-led solutions.
APPLICATION GUIDELINES:
We want to keep things straightforward. As a fellow, you’ll be asked to:
Create: You’ll develop one original, narrative-based piece that responds to a pressing social issue in collaboration with a partner organization working toward systemic change. This fellowship doesn’t support projects-in-progress; instead, you’ll create something completely new, addressing a specific issue identified by the partner, ensuring your work is both timely and impactful. You’ll receive advisory, marketing, legal, policy, and production support to ensure your work reflects your creative vision while also driving meaningful real-world impact. The Artivism Fellow will fully integrate BAC’s Theater of Change methodology into their work.
Collaborate: You’ll work closely with peers, mentors, policy advisors, and our partner organization to refine your work, receiving guidance on artistic, legal, and advocacy-related aspects to enhance the impact of your project.
Present: You’ll showcase your work during two key events produced by BAC: a Work in Progress presentation in May and the Night of Artivism in September.
The result? You’ll create an impactful piece of artivism, crafted in collaboration with a partner, ready to share with the public and positioned to inspire real change.
You in?
IMPORTANT DATES:
Please take note of these dates for the application period:
December 2, 2024: Applications open
December 10, 2024: Virtual Info Session
January 1, 2025: Applications due
January 1 - 5, 2025: Applications reviewed by committee
January 5, 2025: Applicants Notified of their status
January 9 - 12, 2025: Top 5 Group Interview x Activity (virtual)
January 16, 2025: Fellows are selected and all applicants are notified of their application status
FELLOWSHIP SLOT:
One narrative-based artivist will receive advisory, marketing, legal/policy, and production support to develop an original new piece as a BAC Artivism Fellow over a 7-month period. Open to artists committed to utilizing their artistic skills for social justice and systemic change, ideal candidates will:
Be a playwright, songwriter, or other creative practitioner with a passion for merging art and activism.
Demonstrate a clear commitment to social justice and anti-racist work through their artistic practice.
Have experience working with or for marginalized communities and addressing systemic inequities.
Be willing and able to fully integrate BAC’s Theater of Change methodology into their work.
Be an alumni of BAC’s Theater of Change workshop.
Be available for in-person cohort meetings and live in one of NYC’s five boroughs.
Be 21 years of age or older.
BAC’s ARTIVISM FELLOWSHIP DETAILS:
One (1) narrative-based artivist will receive advisory, marketing, legal/policy, and production support to develop one original new piece as a BAC Artivism Fellow over a 7-month period.
Please Note: BAC will not support projects-in-progress. This is an issue-responsive fellowship.
Presentation Schedule:
Work in Progress - May 12 2025 at MCC Theater (rehearsals & work in progress)
Night of Artivism - September 2025: (rehearsals & final showing), Space to be confirmed
Courses + Residencies:
Participation in BAC’s Theater of Change course at Columbia Law School: January 31 - Feb 2, 2025 and Feb 9 - 10, 2025
Writing Residency: April 2025 (3 - 5 days) // June 2025 (5 days)
Beyond the Bars Conference: March 6 - 9, 2025
Cohort Sessions:
Fridays (in-person & virtual) biweekly beginning February 21, 2025
Content Shoot Day: Scheduled once the Fellowship Begins
The content day is designed to produce high-quality digital assets that reflect the fellow’s projects and artistic expressions, which may later be used for promotional or storytelling purposes within the fellowship program. The goal of the shoot is to visually align with the themes of artivism and storytelling, connecting the fellow’s individual narratives with broader social change efforts.
Advisory Outings: Throughout the Fellowship
You’ll spend intentional, one-on-one time with Alumni. Whether it’s a feedback dinner, attending a show together, or even participating in your writing residency, this is your chance to connect deeply with an artivist advisor.
Artistic + Production Support:
Selected Artivists Will Be Able To Utilize And Engage In The Following Aspects Throughout Their 7-Month Residency. BAC will cover artistic and production costs as outlined below:
$10,000 fellow stipend and workshop presentation production budget as created, approved and managed by the Program Director.
A Production Stage Manager for Night of Artivism and Work in Progress.
Assistance with research and conceptualization, coordination of readings, facilitation of presentations, organization of workshops, management of rehearsals, and oversight of productions, both in terms of production and administration.
Low-tech/no-tech shared Work in Progress among the cohort with invited audiences and BAC staff (no public BAC marketing) in May 2025.
A Night of Artivism (workshop presentation) in September 2025 with BAC production and marketing support.
Networking + Connections:
Fellows will establish vibrant connections within a peer support and mentorship network, engaging in collaborative discussions on topics such as community engagement in artivism, advocacy strategies, crafting engagement strategies to maximize project impact, and meaningful interactions with impacted communities.
INFO SESSION:
BAC staff will host an online information session for prospective Artivism Fellowship applicants. All interested applicants are encouraged to attend.
Join us virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, from 6:00-7:00 pm. Click here to register.
For any questions about the application or the fellowship, please contact indigo@bwayadvocacycoalition.org.
bwayadvocacycoalition.org/artivism-fellowship
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Short-Term Fellowships for Writers, Artists, and Other Humanists
Newberry Library
DEADLINE: January 3, 2025
INFO: Newberry fellowships give researchers the time, space, and community required to pursue innovative and ground-breaking projects. Fellows advance scholarship in various fields, develop new interpretations, and expand our understanding of the past.
The Jan and Frank Cicero Fellowship - Offering one month of support for a person working in the visual and performing arts who wishes to advance their artistic practice through the use of the Newberry collection.
Stipend: $3,000/month
Length: 1 month
Who can apply: Artists and performers including (but not limited to) painters, sculptors, choreographers, dramaturgs, creative writers, composers, and others in artistic fields.
The Arthur and Lila Weinberg Fellowship for Independent Researchers - This fellowship is for writers, journalists, filmmakers, visual and performing artists, and other humanists who wish to use the Newberry’s collection to further their creative work. Preference is given to individuals working on projects that focus on social justice or reform.
Stipend: $3,000/month
Length: 1 month
Who can apply: Applicants must be individuals working outside of traditional academic settings.
The Historical Fiction Writing Fellowship - Offering one month of support for a person working in the area of historical fiction. We encourage applications relating to a wide range of historical fiction including novels, short stories, plays and theatrical works, or poetry.
Stipend: $3,000/month
Length: 1 month
Who can apply: Writers of historical fiction.
newberry.org/research/fellowships/short-term-fellowships
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2025 Residency Program
Saltonstall
DEADLINE: January 5, 2025 at 11:59pm EST
APPLICATION FEE: $0
INFO: Each year, the Saltonstall Foundation awards free, stipend-supported, accessible residencies to artists and writers who are residents of New York State and Indian Nations therein. We support artists and writers working in the following disciplines:
Poetry
Playwriting & Screenwriting (NEW in 2025!)
Photography (film or digital) & Filmmaking
Painting | Sculpture | Visual Arts
A Saltonstall residency is a small community. We strive to provide a quiet, welcoming, respectful, and nurturing environment for creative individuals looking for uninterrupted time to focus on their craft. There is NO COST to attend Saltonstall or to apply. We welcome submissions from artists and writers living in New York State and Indian Nations therein.
There are five people in residence at a time: one poet, one playwright or screenwriter, one photographer or filmmaker, and two visual artists. Each group of five arrives and departs at the same time. Each Fellowship recipient is provided with a stipend, and a private live/work space with separate private studios for the two visual artists. There is also a darkroom built into the main house.
Since 2021, Saltonstall offers wheelchair friendly facilities with additional private space for a caregiver if needed.
DATES FOR 2025 RESIDENCIES:
Our fifth annual residencies for artist/writer parents -- now including full-time caregivers!
Friday, May 30 – Friday, June 6
Friday, October 17 – Friday, October 24
Please note: this residency is strictly for artist/writer parents who have at least one dependent child (under 18) at home. NEW in 2025: this category now includes full-time caregivers with no restrictions related to the age of your dependent. Since the residency is designed to be a period of solitude and focus for artists and writers, we ask that children and other family members remain home.
Our four-week residencies:
Monday – Monday, June 9 – July 7
Monday – Monday, July 14 – August 11
One (of two) two-week residency:
Thursday – Thursday, August 14 – 28
Our three-week residency:
Tuesday – Tuesday, September 2 – 23
Our second two-week residency:
Monday – Monday, September 29 – October 13
Applicants may apply for either our residency for parents/caregivers or the 3- or 4-week residencies or the 2-week residencies (not a combination). For those applying for the longer residencies, you will be given an opportunity to rank your choice of dates within the application.
All applicants (including those applying for the residency for parents) may apply in more than one artistic or literary category, however a complete and separate application for each category is required.
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.
saltonstall.submittable.com/submit
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The Terrence McNally New Works Incubator
Rattlestick Theater
DEADLINE: January 9, 2025 at 11:59 pm EST (or when 500 applications have been received)
INFO: Rattlestick Theater, the Terrence McNally Foundation, and Tom Kirdahy Productions (TKP) are excited to open applications for Cycle 3 of the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator.
As a continuation of Terrence McNally’s singular legacy of mentorship, and his commitment to fostering bold new voices in the American theater, the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator is designed to support ambitious early-career playwrights by giving them time and space to develop their work, professional mentorship with veteran playwrights, and access to the community of artists and work being developed at Rattlestick and Tom Kirdahy Productions.
McNally fellows are selected by a panel of renowned American playwrights. The Playwright Advisory Council for cycle two included Sheila Callaghan, Halley Feiffer, Madeleine George, Stephan Karam, Mike Lew, donja r. love, Rehana Mirza, and Lynn Nottage.
ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM:
Stipend
Each McNally fellow will receive a one-time stipend of $7500 to be used as the playwright sees fit to best further their goals.
Mentorship
In consultation with Rattlestick Theater and Tom Kirdahy Productions, each McNally Fellow will be paired with a veteran playwright mentor who will read a minimum of two drafts and offer one-on-one feedback, in addition to attending a workshop rehearsal and/or final presentation subject to their availability.
Three-Week Incubation
After the initial mentor meeting, the playwright will revise and develop their play for three weeks. This is time for rigorous thinking, dreaming, and writing outside the constraints of a product-oriented rehearsal space.
In addition to mentor feedback, the playwright will meet with the literary teams at both Tom Kirdahy Productions and Rattlestick to discuss their work and process.
McNally fellows will be invited to participate in additional Rattlestick events where they will have the opportunity to get to know the teams at Tom Kirdahy Productions and Rattlestick as well as the other McNally Fellows and other industry professionals.
29-Hour Workshop
The second part of the incubator will take the form of a developmental workshop culminating in a industry presentation. Core collaborators (director, dramaturg, actors) will be chosen in consultation with the selected playwright, Tom Kirdahy Productions, and Rattlestick and will be compensated for their time.
rattlestick.org/terrence-mcnally-new-works-incubator
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2025 Early Career Artist Residency - For MN + NY artists
Anderson Center at Tower View
DEADLINE: January 14, 2025
APPLICATION FEE: $0
INFO: Anderson Center’s Early Career Artist Residency Program offers month-long residency-fellowships at Tower View to a cohort of emerging 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.
Anderson Center’s Early Career 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.
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 Early Career 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 September 2025 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.
TO APPLY:
The application deadline for the Anderson Center's 2024 Early Career Artist Residency Program is Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 12 p.m. Noon, Central Standard Time. Applications must be submitted on or before the deadline in order to be considered in the jury review period. There is no fee for applying to this residency program.
Jury review will take place in late January and early February. Applicants will be notified by Feb. 7 as to the status of their application. A phone interview process with finalists will take place in late February following a second round of jury review. Selected artist residents, wait-list and runners-up will be notified by March 4, 2024.
ABOUT ANDERSON CENTER: Anderson Center nurtures a vibrant artist community based at Tower View, an expansive Historic Site and natural area in Red Wing, Minnesota. Founded in 1995, the Anderson Center has renovated and restored Tower View's 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.
Anderson's signature Artist Residency Program, together with the Studio Artist Program, forms the core of the organization's artistic community. The Residency Program provides artists, writers, musicians, and performers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment with dedicated time and space to create, advance, or complete new work. In addition to community engagement activities through the artist residency program, the organization's additional outreach programs create connections and integrate the arts into community life through local partnerships, hosting annual arts events, and participating in other community-based initiatives.
ABOUT JEROME FOUNDATION: The Jerome Foundation, founded in 1964 by artist and philanthropist Jerome Hill (1905-1972), honors his legacy through multi-year grants to support the creation, development, and presentation of new works by early career artists. The Foundation makes grants to vocational early career artists, and those nonprofit arts organizations that serve them, in all disciplines in the state of Minnesota and the five boroughs of New York City. The Jerome Foundation is generously providing support for the Anderson Center’s Emerging Artist Residency Program.
LOCATION: Anderson Center is located on the 350-acre historic Tower View campus, 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 45-60 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.
DEFINITION OF “EARLY CAREER”: While Anderson Center’s general Artist Residency Program hosts artists with a wide range of talent and experience, its Early Career Artist Residency Program exclusively focuses on meeting the specific needs of artists who are in the early stages of their artistic development and career.
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.
Anderson Center defines an early career 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 Anderson Center’s Early Career 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 “early career 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 Early Career 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.
“Early Career Artist” Status – Eligible artists self-identify as an “early career 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.
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 early career artist status and eligibility requirements directly to Anderson Center at Tower View staff at 651-388-2009 or info@andersoncenter.org.
APPLICATION: A completed application form includes a brief artist statement, a work plan, an early career 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 past and current 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 Early Career 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 early career artist? In what ways would this program meet your needs as an early career artist? Why is this residency important to this stage of your career path? How do you identify as an early career artist?
Work Samples should be of recent work and should include:
· For composers and musicians: 3 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 video 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
If you are an interdisciplinary or multi-disciplinary artist, you may "split the difference" on the work sample guidelines above at your own discretion. For example, including 5 pages of writing and 3 images, etc.
Likewise you may also choose to simply submit a PDF or Word Doc with hyperlinks to work samples that meet the guidelines outlined above.
Regarding work samples, please put yourself in the shoes of a jury panel member. Make it easy for them to review your best work first. Yes, give the jury various ways to go deeper or experience more if they are motivated but focus first on presenting only your strongest work samples in the most compelling way possible. Please contact staff if you have questions about work samples, but reflecting on the jury and the many applications they have to review & score can serve as a helpful guide in deciding what to include, how much to share, how long it can be, and how to present it.
DURATION OF RESIDENCY: The Anderson Center’s Early Career Artist Residency Program is a 4-week residency-fellowship the month of September 2025. Selected artists must commit to arriving on September 2 and departing on September 29. September 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 dark room, and a print studio (with a Vandercook 219 letterpress and a Charles Brand-like etching press) for printmakers with demonstrated experience. 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 schools in five area communities (ranging from elementary through college), senior centers, correctional or detention facilities, community organizations serving children and families, and 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: 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.
SELECTION TIMELINE:
January 14, 2025 (12:00 p.m. Noon CST) – application deadline
February 7, 2025 – Jury has selected Round 2 applications. All artists are notified of the status of their application.
February 25, 2025 – Jury has determined finalists. Phone interviews with finalists begin.
March 4, 2025 – Final notification to selected artists, wait-list and runners-up
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Selection criteria include (in order of importance):
Artistic excellence as demonstrated by work samples, resume and artist statement
Potential benefit and impact on career as demonstrated by work plan
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.
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2025 Anderson center residency
Anderson Center at Tower View
DEADLINE: January 14, 2025
APPLICATION FEE: $30
INFO: Anderson Center nurtures a vibrant artist community based at Tower View, an expansive Historic Site and natural area in Red Wing, Minnesota. Founded in 1995, the Anderson Center has renovated and restored Tower View's 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.
Anderson's signature Artist Residency Program, together with the Studio Artist Program, forms the core of the organization's artistic community. The Residency Program provides artists, writers, musicians, and performers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment with dedicated time and space to create, advance, or complete new work. In addition to community engagement activities through the artist residency program, the organization's additional outreach programs create connections and integrate the arts into community life through local partnerships, hosting annual arts events, and participating in other community-based initiatives.
ELIGIBILITY: The Anderson Residency Program is open to early career, 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 the organization at 651-388-2009 or info@andersoncenter.org for any questions.
DURATION OF RESIDENCY: For the 2025 season, the Anderson Center is offering 2- or 4-week residency sessions during the months of August and October. Preference is generally given to 4-week residencies. That said, 2-weeks sessions are possible. There is a 48-hour turnover between residency sessions, no matter their duration, to allow time for housekeeping. Specific start and end dates are listed in the application form. Please plan your requested residency dates carefully. Provide as much detail as possible regarding your availability, as that information is incredibly helpful in assembling cohorts and organizing the waitlist.
September 2024 residencies are reserved for the organization’s Early Career Artist Residency.
2025 SCHEDULING & AVAILABILITY:
Each season the Anderson Center hosts a limited number of artists through its various exchanges, fellowships, and dedicated programs that reduce the number of spots available for artists submitting materials for this General Residency program opportunity. In 2025 exterior renovations to the residence limit the residency options to the months of August and October.
Availability as of September 2024:
August 2025 - Four 4-week spots (or eight 2-week spots); space for 4-6 artists depending on duration.
October 2025 - Three 4-week spots (or 6 2-week spots); space for 3 – 5 artists depending on duration.
In general, for months that incorporate 2-week sessions, no fewer than four artists–and no more than six artists would be scheduled for 2-week residencies within that month.
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 2025 in an effort to help you make a decision about whether this year is the best time to submit an application. Again, please contact us if you have any questions or need further clarification here.
LOCATIONThe Anderson Center is located on the 350-acre historic Tower View campus, 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 45- 60 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.
APPLICATION: A completed application form includes a brief artist statement, a work plan, 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 past and current 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.
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 video 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
If you are an interdisciplinary or multi-disciplinary artist, you may "split the difference" on the work sample guidelines above at your own discretion. For example, including 5 pages of writing and 3 images, etc.
Likewise you may also choose to simply submit a PDF or Word Doc with hyperlinks to work samples that meet the guidelines outlined above.
Regarding work samples, please put yourself in the shoes of a jury panel member. Make it easy for them to review your best work first. Yes, give the jury various ways to go deeper or experience more if they are motivated but focus first on presenting only your strongest work samples in the most compelling way possible. Please contact staff if you have questions about work samples, but reflecting on the jury and the many applications they have to review & score can serve as a helpful guide in deciding what to include, how much to share, how long it can be, and how to present it.
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 dark room and a print studio for professional printmakers (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 1906 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. There is a very basic home gym in the residence. 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 schools in five area communities (ranging from elementary through college), senior centers, correctional or detention facilities, community organizations serving children and families, and 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:
"This stay is particularly suitable for artists who want to devote themselves intensively to the realization of a concept. Here you can devote yourself to artistic work undisturbed and far away from everyday worries." - Eva Möseneder, 2012 resident
Anderson Center’s goal is for connections participating artists make with one another, as well as connections made with other creatives and community members, to outlast the duration of their residency visit. The organization believes that the environment and resources of Tower View, along with an exchange of ideas across disciplines, can serve as a catalyst for new inspiration and innovative directions for the work artists create while in residence.
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.
SELECTION TIMELINE:
January 14, 2025 (12:00 p.m. Noon CST) – application deadline
February 7, 2025 – Jury has selected Round 2 applications. All artists are notified of the status of their status.
March 5, 2025 – Final notification to selected artists, wait-list and runners-up
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Selection criteria include (in order of importance):
Artistic excellence as demonstrated by work samples, resume and artist statement
Potential benefit and impact on career as demonstrated by work plan
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.