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What is an artists’ community?: Artists’ communities
are places that provide temporary
time, space, and support to artists
for the creation of new work.
These creative residencies are
generally anywhere from one week
to one year. Artists of all kinds
-- visual artists, writers, designers,
composers, filmmakers, choreographers,
and scholars -- are served by
artists’ communities. The
communities themselves are as
diverse as their artists: some
are located in isolated rural
mountainsides, others in the middle
of urban warehouse districts;
some provide solitary retreat
to artists working alone, and
others welcome collaborative teams
as well. While many sites exist
solely as an artists’ community,
others are part of larger institutions,
such as museums, colleges, municipalities,
or national parks. [read
more] From the Alliance of
Artists Communities website.
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- The
Alliance of Artists
Communities
- The Alliance of
Artists Communities
is a national consortium
of organizations
and individuals
that offer artists
time and space to
create new work.
The Alliance supports
these artists’ communities
by providing national
visibility for the
programs, values,
and successes of
artists’ communities,
and by facilitating
field-wide collaboration
and information-sharing.
The Alliance now
includes approximately
100 organizations
and 100 individuals.
[List
of US and International
Alliance of Artists
Communities]
Macdowell Colony- Located in the
Monadnock Region
of New Hampshire.
The MacDowell Colony
facilitates a balance
between social interaction
and focus on work.
Private studios,
dining and recreation
rooms at Colony
Hall.
The autonomy and privacy of the
resident artists are valued, studios
are visited by invitation only
and although breakfast and dinner
are served in the dining hall,
lunch is delivered to the individual
studios allowing for long stretches
of uninterrupted creativity. In
the evening there are offered
a number of activities such as
readings, slide shows, open studios,
and informal performances that
allow the residents to become
acquainted with and inspired by
one another's work.
The maximum length of residence
is two months; an average stay
is four weeks. There are between
20 and 30 artists at MacDowell
at any given time; arrivals and
departures are ongoing. The cost
of artists residencies are paid
for through fundraisings.
Pouch
Cove- Since 1990, the
Pouch Cove Foundation
has provided live/work
space to visiting
artists from around
the world. Their
program provides
artists with a calendar
month's residency
either on the edge
of the North Atlantic
in Pouch Cove or
overlooking the
Bay of Islands in
Corner Brook, Newfoundland,
Canada.
Virginia
Center for the
Creative Arts:
30 Years, 3000
Artists, Writers,
Composers- The Virginia Center
for Creative Arts
provides a supportive
environment for
the world's best
visual artists,
writers, and composers
to pursue their
creative work. A
residential retreat
in pastoral surroundings,
the VCCA serves
artists of all cultural
and economic backgrounds.
Roswell
Artist-in-Residence
Program: the "Gift
of Time"- The Roswell Artists
in Residence Program
(New Mexico) was
established to provide
gifted studio based
visual artists with
the unique opportunity
to concentrate on
their work in a
supportive, collegial
environment for
a whole year. This "gift
of time" allows
artists to work
without distraction
in an effort to
break new ground
and focus on individual
goals. In-residence
grants are offered
to artists involved
in painting, drawing,
sculpture, printmaking,
photography, installation
and other fine art
media. Grants are
not made in the
disciplines of performance
art or production
crafts
Jentel
Artist Residency
Program- Located
in the Lower Piney
Creek Valley (Wyoming)
the Jentel Artist
Residency Program
supports artists
and writers who
are hardworking
and serious about
their intent, who
have proven themselves
by publication or
solo exhibition
or who may not necessarily
be well known and
who show the ability
to articulate a
personal vision.
The program welcomes
visual artists and
writers in all genre
Any visual artist
or writer over 25
residing in the
United States is
eligible.
Vermont Studio Center: - Artists' & Writers'
Residency program
in upper Vermont;
4-12 week residencies.
Founded in 1984
to support the making
of art as the communication
of spirit through
form, the Vermont
Studio Center is
a nonprofit, year-round,
international creative
community, dedicated
to serving artists
and writers in an
open, nurturing,
supportive work
environment.
The
Contemporary Artists
Center- The CAC offers
a combination of
studio space, artists’ facilities,
and exhibition space.
Residency opportunities
at the CAC serve
as affordable retreats
for artists, providing
space, equipment,
and a creative environment
for artists to live
and concentrate
on their work. Equipment
and facilities include
printing presses,
darkroom and fully
stocked woodworking
facilities. Established
in 1990 by working
artists for working
artists the CAC
is located in the
heart of the Berkshires,
North Adams, MA.
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