Just so you know, Mondays are my days off. My days to wander and wonder and draw some and eavesdrop and spend time in spaces I wouldn't normally be. I consider the looking and thinking that I do on long walks to be as much of my studio practice as I do actually painting. And I wonder how the new environment (it's chilly here, trees everywhere, there's a definite sweater feel and a whole new small town/ medium-big city space) will affect, is affecting my art? I'll gather leaves. I'll draw leaves. I'll go to work tommorrow refreshed and ready.
Here's a lead for the sculptors (below) and here's hoping your day off this week is inspiring.
Take care,
Rachael
Residency
Sculpture Space, Inc.
(Utica NY)
Funded Residencies: Twenty new artists are selected each year and all receive a $2000 stipend to help pay their residency expenses. The selection is made by the Sculpture Space Review Committee and a rotating guest panelist in mid- December. Artists are notified in February of the panel's decision. Primary criteria are quality, originality, and potential for growth. Application must be received by November 1st of each year. NYS artists only: Free housing; $100 transportation stipend.
In exchange for time spent at Sculpture Space, artists are asked to help promote the organization by acknowledging Sculpture Space when the work that they make here is exhibited or published, and providing good slides of their work for our grant applications.
Application Requirements:
Applications should consist of:
No more than ten (10) labeled slides numbered 1-10. ONLY SLIDES, NO JPEGS.
The name, address and phone number of 2-3 references. 8 copies of a slide script with title, date, dimensions, and medium.
8 copies of a brief (half page) Project Description and/or artist's statement.
8 copies of a one-two page resume.
A Self Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE) for return of slides. If you are an international applicant please submit 5 international mail coupons for return of slides.
Include a self addressed stamped postcard if you would like confirmation of the receipt of your application package. Please put your name and address on all materials submitted. Applicants will be notified of the panel's decision in February. Please call if you have any additional questions. Information is also available on our website, www.sculpturespace.org
The Residency: Artists are expected to stay for a full 2 month work stay and are given a key to the studio with access to the facility 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Studio Manager assists with an introductory orientation, acts as a liaison with suppliers, and advises on technical problems by request. Artists are responsible for their own materials, specialized tools, fees for work done outside the premises, and for an assistant should they require one. We are able to help artists keep their expenses to a minimum but residents generally spend on average $1000 per month. Sculpture Space can accommodate a great variety of projects both in terms of materials and scale, and we will discuss each case individually. For the sake of safety a working knowledge of English is highly recommended. A personal visit is welcome and encouraged. Please call to make an appointment.
About Sculpture Space
Sculpture Space is unique in North America for its service to sculptors and the individual support given to artists who come to Utica, NY to make new work. The program currently selects 20 artists per year for two month residencies and has helped advance the careers of over 300 national and international artists since1976. Artists-in-residence are provided with the space, equipment, technical assistance, and specialized resources available in the Mohawk Valley to make sculpture on a scale which they otherwise might not afford and in an environment conducive to experimentation. The public is invited to quarterly work-in-progress receptions at the end of a residency period. The work that is made and first seen in Utica is often exhibited in galleries, museums and sculpture parks worldwide.
Housing: A subsidized three-bedroom apartment is available at low cost ($125 per month) to artists within walking distance of the studio. Shared bathroom. Food is the artists’ responsibility and there is a fully equipped kitchen in both the apartment and studio. No pets are allowed in the studio or the artists’ apartment.
NYS Artists: NYS artists receive free housing plus a $100 transportation stipend.
The Studio is located in downtown Utica, New York, in proximity to light industry and various fabrication shops. The facility consists of 5,500 square feet of open studio, and one 400 square foot private studio for special projects. The space is outfitted with concrete floors, a two ton system of traveling hoists, and extra wide overhead doors. The Artists Office has DSL and a G3 computer; artists should bring their own digital equipment at this time. The 3/4 acres of land that surround the building can supplement indoor studio space in the summer. An outdoor work pad is equipped with a 50' monorail hoist. Depending on the scale of the work, a maximum of four artists can be accommodated at one time.
Staff:
Sydney Waller, Executive Director l Takashi Soga, Studio Manager l Sarah Lathrop, Office Manager
Artists Office: Artists have a separate office with DSL connection.
For listing of equipment or any other questions, please visit our website.
Sculpture Space, Inc.
12 Gates St.
Utica, NY 13502
Phone 1-315-724-8381
Email: info@sculpturespace.org
www.sculpturespace.org
Application Date: 11/01/04
Sydney Waller, Executive Director
12 Gates Street
Utica, NY 13502
1-315-724-8381
