“In a nutshell, I think the role of a residency is to make the artist new again, to give the artist new ways of working and thinking about his or her work, to hide from the art world, and hopefully to be forgotten and then be rediscovered with a new body of work.”
Binh Danh
2007 Visions from the New California artist
Applying for Visions from the New California
Please read through the following before applying for the 2010 Visions from the New California award. If you have additional questions, email the Alliance of Artists Communities.
Application Deadline: June 1, 2009
**NOTE: The deadline for the 2010 Visions from the New California award has passed. Applications for the 2011 award will be available in Spring 2010.**
Eligibility: The program seeks to promote artists working in any visual medium, who display artistic excellence, are committed to an artistic career, and are under-served, under-recognized or under-represented in the mainstream (artists who have not had extensive solo exhibitions at galleries or museums or have not received any major grants or fellowships for individual artists.)
The program also aims to recognize artists who represent the racial/ethnic demographic mix of California, who live throughout the state (particularly beyond the San Francisco and Los Angeles metropolitan areas), and who work in a range of visual art media.
- Applicants must be permanent California residents.
- Current students are not eligible.
- Individuals who have completed a residency at any participating Visions from the New California sites, and artists who have been awarded more than one previous residency elsewhere, are not eligible.
Review Process: Applications and work samples will be viewed by a prestigious panel of artists and art professionals from California as well as representatives from each of the six artist residency programs. Finalists will be notified in August/September 2009 and residencies will occur in 2010.
Artist Requirements: If chosen for the Visions from the New California award, artists agree to:
- attend a full residency at the assigned location
- cooperate with the documentation of the residency and the work produced
- complete an exit interview and evaluation of the residency
- assist the Consortium with other publicity about the project to the best of his/her ability
The $4000 award may be used at the artist's discretion (e.g., for materials or travel to and from the residency, to offset loss of income during the residency, etc.); however, receipt of the award is contingent on the artist's completion of a month-long residency and compliance with the requirements stated above.
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