Starting October 2008, Anderson Ranch will offer a restructured artists residency program designed to encourage the creative, intellectual and personal growth of emerging and established visual artists. Finalists will be chosen on the basis of artistic merit by an independent jury of established working artists and will live and work at Anderson Ranch for a two or three month residency period. While in residence, all artists will share in an established community of interaction, conceptual development and intense production of work. Given the staffing and facilities available at the Ranch, its artist residency program will become one of the most robust programs of its type in the United States.
The Anderson Ranch Artist Residency Program is designed to foster creative, intellectual and personal growth for emerging and established visual artists. There are no specific educational qualifications for entry into the program. Awards will be made to those, who in the exclusive opinion of the jury, have submitted the best work by the application deadline.
While in residence, artists will be encouraged to pursue their own work amidst of group of artistic peers. The residency is designed to allow artists to take risks and pursue new projects and ideas, free from every day pressures. The residency is for those artists desirous of advancing their work or creating a new body of work. Residents are encouraged to pursue a multidisciplinary approach toward their work while at the Ranch. Resident artists will be provided with housing, studio space, meals and certain other benefits and will be required to submit only a nominal residency fee of $100. While in residence, there is an optional structure of critical study such as studio visits, visiting artists, etc.
Recent visiting artists have included: Donald Fortescue, Andrea Gill, Jane Dickson, Gregory Amenoff, Ron Meyers and David Hilliard.
The residencies will be offered during two terms each year –
Fall Term - October 15 to December 20, 2008 (ten weeks) Spring Term- January 15 to April 15, 2009 (twelve weeks)
The application postmark deadline for this program was February 15, 2008.
Please check back to this page in summer 2008 for information and application materials for the 2009 Residency Program.
Approximately 16 artists will be in residence during each term. The Ranch strives to have an equal mix of emerging and established artists working together. Current housing and studio space allows for the following numbers of residencies in each area, each term:
Media/Program
Artists in Residence
Ceramics
6
Digital Media/Photography
2
Furniture Design/Wood/Sculpture
2
Painting & Drawing
2
Printmaking
2
Sculpture
2
Residents must declare themselves to either emerging or established artists.
Emerging Artist – Open to any age over eighteen. Designed for artists in the critical early stages of their career who would benefit from two months of time to focus on their work. Typical residents might include those who completed BFA or MFA programs within the past ten years. Most will not have had the opportunity to have a significant exhibition in a gallery or museum or have a piece yet placed in major collections.
Established Artist – Open to any age over eighteen. Designed for those who have established a career in the visual arts. Typical residents might include those who have had a major exhibition, and/or had pieces placed in major collections. They may also teach visual arts in respected colleges and universities. Most will have had more than ten years of active studio practice.
Important Dates
February 15, 2008 – Application postmark deadline
May 1, 2008 – Notification to applicants/recipients
October 13- December 19, 2008 – Fall residency term
January 19- April 17, 2009 – Spring residency term
