Emmanuel’s Artist in Residence Program

The Emmanuel College Art Department offers a six-week artists residency to four artists each summer from mid-June to late-July. The Art Department specifically aims to award a residency to one individual from each of the four categories: ceramics, photography, printmaking and social practice. Fostering creative and artistic excellence, the residency also plays an important role in advancing the visual arts in the Emmanuel community.

The residency defines Emmanuel College as a leader in the visual arts and brings greater visibility to that leadership role beyond the confines of the College.

An Art Department studio manager will be available throughout the residency to assist artists with the logistics of the residency.  In return, artists contribute to the Emmanuel community through occasional interactions with Emmanuel faculty, staff, and students, and through the single work that each artist donates to Emmanuel College at the completion of their residency. Occasional opportunities for community building with the Emmanuel community may be organized by the Art Department.

Program Specifications

• Lodging is provided in the college dorms, with access to a small kitchen.
• Residents have access to communal college studio facilities with ample space sharing – ceramics, wood shop, print shop, photo studio, darkroom, design lab and drawing studios.
• Artists must devote 3 hours to Emmanuel’s summer art history course, Contemporary Art and Artistic Practice, discussing their own process.
• Emmanuel will host an on campus closing exhibition for all resident artists to participate in and show the larger community the end result of your work.
• Artists will donate one piece to Emmanuel College at the end of the residency.
• Artists are responsible for all material and food costs during the residency.
• Residency is awarded to individual artists only – partners and spouses are not included.
• Artists must be on-site for the duration of the program.

Funding Information

• Artists will receive a stipend of $1500 dollars
• International artists may be eligible for reimbursement for travel and visa up to an additional $1000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Artists must not be currently enrolled in any academic program.
• International Artists must obtain a visa to participate. Conversational proficiency of the English language is required.
• Artists may be invited back for a presentation during the following academic year based on teaching needs.

Application Requirements

• The following application materials must be submitted via email as a single PDF (no larger than 10MB):
  • A Resume’ or CV
  • An Artist Statement
  • 20 images from the artists personal portfolio (with descriptions of each piece)
  • A Project Proposal (a description of what you intend to do and make during this residency).

For more information, visit Emmanuel College.