April 2, 2020
2020 Makers Honors Art Residency Application
The Makers Honors Arts Residency
2020 Application Instructions
Program Description:
This year-long paid residency gives Honors students from all majors the opportunity to make visual artwork and act as Honors College arts ambassadors. Honors students from diverse academic backgrounds will focus on process vs. presentation and creative concept development. Selected students will receive a one-time $750 stipend plus $250 supplies, access to studio space and creative facilities, monthly critiques and roundtable chats with a faculty mentor and residency director, and a final exhibition of their projects.
Residency Theme:
This year’s residency is a meditation on the experience of “Time.” How do we experience time? What are the implications of time on a person, object, place, idea, etc. Is time something to be chronicled and remembered or experienced and forgotten? Does everyone experience time the same way? What does time look like to one, to many? These and ANY other questions concerning “Time” may be considered and explained in the student’s application. Students are encouraged to incorporate an interdisciplinary approach (any medium as long as there is at least one visual element) to their projects.
Application Requirements:
- Art project proposal in essay format outlining intended concept, methods, artistic interests, and goals for this experience (must include plans for at least three separate works, i.e. must do at least 3 paintings; essay not to exceed two pages, double spaced, 12pt font)
- Budget proposal outlining requested supplies (one page, include total required funds, not to exceed $250)
- Supporting materials including sketches and/or other visual documentation of plans for intended project (not to exceed five file uploads). If applicable, include digital portfolio with up to 5 photos of previous work (applicants without digital portfolio will not be penalized)
- Applications are due April 15, 2020
Instructions/Notes:
- Email Applications and supporting documents to honorsmakers@gmail.com
- Residency is open to Honors College freshmen, sophomores, and juniors from any major in good academic standing.
- Non-art majors and students who are new to art and the creative process are highly encouraged to apply.
- Accepted Makers must be able to commit to two monthly meetings, program events, and a final exhibition.
- Applicants interested in making performance, musical, theatrical artworks, etc. must incorporate strong visual elements into the project proposal.
- Applicants interested in making work that will not be displayed in conventional gallery spaces are encouraged to apply
- Only one stipend awarded per student, per project (students may not apply in teams)
Please email questions and interest to Tanner Ruffin, Honors Arts Residency Director, at ruffint17@students.ecu.edu.