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Austin, TX
United States
Application Instructions
The following four items must be submitted:
• Curriculum Vitae
• Artist Statement (500 word maximum)
• Teaching Statement (800 word maximum). Regarding your general interest and ideas about teaching a college course in your specialty and your ideas about teaching a Fine Arts Practicum, an undergraduate course where students will learn about continuing one's art making post-graduation as well as the path to an MFA. This course will address theoretical and practical issues that are central to making art in today's world.
• Illustrated portfolio of artwork and completed projects.
~In PDF Form: (20 images with captions listing: title, date, medium, dimensions, and if applicable, a short description of the work)
~For video or audio works: Provide link(s) in the PDF. Include title, date, media, method of presentation, running time, and if applicable, a short description of the work)
If interested, please apply to the URL below.
The St. Elmo Arts Residency within the Department of Art and Art History offers one fellowship each academic year to a recent MFA graduate specializing in painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, or multimedia. The residency includes a $30,000 stipend, accommodations at a charming house and studio situated in a small artist community in the St. Elmo district of South Austin, a two-semester part-time teaching position at the University of Texas at Austin in the Art and Art History Department, access to UT academic and art lab resources, and a solo exhibition at the Visual Arts Center in the Spring of 2026.
Qualifications:
The residency begins in early August 2025. Only artists graduating from an MFA program in August 2024 through July 1, 2025 are invited to apply.
• If you graduated prior to August 2024, you cannot apply.
• Only artists who graduate from MFA programs based in the US are eligible to apply.
• Students and alumni of the UT Austin MFA program are not eligible to apply.