Please read this in its entirety prior to applying for the residency.

The current deadline is April 15, 2024. We will be opening a new round of applications in the fall of 2024. 

The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts offers residencies for a period of three weeks for ceramists, mixed media artists, painters, printmakers (with the exception of etchers), and sculptors from April through October. The mission of the Foundation is to promote the visual arts and education in the arts through cultural exchanges. The studio space is a sanctuary for artists to explore, reflect and dialogue within the unique community created by each cohort of resident artists - informed and inspired by the flora, fauna and citizens of Skopelos.

Eligibility

• Printmaking and ceramics residents must have a solid working knowledge of their medium and respective studio equipment
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to navigate island terrain.
• Ability to interact with fellow artists in a positive, supportive manner.

Requirements:

• ·Residency proposals should have a coherent rationale, be relevant to the idea of cultural exchange, and demonstrate an awareness of the Foundation’s facilities.
• ·During the residency tourists may come through the studio. Artists are asked to cordially engage in conversation. These visits are infrequent, but important to the health of the organization.
• Artists will be asked to share a five-to-ten-minute presentation about their work during the residency. Each cohort will decide collectively with the Foundation director on the timing of this sharing exchange.

Fees for a Three-week Residency for 2025- This does not include housing.

• Painting/Mixed Media - $1,000 - The artists are in charge of providing most supplies. We will supply items such as cleaners, paint thinners, etc.
• Printmaking - $1,400 - All supplies are included with the exception of printmaking paper, linoleum, copper, wood. We are not accepting etchers at this time.
• Ceramics/Sculpture - $1,500 - All supplies and two firings are included.

If you chose to participate in a 2025 residency, and then decide to postpone, you must reapply for the following year.

For artists that are in need, there is an opportunity to apply for a work exchange. Please complete the information requested on the application and the Board of Directors will determine your eligibility.

Application Process:

• You must sign up for Slideroom at the beginning of the application.
• ·Submission deadline is April 15, 2024.
• ·Residency Proposal
• ··One character reference
• ·Six to ten images of current work.
• ·$10 non-refundable application fee to Slideroom.

• The artist will be notified of the results of his/her application by May 15, 2024.

  If the artist is approved:

• Health Addendum
• Residency Forms
• Signed community conduct agreement.
• $500 non-refundable deposit which will be applied towards the total cost of the residency.
• Please note that if you decide to cancel your residency, we will ask that you reapply for the following year.

Supplies Available:

*Ceramists - We do not support high-fire ceramics.

• 4 Shimpo wheels
• Medium and small sized Skutt kiln
• Engobes in various colors
• Clear and matt glazes.
• Some powdered glazes.
• Teracotta clay with little grog and a white clay with and without grog. All low-fire.
• Most tools a ceramist or scuptor would need.

Printmakers (We are not accepting etchers at this time. You can apply for monoprints, woodblocks or linocuts):

• Charbonnel oil inks in various colors.
• Some water-based ink.
• Rollers
• Fabriano paper, 285 gr weight for 5 euros per sheet.
• Various mediums, plate oils, etc.
• Plexiglass in various sizes.

Painting:

• Cleaning agents.
• Mixing mediums.
• Some acrylic and oil paints.

If you have questions about supplies, please contact us for further information. Keep in mind, flexibility is the key to an incredible experience!

Transporting Work Home:

Artists need to consider how they will transport their work home upon completion of the residency. There is a local post office on the island. Work may be shipped home, but artists should budget for the expenditure.  

Each artist that visits the Foundation is extremely important to us. Our commitment is to provide artists with space, time, and facilities to not only fulfill their artistic goals, but to also have an experience of island living. We encourage togetherness and hope that artists will develop long-lasting friendships after their experience. We understand a residency is a large commitment for artists traveling from abroad. The Foundations goal is to provide an opportunity for discovery and insight.

The benefit of a residency at the Foundation can extend well beyond the residency experience. Ideally, we hope artists return home invigorated and inspired to create a new body of work. 

*The ceramics studio is not equipped to support production pottery. Certainly, the skills to make a series of identical works can be an important part of the exploration process for ceramists and the Foundation celebrates the development of new skills. If a ceramist’s goal is to refine a particular form they are encouraged to do so, but there is an expectation that only the best results will be fired. Production work is considered more than eight identical forms. You will be charged an extra firing fee per batch of work, if you exceed these standards.