ARTIST IN RESIDENCE POSITIONS

Primarily, applicants must have 25 hours of experience teaching in a studio environment, including experience as a teacher’s assistant (TA).

• 2D: Seeking artists in 2-dimensional media including digital media, painting, drawing, fiber, and/or multi-media. Additionally, residents will be responsible for booking models for open sketch sessions, monitoring open sketch, and assisting with special projects.
• Printmaking: Seeking a printmaking artist knowledgable in multiple printmaking techniques with an interest for experimentation, expansion of traditional and contemporary approaches within printmaking, and intersection of other media. Also, resident will be responsible for the upkeep of the printmaking studio.
• Jewelry and Metalsmithing: Seeking a Jeweler/Metalsmith with advanced knowledge in soldering fabrication techniques. Additionally seeking one knowledgeable in forming methods using various stakes/hammers, surface finishes & patinas, centrifugal or vacuum casting, enameling, stone setting & or 3-D rendering
• Ceramics: Seeking potters or clay sculptors who are competent in wheel throwing, hand building, firing reduction, raku, soda, and electric kilns
• Sculpture: Seeking sculptors competent in reductive processes, welding (MIG, TIG, SMAW, Oxy/Acetylene gas welding), forging, mold making, and/or casting. Also note that materials used include, stone, wood, clay, metal, and mixed media.

RESIDENCY INCLUDES:

• Facility hours: daily, nightly, and weekend access
• Participation in the Artists-in-Residence Exhibition
• Competitive monthly stipend
• Additionally, offers income and teaching opportunities in Armory classes, Armory private classes, and community programs
• Workshops and/or opportunities with visiting master artists
• Access granted to studios outside your assigned department

SPECIFICS PER DEPARTMENT:

• 2-D Department: easels, tables, wall space, 3 printing presses, desktop Mac Pros with Adobe Suite, large scale ink jet printer. Additionally, running water, virtual reality creative suite in MAC lab, and ample natural light.
• Clay Studio: 1 slab roller, 1 spray booth, 2 extruders (standard and hydraulic), 16 electric Brent wheels, Soldner clay mixer, pug machine, ball mill (2 barrels), fully stocked standard dry materials room, low to high fire glazes, clay supply room, 3D printer and virtual reality equipment and software for clay.
• Kilns: 45 cubic ft downdraft natural gas kilns, natural gas soda kiln, 30 cubic ft natural gas fiber kiln, raku kiln, 10 electric computer-controlled kilns (2/10 electrics are testers).
• Metalsmithing Studio:  2 large metalsmithing classrooms, jeweler’s benches, hand tools, drill presses, anvils, rolling mills, hydraulic press, flex shafts, a large variety of hammers & stakes, stone setting tools/GRS bench system, lapidary wheels, polishing motor/wheels, centrifuge & vacuum casting area, enameling area & kilns, polishing wheels, electro-etching, laser welder, microscope.
• Sculpture Studio: Slab roller, industrial compressor, carving equipment, MIG, TIG, Plasma Cutter, Arc, Oxygen/Acetylene, propane, clamps/ vice, Band Saw, Table Saw, wide range of power tools, belt sander, anvil, grinders, large supply of stone carving tools and materials. Variety of standard materials: waxes, plaster, oil based clays, etc.
• Upon request – Additionally, access to common areas in departments with 2D areas serving as shared spaces and 3D departments including metalsmithing, sculpture, and ceramics shared spaces.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Residents must be on campus by Monday, August 21, 2023. Essentially, only submit an application if you are available to be on campus at this time.
• Residency is a minimum of 35 hours a week not including teaching hours.
• Work 15 hours per week for the Armory. Other tasks include:
  • Chiefly, keep facilities and equipment clean and ready for use. Essentially,  perform basic tasks necessary for upkeep of communal studio within their department.
  • Equally important is active involvement in the daily life of the Armory.
  • Consistently monitor open studio hours and furthermore, assist during Master Artist Workshops when needed.
  • Also, contribute a piece to an annual Armory Art Center Fundraiser.
  • Attend Armory public relations events, including exhibition receptions, fundraisers, etc. as needed. These activities count toward weekly service hours minimum. Additional volunteer assistance may also be needed.
  • In particular, be aware that occasional changes may apply.
• Additionally, artists must commit a minimum of 20 hours per week on premises in their studio. 
• Lastly, schedule at least two 8-week classes and one 1 to 2-day workshop or pop-up per session. Schedules will be published online and in session brochures. 

Questions may be directed to airprogram@armoryart.org

PlatteForum is an award-winning and innovative arts, youth development, social justice and artist-in-residence program in Denver, founded in 2002. As a 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization, PlatteForum teams youth with professional artists in intensive, structured, and long-term creative learning environments. Resident Artists collaboratively plan, produce, and exhibit a body of work in an environment in which artistic excellence is highly valued along with support from ArtLab Interns. Youth in PlatteForum’s programs delve into a variety of art forms and social justice topics, confronting challenges and obstacles and making life-changing discoveries about who they are, what they are capable of achieving, and where they belong in the world.

As an artist community, PlatteForum supports the creation and presentation of new art and ideas by contemporary artists. By supporting working artists, PlatteForum generates dialogue in the larger community about the role of the artist and social justice in society. Located in a rich urban context, PlatteForum’s dynamic, artist-centered residencies are built upon the notion of engaging the broader community in the creation of new work, where artists, youth, and the public collaborate. Each resident artist becomes a catalyst for innovative and expanded thinking about what art is and can be.

PlatteForum values supporting resident artists in a myriad of ways not limited to: stipend provided in exchange for skills sharing with our ArtLab interns, mental health support through partnerships with local licensed therapists or by reimbursement, mentorship and/or meetings with local arts leaders and curators, guidance towards goals offered from staff, supplies and tools support, as well as exhibition promotion and media support.

Residencies at PlatteForum are competitive with over 100 applications and only four to five slots awarded each year. Each residency gives the artist the time, space and support to extend their work and share their ideas with the public. Artistic excellence, innovative ideas for engagement and collaboration with the public, and a diversity of ideas, genres, social justice topics and methodologies are paramount in selecting artists for only four to five available slots in the Artist Residency program each year. Residencies are typically 6-8 weeks in duration.



The Artist Residency program is open to artists in all genres and disciplines. Applications from established professional artists, emerging artists, and graduate students are welcome. We encourage local, national, and international artists (if local and national COVID and/or public health guidelines permit) to apply. Artistic excellence, merit, and creative ways of interacting with the public are important criteria in the selection process. Former Resident Artists may apply again after a three-year waiting period. (for example, a Resident Artist from the 2019-20 season is not eligible to apply until the 2022-23 season).

PlatteForum is a member of the Alliance of Artist Communities, an international organization that advocates for creative environments that support the work of today’s artists. Community connections nurtured by collaborations and partnerships with organizations, schools, and individuals that extend the artist’s aesthetic are integral to each residency. The PlatteForum approach — teaming Resident Artists with youth and the community — makes a valuable contribution to our community’s cultural discourse, fosters personal growth for the artist, and positively impacts the lives of participating individuals. PlatteForum’s uniqueness gives artists, youth, and community members opportunities that they might not find elsewhere.

You may apply for this program in one of two categories:

Artist: The residency program lends itself to the creation of a wide variety of work including film, video, or experimental media works. Participants can mix and match these benefits according to their needs.

Researcher: Artists, scholars, curators, archivists, writers, and theorists are invited to propose new or in-progress research in the area of emergent media arts practices towards the publication of critical texts, scholarly research, or production of curatorial projects. 

Applicants will provide a project statement and supporting portfolio of work.

REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION

• Residency Plan: 
  All residents must have a plan of action for what work they will complete during their time at CAE.
• Public Component Plan:
  All residencies must include a public component accessible to the outside community that connects to their residency plan. The public component of your application must relate to your artist residency and engage the local and broader community. This may include open studio visits, presentations, teaching a class/workshop, works-in-progress showing, or other outreach or community engagement project. CAE will help you schedule your public component, but it is up to you to plan how you will execute this event and identify any outside community partners that you are interested in working with in your application. Please make sure that the public component you identify can be completed while you are in residence.
• Letters of Recommendation:
  All applicants must include at least 2 letters of recommendation to be considered. These letters must speak to the artist’s professional proficiency and character.

ARTIST HOUSING AND WORKSPACE

The artist living space is a private cottage conveniently located just a 5 minute (4/10 mile) walk from Downtown Evergreen and Evergreen Lake. It is a 1 bedroom/1 bath studio with a full kitchen. Artist will have use of a large flat shared yard and Cub Creek which runs adjacent to the length of the property. The artist cottage has a strict NO smoking policy inside and pets are not allowed. The cottage is a 10-minute drive to the artist studio at CAE, and 25 minutes from Red Rocks Amphitheater.

STUDIOS & SPECIAL EQUIPMENT

• Exhibition / Installation Space
• Free Wi-Fi
• Ceramics Workspace
• Electric Wheels
• Slab Roller
• Clay Mixers
• Electric Kiln
• Computer and internet connection provided in common area (shared)
• Internet connection provided in private studio
• Photo + Video Editing Suite
• Painting Workspace (Oil)
• Easels
• Folding Art Horses/Drawing Benches
• Drying Racks
• Large Sinks
• Glass Kiln

CONTACT

www.evergreenarts.org/artistinresidence

(303) 674-0056

sara@evergreenrarts.org

31880 Rocky Village Drive

Evergreen, CO 80439

United States