Call for Artist: Thematic Residencies
01 Master Class: Seven Weeks with the Taskmaster with Kutlu? Ataman
Program dates: January 6 – February 23, 2010
Application deadline: September 14, 2009
Kutlu? Ataman, Turner Prize-nominated artist and film-maker, will lead this unique Master Class designed for young artists who want to break into the international art scene. Instead of teaching art history, art theory, or critical studies, Ataman will encourage ten participants through weekly group and one-on-one discussions to work through impasses, develop new studio practices, and bring their ideas to fruition.
08 Polymath Breakthrough with Joseph del Pesco
Residency Dates: November 16 – December 11, 2009
Application Deadline: July 15, 2009
This residency is designed to bring artists and their collaborators together to experimentally work toward big ideas. Existing collaborative pairs of artists and professionals from disciplines outside the arts will participate in an intensive series of think-tank style discussions and give presentations on research topics to exchange their collective and creative intelligence.