Sitka Center Announces New Residencies And Other Opportunities

This just in via email from Sitka Center:

“Now Accepting Residency Applications

Apply Now for 2022/2023

Calling all painters, novelists, climate activists, photographers, biologists, composers, poets, journalists, architects, film makers, performers, inventors, botanists, curators, foresters, ceramicists, playwrights, illustrators, oceanographers, print makers and change makers:

Apply now for a Fall/Winter 2022 or Winter/Spring 2023 residency, or share this open call with others. Most applications are due on April 15, 2022

Each year, the Sitka Center awards residencies to individuals and collaborators exploring art, ecology and the fertile space in-between. Residency durations range from two weeks to three months.

Sitka residency experiences include:

• Private living and studio space on the Sitka campus

• Time and space for self-driven work surrounded by the inspiring Cascade Head coastal landscape and ecosystem

• A supportive community of fellow residents from diverse backgrounds and practices

• Kayak and canoe access

• Opportunities to share your work with the community

Sitka Center is located on the Oregon coast and adjacent to the Cascade Head Scenic Research Area, Cascade Head Experimental Forest, the Cascade Head UNESCO Biosphere and Marine Reserves and the Salmon River Estuary. Sitka acknowledges and thanks the First Peoples of this land who today are represented by the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde.

Announcing Two Special Residencies

These residencies include $500/week stipends

Ford Family Foundation Golden Spot Residencies

Thanks to a generous grant from the Ford Family Foundation, the Sitka Center will host Golden Spot residency opportunities for practicing, mid-career, Oregon visual artists. The residency includes a stipend of $500/week. All visual artists who meet the guidelines below are welcome to apply.

• Practicing visual artist (painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, crafts, etc.).

• Full-time resident of Oregon for at least 36 months prior to 36 months prior to April 15, 2022 and plan to remain a resident through 2023

• Five (5) or more years of active professional participation in the artist's medium.

• Not enrolled in a degree-seeking program, either part-time or full-time.

Applications for the Golden Spot Residency are due no later than April 15,2022

Recorder Residency

Sitka's Recorder Residency is an opportunity like no other, serving recorder musicians, composers and educators with time, space and funding to pursue self- directed work. Residents work independently, free from outside pressures and constraints within a small community of other visual and performing artists, writers, natural scientists and interdisciplinary creatives. While not required, performance and youth outreach opportunities are available for those who wish to include community engagement as part of their stay.

The timing and duration of this year's Recorder Residency is flexible, from two to six weeks and based on the needs of the musician. In addition, through the generosity of an anonymous donor, we are able to offer a $500/week honorarium to this year's Recorder Resident(s).

We are thrilled to be hosting this special residency program again, bringing more musicians to Sitka in 2022 and beyond. Please share this open call announcement and help spread the word into new regional, national and international communities of musicians. Apply Here

Applications for the Recorder Residency are due no later than March 15,2022

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Sitka is committed to equity and welcomes people from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences. Bringing together people from different backgrounds and fields of expertise is core to Sitka's art and ecology mission. From climate change and environmental justice to systemic racism and cultural appropriation, diverse perspectives help spark new ideas and collaborative approaches to address today's challenges in creative ways.

Sitka is committed to equity and welcomes people from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences. Bringing together people from different backgrounds and fields of expertise is core to Sitka's art and ecology mission. From climate change and environmental justice to systemic racism and cultural appropriation, diverse perspectives help spark new ideas and collaborative approaches to address today's challenges in creative ways.”

Illustration derived from detail of unattributed image on the Sitka website