The George Washington University Resident Artist/Scholar Program
September 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014, Washington, DC
Columbian
College of Arts and Sciences at The George Washington University (GW)
offers three Arts Fellowships available to support mid-career artists
and/or scholars who live in the Washington, DC region. The residencies
will take place from September 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. GW recognizes
that the Washington, DC metropolitan area is home to many accomplished
artists and scholars; therefore, through the GW Resident Artist/Scholar
Program GW will celebrate and support the three top proposals. Fields
may include, but are not limited to the following: visual arts,
performance art, musical composition or performance, filmmaking,
creative writing, theatre, dance, and scholars in the arts.
There
will be no predetermined concept or theme in which applicants must
adhere, nor will it be necessary that individual applicant’s creative
and research projects intersect with other proposals in order to be
accepted; instead, each proposal will be judged on its own merit. The
primary goal is to foster an interdisciplinary approach to creative
research and scholarship over an intensive ten-month period, a
physical and intellectual space for the development of meaningful
artistic and scholarly linkages across the arts and other disciplines,
both on and off campus. The
GW Resident Artists and Scholars will not be required to teach any
courses; instead, they will be expected to produce new work and/or
scholarship, present at least one public lecture, regularly interact
with graduate and undergraduate students, and fully participate in
activities with full-time GW faculty in the Incubator Studio Fellowship
Program.
The
GW Resident Artists and Scholars will be provided with a generous
stipend of $10,000.00 ($1,000.00 per month from September 2013 to June
2014), a modest studio/office, as well as a creative project/research
fund (up to $5,000.00) to cover expenses directly related to the
realization of the work done while in residence. As an incentive to
involve GW students in the research projects by the artists and scholars
in residence, GW will provide one studio/research assistant per artist
or scholar during the fall and spring semesters to be hired through the
federal work/study program. The
GW Resident Artists and Scholars are expected to be in residence at GW
for a minimum of 10 hours a week during the term of the fellowship.
The
selection criteria will take into account the strength of the proposal,
past achievements as demonstrated through work samples and CV/Resume,
and the potential impact the creative project/research would have on the
GW community. The
selection committee will only review materials that correspond to the
guidelines below that are submitted through the online process. Deadline for receipt of application materials for the Resident Artist/Scholar Fellowships is June 28, 2013.
To apply please go to the following link: http://go.gwu.edu/resart
