THE MEDIUM ARTIST RESIDENCIES
The Medium Artist Residency provides eight practicing 2D and 3D visual artists a creative studio space for six weeks; allowing them to take creative risks, expand artistically, and build relationships with the community.
Available Awards: 8 total
Disciplines: 2D and 3D Visual Art
Space at the Medium: Classrooms 1 & 2 (Roughly 20’’x32’’ per Artist; 320 sq. ft.)
Timeframe: 6 weeks, including 3 weeks for move in/out (9 weeks total)
Eligibility
- Applicants must be at least 18 years old
- Practicing 2D & 3D visual artists are eligible to apply
- Artists must reside in Benton or Washington Counties of Northwest Arkansas
- Resident projects must take into account studio dimensions, including a ceiling height of 8’
- Woodworking, welding, foundry work, glassblowing, and related mediums are ineligible to apply due to facility limitations
- Artists in Residence will be required to host an open studio event during a pre-assigned Visual Art Night
- Previous Medium Artists in Residence recipients may not reapply for this fund
Markeith Woods used his Artist in Residency opportunity to create The American Dream, a large scale painting depicting his idea of progress from his perspective as a Black male and what he had to experience to get there.
Markeith Woods: “Represented by Art Ventures”