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.
Amount: $3,000
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
Are you a visual artist interested in applying to The Medium Artist in Residency program? Click the link below register for the 2025 info session!
Featured The Medium Artist Residencies Artist
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”
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