Have people had any success creating their own residencies? By this I mean, building a relationship with a national or international organisation and finding funding opportunities from that. Does it ever work this way?
Rob On 23/06/2011, at 11:41 PM, Damian Stewart wrote: > Having been on several residencies, the experience can vary enormously. > > My personal experience is of overall suckiness. You're away from your studio > so it's not an optimal working environment. You're away from your family and > your friends and usually in a foreign culture so if your host is anything > short of amazing it can get very lonely. > > Having said that, it can be great. I went on a one week unfunded 'residency' > (in an artist's front room) that turned into a 3 month stay and a solid > friendship. On the other hand I was for several months officially funded > residency where I had my own apartment and working space and, due mainly to a > horrible mixture of neglect and high expectations of output by my hosts, and > my inability to speak the language, it was one of the most miserable few > months of my life. > > From a New Zealand perspective, an AiR is best seen as a > get-out-of-the-country-free card. If you can jack up some kind of longer-term > visa for the country where you are going to stay in advance, and don't take > the return ticket, then you can use it as a kind of springboard for getting a > foothold in the art scene in a new country, on the understanding that if you > leave and go back home most of the networking work you've done will have > likely been for nix. > > D > > On 23 Jun 2011, at 01:07, Lissa Mitchell wrote: > >> >> Yes - a great opportunity. I'm interested though in what people think about >> applying for residencies as there certainly seems to be a lot of them these >> days and artists it would seem must spend a lot of time doing paperwork. >> >> Does the work of applying reward the opportunities offered? Would it be >> better if agencies actually approached who they want to offer a residency >> too? Is it a prize that most artists would actually have a show of winning >> or is it just too competitive to be a real opportunity? >> >> cheers >> lissa >> >> >> On 23/06/11 10:08, Su B wrote: >>> Hi everyone, >>> Creative New Zealand are offering a four month artist residency at the >>> International Studio& Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York, 1 February – >>> 31 May 2012. Below is a link to the call for applications, would be great >>> to see an ADA-related person there. >>> >>> http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/getting-funded/find-funding-opportunities/international-studio-curatorial-program-new-york-usa/general-info >>> >>> The application deadline is 5pm Friday 22 July. >>> >>> If there are any specific questions please contact Felicity Birch, >>> Programme Adviser, DDI +64 4 498 0735, [email protected] >>> >>> cheers >>> Su >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ada_list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ada_list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ > > -- > damian stewart . @damian0815 . [email protected] > frey . contemporary art . http://www.frey.co.nz > > _______________________________________________ > Ada_list mailing list > [email protected] > http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ http://createrevolutionaryart.net [email protected] @vdu23 _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
