AUGUST 4 – 24 , 2008 (Application Deadline: April 4, 2008) RESIDENCY #130
CARSTEN NICOLAI, electronic musician/artist
JOHN F. SIMON, digital media artist
CAMILLE UTTERBACK, interactive installation artist
Since 1982, Atlantic Center’s residency program has provided artists from all artistic disciplines with spaces to live, work, and collaborate during three-week residencies. Located just four miles from the east coast beaches of central Florida, the pine and palmetto wooded environment contains award-winning studios that include a resource library, painting studio, sculpture studio, music studio, dance studio, black box theater, writers’ studio, and digital computer lab. Each residency session includes three master artists of different disciplines. The master artists each personally select a group of associates – talented, emerging artists – through an application process administered by ACA. During the residency, artists participate in informal sessions with their group, collaborate on projects, and work independently on their own projects. The relaxed atmosphere and unstructured program provide considerable time for artistic regeneration and creation. Atlantic Center for! the Arts provides housing (private room/bath with work desk), weekday meals (provided by ACA chef) and 24 hour access to shared studio space. Financial Aid is available to qualified applicants.
For more information on how to apply, please telephone (386) 427-6975 or (800) 393-6975 (domestic US only) or visit www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org or email us at program@atlanticcenterforthearts.org.
* All applications must be postmarked by the application deadline date.
* Atlantic Center for the Arts is pleased to announce, through the generous support of the Joan Mitchell Foundation, all painters and sculptors accepted into the 2008 Master Artists-in-Residence programs who demonstrate need will be recommended to receive full financial aid to attend the residency program. Artists from other disciplines may apply to ACA’s Financial Aid program.
“The ACA residency program is unique… great care is taken to create the right social and living conditions in a friendly environment where a small community of creators can come together for three weeks to interact on a high level. It is an invigorating, inspiring, and life-changing experience.”
Denis Smalley, composer (Master Artist, 2007)
“Being in residence at ACA has been a wonderful experience both professionally and personally. Becoming acquainted with peers from various parts of the world and with distinct perspectives has generated a lot of dialogue and fresh ways of thinking about both my work and art as a larger practice. The time and space to allow new ideas to incubate in a setting that supports research and experimentation has nurtured me at a transitional point. The environment has enabled me to take risks, to be extremely productive, and to better understand both my work and goals.”
Michelle Kong, visual artist (Associate Artist, 2007)