[DAC] FW: [Artfound-list] Artist in Research Residency Program call forapplications

[Joyce Linehan]

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The Berwick Research Institute Artist in Research Residency Program 
APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 1, 2007 

14 Palmer Street 
PO Box 190087 
Roxbury, MA  02119 
info at berwickinstitute.org; www.berwickinstitute.org <
http://www.berwickinstitute.org/>   

The Berwick Research Institute is a 501c3 non-profit art organization 
composed of individual artists, writers, musicians and cultural workers .
The 
Berwick's mission is to support artists and projects that require
investigation, 
dialogue, and support from an artistic community. 

The Berwick Research Institute was founded in January 2000 by eight young 
artists who saw the need for a non-commercial space where they could create,

perform, and present experimental work.  The group has since transformed
part of a 
former Whoopie Pie factory into a vibrant laboratory for artists working
with 
experimental sound, film, robotics, conceptual art, theatre, music, public 
performance, and new media.  As a part of that mission, they founded the
Artist 
in Research (AIR) residency program to provide emerging artists the time, 
space, community, and critical feedback to make and present their work. 

Artist in Research Program Description: 

The Artist in Research program seeks to support artists involved in the
early 
stages of projects that require investigation, dialogue, and support from an

artistic community.  The AIR Program is particularly interested in working 
with artists whose work explores contemporary and experimental genres such
as 
electronics, sound, installation, performance, film, video, and other
time-based 
media. The AIR Program supports projects that have already been 
conceptualized, but need time, money and critical feedback to complete. 

This residency is most appropriate for individuals or groups who wish to 
explore the potential for collaboration and creative exchange with peers
working 
in a wide range of media.  Regularly scheduled critiques, open studios,
closing 
events and our web forum provide residents with opportunities for critical 
feedback from curators, artists, scholars and members of the public. Artists
in 
Research are encouraged to focus their efforts on exploration and the 
processes of 
innovative art-making rather than the completion of a finished product. 
Please visit the "AIR" section of www.berwickinstitute.org <
http://www.berwickinstitute.org/>  to learn more about past AIR artists and
the types of projects we 
are interested in and are able to support. 


Research Term Logistics: 

In order to provide artists the necessary time to fully explore their 
projects, the AIR Program provides three artists or collaborative groups
with 
ten-week residencies each year.  During each residency, AIR artists are
granted a 
12x12 raw space within a communal studio that houses three other artists.
The 
studio is located in Dudley Square, a developing minority-majority
neighborhood 
in Boston, Massachusetts. Each artist is given 24-hour access to the studio,

an $1250 stipend (this is the norm , though the exact amount is dependant on

grants pending), media attention and regular studio visits by the
co-curators 
and invited guests for on-going critical feedback. The residencies are
bookended 
with events that invite the public in for a glimpse of the artist's previous

work, art-making process and research during the residency. 


Past artists have given public lectures, school tours, weekend workshops,
and 
closing presentations. These events allow the artist to test their ideas in 
dialogue with other artists, curators and the general public. 

Each Artist in Research is provided with a multi-media online journal on the

Berwick Research Institute's website and is expected to keep detailed 
documentation of their research.  At the end of each residency, the artist
is required 
to produce a final report documenting their experience and describing their 
findings during their residency. This report will be included in an annual 
multi-media publication created by the Berwick to highlight each AIR artist.
The 
publication will be widely distributed throughout Boston. 

Dates of Residencies:

1. April 1 - June 15
2. July 1 - September 15
3. October 1 - December 15

In the space allotted on the cover sheet, please rank the residency periods 
according to your preference and, if necessary, note specific reasons why
you 
could not accept particular dates. 

For application forms and more information please visit: 
http://www.berwickinstitute.org/new/scripts/AIR/AIR.cgi?section=apply&tmp=AP
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