Residencies
Residency Program
Emergency Relief Residences
Witter Bynner Poetry Translation Residency
Facilities
Open Studios
Fees and Deadlines
For more
information on SFAI's Residency program, please contact Residency Director
Gabe Gomez at (505) 424-5050 or ggomez@sfai.org
Residency
Program
The Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) conducts a bi-annual competitive selection
process for artist and writers residencies that focuses on the professional
experience of the artist, the quality of their past work, and their
potential to have a productive residency at SFAI. The selection committee
is comprised of successful artists, gallery owners, art instructors,
writers, and other arts professionals from our region. SFAI supports
over 50 residents per year and offers a cohesive, arts-focused environment
that creates the ideal working conditions for our resident artists.
Residents are housed in handsomely appointed rooms with private baths
and are provided with beautiful, well-lit studio spaces, allowing them
to pursue creative projects without interruption. The overall physical
layout of the residency space encourages daily interaction and fosters
communication among residents from all over the world.
The length of SFAI Residencies vary from one to three months. Successful
applicants have one calendar year from their acceptance date to complete
a residency. The residency dates may not be divided throughout the year.
Artists who wish to return to SFAI must wait two calendar years to reapply.
Originals letters of recommendation may not be used when reapplying.
Emergency Relief Residences
In its unconditional support for all artists, SFAIs Emergency Relief
Residency program provides respite to artists affected the horrors of
political, social, or natural disasters. SFAI began the Emergency Relief
Residency in 2001 for New York artists following the devastating events
of 9/11. The hurricanes and flooding in the Gulf Coast region underscored
our feeling of responsibility toward our US peers and colleagues. In
comprehending the loss of lives and the ways in which the work of a
lifetime can be wiped out in an instant, SFAI reinstituted our Emergency
Relief Residency Program to provide living space and studios to professional
artists, writers, and crafts people of the Gulf Coast states, whose
lives and livelihoods have been so deeply affected.
The flexibility of the Institute to respond quickly and effectively
to such challenges is one of our great strengths. In response to the
recent California wildfires, SFAI has once again opens its doors to
artists whose lives and creative work have been disrupted. SFAI has
received support for this initiative through generous contributions
from the Pollack-Krasner Foundation and the Joan Mitchell Foundation.
Witter Bynner Poetry Translation Residency
The SFAI, in conjunction with the Witter Bynner Foundation, offers two
poetry translator residencies per year. The residencies are open to
both published and emerging poetry translators and include stipends
to subsidized transportation and accommodations and a modest living
stipend. This
residency is for one month.
Application Deadline: December 5, 2008
SFAI Facilities
Artists who are selected for a residency receive living and working
space at SFAI centrally located within Santa Fes vibrant and diverse
cultural community. Resident living and studio space is located within
the SFAI facility, a nearly 17,000 square foot complex designed by renowned
Mexican
architect, Ricardo Legoretta. SFAIs facilities include gallery/exhibition
spaces, sky lit studios, a growing contemporary art library, courtyards,
laundry facilities, communal kitchen, and dining and living room areas.
All residents receive private living quarters with a private bath. Visual
artists are provided with a semi-private studio space. Writers are welcome
to use the library for writing and reading, as well as their own private
rooms equipped with desks. Depending upon availability, writers may
also request studio space. An outdoor courtyard offers space for working
in a variety of media.
SFAIs facility meets all ADA requirements with complete accessibility
for wheelchairs to studio and living spaces. Two resident rooms are
equipped with bathroom facilities for wheelchair access, and since SFAIs
complex is one level, there are no stairs or barriers. All signage is
presented in large clear type (English and Spanish) and in Braille.
Campus security is available 24 hours a day, and a Residency Assistant
is always available for residents on site. The unique SFAI environment
allows residents to be as interactive or private as they wish. There
are no requirements on the work produced during their time at SFAI.
SFAI has the additional benefit of being located on the College of Santa
Fe campus; please visit www.csf.edu
for more information. Residents have access to extensive library services
and a fully equipped gym.
Open Studios
SFAI has become deeply rooted in the arts community by bringing together
and supporting all creative voices and sharing its global vision for
the arts through its monthly Open Studio events. The well-publicized
open studios draw a broad range of local arts patrons, gallery owners
and representatives from local museums, to view the residents work in
progress, discuss ideas, materials and techniques. The combination of
readings, slide lectures and studio tours is the only open studio event
of it s kind in the Southwest. Indeed, SFAIs Open Studio event is the
most important monthly art event in Northern New Mexico.
Fees and Deadlines
General Residency Deadline: March 14, 2008
Residency Fee: $1000.00 per month
Financial Aid
SFAI offers generous financial aid packages in the form of need-based
scholarships and scholarships made possible by the generosity of the
Warhol Foundation, Witter Bynner Foundation, National Endowment for
the Arts, Joan Mitchell Foundation and Pollock Krasner Foundation.
Application and allocation of all scholarships will be facilitated once
the applicant has been accepted into the program. Need based scholarships
are decided at the discretion of the SFAI, based on tax returns and
letters of financial need. If you have further questions please contact
Residency
Director Gabe Gomez ggomez@sfai.org.
Santa Fe
Santa Fe was the first city in the US to be designated as a member of
the creative-cities network by UNESCO. SFAI resident artists have unprecedented
access to some of the most diverse arts and cultural activities in the
US.
The community of Santa Fe is particularly rich in terms of the breadth
of cultural activities available and for its patronage of contemporary
art and literature. Widely known for a thriving gallery scene, virtually
every weekend of the year artists in residence can attend museum or
gallery openings showcasing Santa Fes considerable support for the traditional
arts and visionary contemporary art. Santa Fe also provides a unique
geography, with hikes, hot springs and a wealth of natural offerings
for residents.