— Cub Creek Foundation —

https://www.cubcreek.org/residency

Location: Appomattox, VA

Length: 3 months to 3 years

Housing: There is a resident’s house for six artists. If the house is full, artists can find housing off site in Farmville, Pamplin, Lynchburg, or Appomattox.

Kilns:

• 1 - Noborigama (3 chambers with a back chamber for salt)

• 1 - Anagama

• 1 - Mini-gama

• 1 - Large gas kiln

• 1 - Salt or soda gas kiln

• 2 - Electric kilns

Expenses:

• $1,100 per month which includes electric kiln and wood-fire fees

• $200 refundable security deposit

• $50 non-refundable cleaning fee

• Artists are responsible for purchasing their clay, glaze materials, kiln materials such as: wadding, temperature cones (if CCF does not have what you need), plaster, and any other materials that the artist may need. Gas kiln and salt / soda kiln are an additional cost.

Funding/Stipend: None

Workspace: Communal, semi-private large studios. CCF has two studio buildings for artists. Each studio includes the following: Shelving, a table, a stool or chair, a potter’s wheel (if needed), a push cart, and a trash can. There is a communal space with an extruder, kick wheel, slab roller, ware boards, bats, and miscellaneous tools.

Responsibilities: Weekly and monthly cleaning duties that rotate each month. Weekly wood preparation is required for all artists even those who do not wood-fire.

Number of Residents: Up to 12 artists. Six artists are onsite at the resident’s house. When the house is full, artists must find offsite housing.

Additional Opportunities:

• Three native clays accessible on the property (white, ochre and red stonewares)

• Minimally structured program

• Native clay processing area - inside and outside

• Soldner mixer in clay mixing room

• Small glaze lab

• Photography room: Camera is not supplied

• Mentorship by CCF’s Founder and Professor Emeritus, John Jessiman

• Firing John Jessiman’s Anagama twice a year

• Love to garden? Garden with John in his 10 beds in exchange for flowers, herbs, and vegetables

• Long term residents are highly encouraged to find work nearby

• Beautiful, rural farmland on 100 acres in Red House / Appomattox, Virginia

• Solitude, quiet, and time for reflection, research, and creativity

• Bring your bike! The roads are amazing for biking

• Outdoor hiking, fishing, free weekly yoga classes, community markets, and wineries

• Richmond, Charlottesville, Roanoke are 1.5 hours away

• VA beaches are 3 hours away

• Fire pit

• Pizza oven

• Grill

Not Pet Friendly