— 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. Three artists live on either side of the six bedroom house. There are two bathrooms, two kitchens, two offices, laundry facilities, and one living room. There is a large mud room with a "shoes off" policy to keep dirt and clay out of the main living areas. 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