— Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency —

https://www.ox-bow.org/be-a-resident

Location: Saugatuck, MI

Length: 3 Residency options: Summer Residency - 3 weeks - (May 28-June 17) (June 18-July 8) (July 10-29) (July 30-August 19) — Hybrid Residency/Workshop “Longform” - 3 weeks - September 11-October 8

Housing: Summer Residency: Private room in one of the campus cabins — “Longform”: Private room in one of the dorms

Kilns: Several electric kilns, a small test kiln, a gas fired car kiln, sawdust and raku capabilities and wood kiln

Expenses: Summer Residency: None — “Longform”: $5,750 fee + materials

Funding/Stipend: Summer Residency: 3 free meals/day — “Longform”: 3 free meals/day; full and partial scholarships available

Workspace: Summer Residency: Private Studio — “Longform”: mix of shared and private, raw studios

Responsibilities: None

Number of Residents: Summer Residency: 12 total; 3 per session — “Longform”: 20 residents

Additional Opportunities:

Summer Residency:

• Access to visiting artist and faculty for studio visits

• Evening artist lectures and opportunities to share work through slide presentations, readings, etc.

• Self directed studio practice and day to day activity

”Longform” Residency:

• Work with two core faculty to have continued conversations, reading groups, and shared experiences as a cohort

• Discipline specific and conceptual workshops to introduce artists to new skills, ideas and materials, and learn from visiting artist every week

• Opportunity for informal critiques among resident cohort

• Artists benefit from a coming together for high level of community focus

• Day to day is more directed and scheduled to be a more “programmed experience”