— Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts —
https://www.watershedceramics.org/residencies/
Location: Edgecomb, ME
Length: Short Term (Summer): 12 days - June-August — Short Term (Fall): 4 weeks (for fall 2024—3 weeks) - September-October — Long Term (Winter) “Salad Days”: 6 months - September-March
Housing: Various housing options provided: double occupancy bedrooms or single occupancy bedrooms. Large community kitchen and lounge space next to dorm-like housing buildings. Shared bath house. — Long term residents have private living space priority
Kilns: 6 electric kilns, 18 cubic feet salt/soda downdraft kiln, 18 cubic feet bailey downdraft kiln, 55 cubic feet car downdraft kiln, 7.5 cubic feet Olympic 23 raku kiln, 45 cubic feet train kiln, and a 48 cubic feet wood/salt/soda catenary kiln
Expenses: Short term: $1350 room and board fee includes housing and all meals - $700-$1600 dependent on housing. Firing and materials at cost. — Long term: no fees
Funding/Stipend: Short term: Scholarships available — Long term “Salad Days”: $4000 meal stipend, free material and firing
Workspace: Open-concept studio
Responsibilities: Short term: None — Long term “Salad Days”: Produce 500 plates for watershed’s annual fundraiser event
Number of Residents: Short term (Summer): 15-18 artists — Short term (Fall): * — Long term (Winter) “Salad Days”: 1-2 artists
Additional Opportunities:
Immersed in nature with walking trails and nearby rivers and ocean beaches
Short term: Uninterrupted time in the studio to work on independent or collaborative projects and access to watershed’s facilities
Short term: Space creates a small community of ceramic artists to live and create together
Long term: Sales and exhibition opportunities
Offices, Gallery and Shop
Offices, Gallery and Shop
Shop
Two large sculptures resembling stylized monsters with spiraled bases and flaming torch-like heads, set in a grassy field with trees in the background and overcast sky.
One of the resident housing buildings
Resident housing
A rustic wooden barn with a metal roof surrounded by green shrubs, with a body of water and trees in the background under a partly cloudy sky.
Walk from housing to the studio
Kiln shed
Ceramic studio
Studio kitchen
Plaster room
Plaster room
Raw material storage in main studio room
Clay mixing room
Ceramic studio
Ceramic studio
Ceramic studio
Photo light box
Ceramic studio
A smiling man in a gray hoodie stands behind a table filled with small ceramic pieces and sculptures in a pottery studio, with a woman working on a sculpture in the background.
A woman wearing a mask browsing ceramic cat sculptures in a store.
Ceramic studio
Various wheels available to use
Glazing area
Glaze lab
Side door to studio; door on right leads to electric kiln room; behind view are atmospheric kilns
Kiln room
Kiln room
Shelves for atmospheric kilns
Atmospheric kilns
Under construction brick oven with partially built arch and surrounding brickwork, scaffolding, construction supplies including buckets, bricks, and tools, in an outdoor setting with trees and a clear blue sky in the background.
Stacked bricks and concrete blocks in a construction area, forming a small fireplace or oven structure under a metal roof.
Outdoor utility area with metal wall, containers, and tools including a rake, broom, and a metal tank, with trees in the background.
A construction site with a brick and cinder block structure under a metal roof, with some scaffolding and a chair nearby.
A partially built outdoor brick fireplace with blackened chimney and grill, with construction materials and tools nearby, under a carport with trees visible in the background.
A brick fireplace under construction with black metal framing, white firebox, and this area appears to be in the early stages of building in an outdoor setting with trees in the background.
Two women wearing gloves and protective sunglasses transfer burning wood into a large outdoor brick oven or fireplace, with a forested background.
Pile of cut logs covered partially with snow in a forested area during winter, with leafless and some evergreen trees and a blue sky with white clouds.
View behind train kiln facing toward the studio
Fire pit and walking trails
Wood shop
Wood shop
Take a look at what Watershed’s past residents have to say about their residency experience:
Resident Reviews