Opportunity
Artist In Residence Call for Applications
Information
McColl Center for Visual Art firmly believes that artists, contemporary art, and an engaged community can affect important positive social change. The programs at the Center hope to engender a sense of a creative community where the points of intersection are varied and valuable. The Center supports community art projects that focus energy on addressing difficult social, cultural and economic questions and provide the public with a lens from which to view important issues in ways that engage the senses and the mind and a forum to engage with others.
In 2009/2010, McColl Center for Visual Art will celebrate its 10th anniversary. To mark this important milestone, the Center is committing a full year of in-depth programming to four important themes – social justice, accessibility, fairness and equity (SAFE). The Center believes there is no better time to explore these themes with creative approaches and dialogue than at such a critical moment in world history when humankind is faced with increasingly complex decisions.
Charlotte is a microcosm of the United States with challenges in the areas of rapid growth, environmental stress, immigration, limited resources (public and private), transportation, security, regional planning and education. Addressing these issues in Charlotte at this moment may help it avoid some of the acute mistakes from which other cities have struggled.
McColl Center for Visual Art’s yearlong celebration will be multi-layered with themed Artists-in-Residence, where artists may explore the issues through their own voice and medium, and exhibitions addressing the central themes for the year. The Center is seeking artists to be in residence whose work addresses social justice, access, fairness, and equity. The Center is interested in an eclectic mix of artists, media, content and approaches.
The Center’s goals for the project include:
• Demonstrate the value of artists serving society as creative problem solvers
• Introduce the public to talented and thoughtful artists to raise the level of understanding and respect for their skills and insights
• Engage community, artists, and guests speakers (academicians, religious and civic leaders, philosophers, etc) in a dialogue about the particular issue addressed through AIR work and/or exhibition
• Develop community outreach projects and educational programs (see AIR requirements for outreach) that further engage community in discourse and action.
• Create temporary or permanent public art projects that will continue to heighten awareness, exchange of ideas, and promote artists and public art as a means to building awareness and community.
• Through the residency environment, reveal the creative process of the artist and, thereby, to demystify it and help make contemporary art more accessible to a broader public
Please visit McColl Center’s Website for housing, fee’s, application and other information regarding the program and Charlotte.
Requirements
Deadline for applications received in our office is May 5, 2008 - 5 p.m. EST
Contact
Go to www.mccollcenter.org/site/nav.cfm?cat=14&subcat=65&subsub=30 for additional information about our Artist-in-Residence Program and a printable version of the application.
