Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, Residents and Interns
March 19th, 2008Opportunity
Call for Residents and Call for Interns
Information
Elsewhere Artist Collaborative
2008 residencies for artists, writers, documentarians, and cultural producers
Elsewhere, an arts production site and experimental museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, is seeking artists, writers, documentarians, and cultural producers for residencies during its Summer 2008 seasons. Set within a former thrift store housing a 58-year collection of American surplus, thrift, and antiques, Elsewhere invites experimental creators to utilize the immense collection of objects to pursue site-specific material, conceptual, and/or technologically-based projects. Elsewhere’s building—two storefronts on the ground floor, a 14-room boarding house on the second, and warehouse on the third—provides dynamic architectures for the creation and installation of works. Artists live and work within transforming installations; these interactive environments become platforms for re-conceptualizing the theory and practice of art-making as an ongoing process of exchange in community. Experimenting with museum-as-medium within a store where nothing is for sale, Elsewhere offers an unparalleled framework for art practices, processes, and productions outside the traditional gallery, museum, and residency systems.
Internships for artists and scholars
Elsewhere, a 501(c)3 non-profit collaborative art production space and experimental museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, is seeking interns for its Spring, Summer, and Fall 2008 seasons. Set within a three-story former thrift store housing an immense 58-year collection of American cultural objects, Elsewhere explores the collaborative interplay between creative producers, practices, and productions. Elsewhere’s residency program hosts emerging and established international artists-in-residence who create site-specific works utilizing Elsewhere’s resources. All works remain on-site and become part of the fluctuating museum environment. Elsewhere’s evolving three-story installation includes a performance venue, a massive library of books and periodicals, a fabric workshop, and on-site boarding facilities.
Interns apply their creative talents and skills to assist Elsewhere artist-staff and artists-in-residence with the operations and expansion of the museum and on-site creation of new works. Interns have the unique opportunity to cultivate their organizational and creative capacities while learning new skills from a diverse group of professional artists. At any given time, Elsewhere’s internship program hosts two artist-assistants, a documentary intern, and an assistant director as part of the internship program. Students with backgrounds in the humanities and arts-related disciplines are encouraged to apply.
Interns must be extremely self-motivated, detailed, articulate, thoughtful, creative, have a sense of humor, enjoy working within a community, be capable of fusing intellectual and artistic interests, and be prepared to multi-task. All interns participate in the diverse aspects of administrating a small non-profit while learning from artists experimenting with new approaches to arts creation and organization. Elsewhere provides interns on-site housing upon request. The internship boarding fee is $125 per session. All interns must have completed their junior year of college.
INFORMATION
Contact Person: Stephanie Sherman, Internship Coordinator
Email: internships@elsewhereelsewhere.org
Phone: 336.549.5555
Address: 606 and 608 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27406
More information at www.elsewhereelsewhere.org/involvement
To Apply: Send an email to internships@elsewhereelsewhere.org to request a brochure and application.
Applications are also filed via this email address. (no hard copy applications)
Deadlines: SPRING: March 15th to May 31st application deadline: ongoing
SUMMER 1: June 1st to July 9th application deadline March 1st at 5pm
SUMMER 2: July 10th to August 21st application deadline March 15th at 5pm
FALL: August 22nd to November 11th application deadline June 1st at 5pm
Application requirements: Application and Resume.
Requirements: Interns must have completed their junior year of college. Post-graduates welcome.
Stipend: No financial assistance is provided for interns. Housing provided upon request in application.
Requirements
DEADLINES
Summer: June 1st to August 31st (final deadline March 7th 5pm)
Fall: September 1st to October 31st (final deadline May 23rd 5pm)
Contact
The complete call for artists, residency brochure (PDF), and application deadlines are available at
http://www.elsewhereelsewhere.org/residencies.html
Email George Scheer, Collaborative Director, at
residencies@elsewhereelsewhere.org for an application.
