Call for Artists!
AVA a-i-r Program
Fall 2018 Term

Astoria Visual Arts seeks applications from local artists interested in working in a rent-free studio from September 1 through December 31, 2018.

        Deadline for applications: Midnight, Sunday, August 12, 2018
        Notification of selection no later than: Monday, August 20, 2018

The two successful candidates each will be provided with a studio space located on the Columbia River in the Astoria Downtown Historic District free of charge for a four-month residency period, beginning September 1, 2018. The AVA a-i-r program is supported by membership dues and contributions from supporters of Astoria Visual Arts, ​and by the generosity of Astoria Coffee House & Bistro. 

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​About the program
The AVA a-i-r Program is designed to encourage the creative, intellectual and professional growth of local artists. Residency finalists are chosen on the basis of merit by an independent selection panel of professionals in the arts and arts patrons. The selected artists are provided with a studio in the Astoria Downtown Historic District free of charge for a four-month residency period. Artists who have applied in the past are encouraged to reapply with an updated portfolio and statement reflecting updates and changes.

>>>  General Information/How to Apply:

The disciplines, and what to submit:

• Visual art: Works that are primarily visual images. Submit three to five .jpg digital images, including the title, size, and medium for each work, and a short statement about the work.
• Film/video: Includes animation, documentary, narrative. Include a short synopsis of work, if it exists, samples of work no greater than 20 minutes in length.

​Eligibility: Local artists, at least 18 years of age and living within the greater Astoria area, will be judged on the quality of the their work and professional promise. (AVA a-i-r does not discriminate against anyone on the basis of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.)

Requirements:  While no exhibition, publication or performance is required of the selected artist, community responsibility includes weekend open studio events during Astoria's  Second Saturday ArtWalk at least twice during the four-month residency.

Length of stay: Four-month-long residencies.

Aid: Selected artists will be provided with a small studio in the Astoria Downtown Historic District, free of charge. Some additional financial help with art supplies and drink/food vouchers may be provided.

Call for artists will be by local media, web posting and social media.

Selection committee: An independent panel of working artists and supporters will serve as the selection committee.

Residency extensions:  Current a-i-r artists are eligible to extend their residencies into the next residency cycle.  However, in order to extend their residency, the current resident artists must submit a new application in which they make the case, through narrative and documentation, that they used the residency well to date, but need more time to bring project(s) to completion or, at least, closer to completion. Note that an application for extension does not guarantee selection. The process remains competitive.

Include in your application:
Name
Address
Website (if available)
Email contact
Phone
Emergency contact
An essay of no more than 250 words.
Please answer within the essay: "What are your goals for this residency?" and "How might the residency help your creative pursuits?"
Work samples (as noted above)

Email submission materials and more information to:
astoriavisualarts@gmail.com
tele: 503-741-9694

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AVA a-i-r Alumni by Date:
2018
Jan-April Stirling Gorsuch
May-Aug Jill Mulholland

2017
Jan-March  Terry Robinett
Feb-May  Andie Sterling
May-Aug  Andie Sterling
May-Aug  Tyler Little
Aug-Dec  Roger Hayes

2016
Jan-March  Annie Eskelin
Jan-March  Sarah Lippold
Jan-March  Blaine Verley
April-June  Rachel Jensen  
April-June  David Plechl   
April-June  Meghann Sprague
July-Sept  Erika Hawkins
July-Sept  Meghann Sprague

​2015
April-June  Sarah Hendrickson
July-Sept  David Coyne    
July-Sept  H. Elizabeth Koch 
Oct-Dec Kinzi Gordon  
Oct-Dec Liz Harris 

AVA a-i-r Alumni by Name:
David Coyne July-Sept 2015
Annie Eskelin, Jan-March 2016
Kinzi Gordon Oct-Dec 2015
Stirling Gorsuch Jan-April 2018
Roger Hayes Aug-Nov 2017
Liz Harris Oct-Dec 2015
Erika Hawkins July-Sept 2016
Sarah Hendrickson April-June 2015
Rachel Jensen, April-June 2016
H. Elizabeth Koch July-Sept 2015
Sarah Lippold, Jan-March 2016
Tyler Little, May-Aug 2017
Jill Mulholland, May-Aug 2018
David Plechl, April-June 2016
Terry Robinett, Jan-March 2017
Meghann Sprague, April-June 2016; July-Sept 2016
Andie Sterling, Feb-May 201; May-Aug 2017
Blaine Verley, Jan-March 2016