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Jan-Mar 2017 AVA a-i-r

CALL FOR ARTISTS:
AVA a-i-r

Residency : Nov 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021
Deadline to apply : Oct 20, 2020

Astoria Visual Arts seeks applications from local artists residing in Clatsop or Pacific County interested in working in a rent-free studio from Nov 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. The studio is located above AVA's Center for the Arts, 1000 Duane Street, on the second floor of the Astoria Studio Collective.
In light of CoViD-19, the facility management is sanitizing shared spaces frequently and limiting studio access to the artists only. No visitors will be allowed on the premises for the duration of the pandemic restrictions.
  • Deadline for applications: Midnight, Tuesday, October 20, 2020
  • Notification of selection no later than: Tuesday, October 27, 2020
The successful candidate will be provided with a studio spaces free of charge for a eight-month residency period.  The studio will be thoroughly disinfected before move-in.

 About the program
The AVA a-i-r Program is designed to encourage the creative, intellectual and professional growth of local artists. One residency finalist will be chosen on the basis of merit by an independent selection panel of professionals in the arts and arts patrons. The selected artist will be provided with a studio in the Astoria Studio Collective building free of charge for the eight-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 and promise of their work and proposal. (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 Art Walk at least twice during the residency. (This requirement is waived during the pandemic.)

Length of stay: Eight-month-long residency

Aid: Selected artists will be provided with a small studio in the Astoria Studio Collective building, 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 to:
astoriavisualarts@gmail.com
tele: 
503-741-9694


AVA a-i-r Alumni by Date:
2020
Jan-Apr  Denise Monaghan, Karen Ni Neill Bear
May-Aug Denise Monaghan, Kirista Trask

2019
Sept-Dec  Oscar Nelson, Morrison Pierce
May-Aug  Sally Lackaff, Kirista Trask
Jan-April Celeste Endlich, Sally Lackaff

2018
Jan-April Stirling Gorsuch
May-Aug Jill Mulholland
Sept-Dec Lucca Dust, Melanie Steffl

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 Hanour
July-Sept  Erika Hawkins
July-Sept  Meghann Hanour

​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:
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Karen Ni Neill Bear, Jan-Apr 2020
David Coyne July-Sept 2015
Lucca Dust, Sept-Dec 2018
Celeste Endlich, Jan-April 2019
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
Sally Lackaff, Jan-April 2019
Sarah Lippold, Jan-March 2016
Tyler Little, May-Aug 2017
Denise Monaghan, Jan-Aug 2020
Jill Mulholland, May-Aug 2018
David Plechl, April-June 2016
Terry Robinett, Jan-March 2017
Meghann Hanour, April-June 2016; July-Sept 2016
​Melanie Steffl, Sept-Dec 2018
Andie Sterling, Feb-May 2017; May-Aug 2017
Kirista Trask, May-Aug 2020
Blaine Verley, Jan-March 2016

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Astoria OR 97103
mail: PO Box 1004
Astoria OR 97103
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