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Visiting Artist Program at Illinois State University's Wonsook Kim School of Art

Type: Residencies, Workshops, Exchanges [View all]
Posted by: Illinois State University
Deadline: Sun, December 1st, 2024

Website: https://finearts.illinoisstate.edu/events-activities/visiting-artists/

Founded in 1996, Illinois State’s Visiting Artist Program brings diverse artistic practices and voices to the Wonsook Kim School of Art. The Visiting Artist Committee seeks artists of all ethnic backgrounds, gender expressions, geographic locations, viewpoints, and practices. We welcome applicants who work in any medium.

The Visiting Artist Program seeks artists who are excited to share innovative approaches to making art. Successful proposals encourage engagement in the social, cultural, intellectual, material, theoretical, or historical issues at the root of applicants’ working processes.

 

Each visiting artist teaches a weekly 2-hour seminar on a topic that the artist proposes. Seminars typically take place on Tuesday afternoon or evening. Artists are expected to reside in Normal, IL Monday-Fridays.

 

The Visiting Artist Seminar is open to undergraduate and graduate students in the Wonsook Kim School of Art. It is the only course where students from all studio disciplines and levels of study gather, collaborate, and sustain dialogue. Students in the Visiting Artist Seminar work with multiple visiting artists each semester. This exposes students to a range of identities, viewpoints, ideas, and activities.

 

Residency periods are based on the number of Tuesdays an artist is on campus.

The length of residency offered is determined by the Visiting Artist Program. The ideal length of residency is six weeks. Applicants should prepare a seminar of up to 6 meetings but be able to shorten their proposal to as little as 3 meetings. Residency periods typically begin the Monday evening before the first Visiting Artist Seminar taught by each artist and end the Wednesday morning following the last seminar class taught by each artist.

 

 

Visiting artists receive a stipend based on length of residency.

Current Rate: $825 per work week (Monday—Friday) or $165 per workday (Monday—Friday).

Travel to and from Illinois State University, travel in town during residency (except for bike travel), food, studio supplies, and all other expenses are the responsibility of the visiting artist. 

The VA program caters to students primarily in the Wonsook Kim School of Art. Visual artists, art historians, filmmakers, arts-focused writers/philosophers, curators, performance artists, socially-engaged artists, movement artists, graphic designers, muralists, comic artists, and illustrators are encouraged to apply. We are not a creative writing program. We look for makers-thinkers who will be generous and provide a productive learning environment and meaningful experience for our students.

 

Questions? Please send an email to visitingartists@IllinoisState.edu and check out the FAQ page on our website.

Posted on Mon, September 23rd, 2024
Expires on Sun, December 1st, 2024

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