New Work Development
Artist Residency

The College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts at Texas A&M University is excited to invite applications for its New Work Development Artist Residency program. The college is committed to inspiring our campus and community by incubating new works of art in an environment of creative reciprocity between scholars and artists that crosses, blurs and erases disciplinary lines.

The college was founded by three intrinsically interdisciplinary units: Dance Science (combining dance and the biological and health sciences), Visualization (uniting the fine and visual arts with computer science) and Performance Studies (a conjunction of music and theatre drawing on anthropology and related humanities fields). Since 2022, the college has added programs in Music Performance, Devised Theatre, Music Technology, Graphic Design, Choreography and Virtual Production. The New Work Development Artist Residency is designed to build on these existing areas of strength, and the college’s emerging areas of new research. Artists in residence are invited to take advantage of the varieties of expertise and resources available in the college as they develop a new work or body of works. 

While this is a development residency, artists in residence will be expected to integrate their work into the life of the college, providing opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to take part in their creative process and engaging with faculty and the wider campus community throughout the residency period. This program is designed to be mutually beneficial to the artist in residence and our students, providing the latter a high-impact educational opportunity to be present at and contribute to the creative work of the former.

Benefits

The college will provide the selected artist in residence with:

• $10,000 stipend for living expenses and project materials.
• On-campus lodging (two bedroom/one bath apartment) for the duration of the residency.
• Shared office space and access to college facilities, including rehearsal and performance spaces, recording studios, visual art studios and technology resources.
• Undergraduate and/or graduate student assistance.
• Professional documentation of public presentations.
• Visa support for international artists.

Expectations

Our New Work Development Artist Residency provides artists the opportunity to live and work outside of their usual environments, to explore and reflect, conduct research and network with artists and scholars, and develop a new work or body of works. The duration of the award is nine weeks, Aug. 4 to Oct. 4, 2025. In the first two weeks, residents will have extended access to college facilities and resources, before students return and the semester begins in Week 3.

As a Tier 1 research institution, Texas A&M is committed to forging new paths in creative research, and the work of the artist in residence should reflect a compelling portfolio of arts research. The artist in residence will be expected to spend the bulk of the residency developing a new work or body of works. In addition, the artist in residence will be immersed in the life of the college and will develop opportunities for students and faculty to engage with their creative practice. Such engagement could include:

• Open studios and open rehearsals.
• Class visits, artist talks and workshops.
• Collaborations with faculty and students.
• Other forms of curricular and co-curricular integration.

The artist in residence will report to James R. Ball III, associate dean for industry and community engagement, and they will attend regular Artist and Scholar in Residence Committee meetings (once per month). Social engagements with the campus community will also take place.

At the end of the program, the artist in residence will publicly present what they have accomplished during the residency. Future exhibitions and presentations of the work should also indicate that it was developed in residence at the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts at Texas A&M University.

Application Requirements

Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact potential collaborators at the college before applying.

Applications must include a Letter of Intent (maximum 1,000 words) to include:

• Brief artist statement.
• Description of your work, medium and discipline.
• Outline of the work you intend to pursue during your residency.
• Plans for engaging with students and faculty at the college.
• How the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts at Texas A&M University will be important to your work.

The application must also include:

• Current CV.
• Draft budget.
• Draft timeline.
• A portfolio of past work appropriate to your discipline (as media attachments or links).
• URL of artist website.

Applications should be submitted as a single PDF to pvfaasir@tamu.edu.

Selection Criteria

Applications to the New Work Development Artist Residency will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Quality of past creative research.
• Alignment with interdisciplinary strengths of the college.
• Potential to provide high-impact educational experiences to students.
• Potential to produce outstanding new creative work.

Timeline

Fall 2025 Residency

• Call for applications open: Dec. 1, 2024.
• Applications due: Jan. 16, 2025.
• Notification of applicants: Feb. 14, 2025.
• Final acceptance due: March 1, 2025.
• Residency: Aug. 4–Oct. 4, 2025.

Applications should be submitted as a single PDF to pvfaasir@tamu.edu.

2024 Artist Residency

Read highlights of the 2024 residency, featuring the inaugural recipient slowdanger.

Aug. 20, 2024: Performance Duo slowdanger Selected For Inaugural New Work Development Artist Residency

Sept. 24, 2024: ‘Beautifully Performed’: Choreographers Showcase Their Work At Brazos Contemporary Dance Festival

Oct. 27, 2024: Annual Lorefest To Celebrate Storytelling Over Five Nights Of Events And Performances

Oct. 31, 2024: Work Developed By slowdanger During Artist Residency To Be Showcased In ‘Story Ballet’ At Rudder Auditorium