{"id":19197,"date":"2024-01-16T15:04:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/?p=19197"},"modified":"2024-01-16T15:04:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:04:32","slug":"applications-are-open-for-inaugural-artist-residency-in-fall-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/16\/applications-are-open-for-inaugural-artist-residency-in-fall-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications Are Open For Inaugural Artist Residency In Fall Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Texas A&M School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts<\/a> is seeking an artist for its New Work Development Artist Residency in the fall semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. James R. Ball III<\/a>, associate dean for industry and community engagement, director of the Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts and associate professor in the Performance Studies program, said the goal of the residency is to make a space for a professional artist to develop new original works that will \u201chave a life beyond Texas A&M.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe new work could be a set of paintings, a play or dance, a game, or anything of the like,\u201d Ball said. \u201cWe want the artist to work here on our campus, and we want our students to have access to that artist\u2019s creative process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Applications<\/a> are due by March 15. The residency will run Sept. 1 through Nov. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The program showcases Texas A&M as a destination for artists around the world, Ball said. Interdisciplinary opportunities are an additional focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are most interested in artists who are working at the intersection of theory, practice and applied science,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are looking for someone who might speak to the Visualization program, the Performance Studies program, and theatre, music, dance and fine arts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ball said the residency will give students a chance to experience a more hands-on approach to making art, to add to what they learn in class lectures. An additional goal is to promote engagement with our communities of artistic practice, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe want to get the word out about how A&M supports the arts and contributes to our arts ecology,\u201d Ball said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An ideal applicant could be a theatre company looking to get into virtual reality, Ball said, or a painter hoping to work with dancers, or an opera composer who wants to incorporate a digital component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt could also be someone who is excited to connect with the other resources on campus,\u201d he said. \u201cLet\u2019s say, colleagues in the engineering school or agriculture \u2014 the artist in residence may take advantage of these other strengths that we have here at the university.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The artist \u2014 or group of artists \u2014 will be given a $10,000 stipend for living expenses and project materials, on-campus lodging, shared office space, access to school facilities, and undergraduate and graduate student assistance. At the end of the program, the artist will publicly present their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to the artist residency program, the Artists and Scholars in Residence committee presents an annual Summer Happening, a week of collaborative artmaking and research open to faculty, students and community members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n