ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: ARTISTS

ARTS LEARNING ARTIST DIRECTORY

Schools and community organizations have a need for highly qualified artists that also have the skills to communicate about their art discipline with learners of all ages and backgrounds. In order to meet this need, the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) screens professional artists to provide potential sponsors of short- and long-term residencies with a pool of individuals who have been recognized by a panel of peers and educators as outstanding in their discipline. These artists are included in the Arts Learning Artist Directory and are available to collaborate with sponsors to plan and facilitate in-depth art-making that inspires and excites imaginations, fosters creativity and artistic excellence, and provides for reflection and refinement of creative work. Artists who are accepted for inclusion in the directory are expected to maintain active professional artistic careers; have a well-developed body of work reflecting their artistic voice; be exceptional communicators who enjoy sharing their ideas, vision and expertise; and have the ability to engage many different kinds of participants in hands-on arts activities.

Application Deadline: February 1

• What the Program Supports
• Who May Apply
• How to Apply
• Review Criteria

This section of Guidelines is available as a PDF for you to download and print out if you prefer to read it offline. You must also read Appendix A: Legal Requirements if you plan to apply for OAC funding. A PDF of the complete version of the Guidelines is available in the Introduction.

WHAT THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS

The Artist in Residence (AIR) program places accomplished professional artists in a variety of educational and community settings. Artists for the AIR program are drawn from the Arts Learning Artist Directory, a listing of individuals and companies who are available for short- and long-term residencies. Residency artists must go through a rigorous screening and interview process to qualify for participation. Artists in the program have the opportunity to conduct residencies funded by the OAC. In addition, they have access to ongoing professional development and the mutual support of a group of experienced colleagues who share a passion for lifelong learning in the arts.

Residency artists facilitate experiences that support learning in, through and with the arts. Although the residency ideas and goals are planned collaboratively with the residency sponsor and participants, the work is reflective of the artist's own artistic medium and process. During the residency, artists have opportunities to share their professional work through performances, exhibitions, readings, etc., bringing their artistic vision to new groups and communities.

Artists may participate in up to four residencies per year that vary from two weeks to eight weeks in length. Inclusion in the Arts Learning Artist Directory does not guarantee that an artist will receive any residencies through the AIR program. Each fiscal year artists must submit an updated artistic resume of their professional work completed during the past year. This information is used to assess the ways in which the artist continues to make professional work of artistic excellence, meeting one criterion for continued inclusion in the AIR program. Please note that artists who have not completed a residency in a four-year period must reapply to the program.

Additional detailed information about the residency program is available in the Arts Learning Residency Handbook

Grant Awards

The total professional fee for an artist is $1,200 per week. Grants are awarded to the residency sponsor to cover $800 per week. The sponsor is responsible for the remaining $400 per week.

All sponsors are required to provide a budget for supplies. Supply costs will depend on the length and discipline of the residency. Sponsors are also asked to assist the artist in locating free or reduced cost housing if the residency location is more than one hour from the artist's home. Schools are asked to provide a daily lunch for the artist, if possible. Artists are responsible for all other meal and travel costs for the residency.

Individual Artists
Professional artists in all art disciplines who are interested in working with individuals or groups from young children through older adults may apply.

Companies and Organizations
Professional performing ensembles and companies are also eligible to apply to the program.

Out-of-State Artists
A limited number of out-of-state artists are accepted into the AIR program each year. In addition to meeting the general program criteria, out-of-state artists should make a unique aesthetic contribution to the existing directory of artists and strengthen the OAC's ability to effectively serve a wide range of constituents. Out-of state artists must contact the Arts Learning staff before submitting an application.

Criminal Background Checks
The OAC does not have the statutory authority to require criminal background checks of artists participating in the Arts Learning Artist Directory. However, schools and some organizations are required by the Ohio Revised Code or by internal policies and administrative procedures to conduct them. Arts Learning Artist Directory artists may be required to have a criminal background check in order to work in schools or organizations.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications
The artist application for the AIR program is NOT part of the OAC OnLine Grant Application system (OLGA). Artists must submit a paper application. To apply for this program use the following links to download either an Omniform executible file or a PDF form of the Arts Learning/Artist in Residence: Artist form.

Executible (Omniform for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 95 or Windows 98.)

PDF (for Mac and Windows users-Note: You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and work in this form but unless you have purchased the full version of Adobe Acrobat you will not be able to save any of your information to this form.)

Although the OAC does not accept draft applications from artists, the AL staff will answer any application questions prior to the deadline.

Two copies of a completed artist application for the AIR program, with a signatures, and support materials, must be received at the OAC office by 5 p.m. on the application deadline. Applicants will be notified via e-mail when the application and support materials are received.

Support Materials
To complete an application for this program, all applicants must submit one complete set of support materials to the OAC including discipline-specific work samples. Applications that do not include support materials will not be accepted.

Support materials should include:

1) Current resume.
2) Three letters of recommendation referencing your artistic and educational work.
3) Examples of artist's professional work completed within the past five years.

	a)	Creative Writers: including fiction and non-fiction writers, poets, playwrights and screenwriters, must have published at least one book or had work appearing in at least two professional periodicals, or had one professionally produced script. Submit samples of 10 poems or a 20- to 30-page manuscript of prose or plays.
	b)	Dance and Theater Individual Artists and Companies: Submit two complete works on 1/2" videocassette (VHS) or DVD; each work must be submitted on a separate cassette or disc.
	c)	Media Artists -Filmmakers and Video Artists: Submit no more than two complete works on 1/2" videocassette (VHS), CD-ROMs or DVDs; each work must be submitted on a separate cassette or disc.
	d)	Music Individual Artists and Companies, Audio Artists: Submit two complete works on separate audiocassettes, CDs or CD-ROMs; each work must be submitted on a separate cassette or disc. Composers must submit a score with each piece. A lead sheet must be submitted for jazz, popular and traditional compositions. All work must include the title of the work, date it was performed, total length and artist's role in the work, including instrument being played.
	e)	Visual Artists, Designers, Photographers: Submit a minimum of nine but no more than 12 digital images that represent recent work on CD-ROM or DVD-ROM.
	f)	Traditional Artists: Submit samples appropriate to your discipline as outlined above.

Support material samples of artistic work from artists accepted into the AIR program will be kept by the OAC as a permanent record unless other arrangements are made. Materials from artists not selected for the program will be returned if a self-addressed stamped mailer is sent; If not, support materials will be kept for one year and then discarded.

Timeline
The timeline below presents a general outline of the grant process for Artist in Residence: Artists. Please note that if a deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or state holiday, the deadline will be extended until the next business day.

Timeline
Application Deadline	February 1
Application Review	February and March
Artist Notification	March

Evaluation
Applications are assessed by OAC staff to determine eligibility for the directory, then qualified applicants. are invited to be interviewed by a selection committee consisting of Arts Learning staff, discipline peers and experienced residency sponsors. Based on the selection committee's recommendations, the AL office will invite new artists to participate in the AIR program, to be published in the Arts Learning Artist Directory, and to prepare for their first Fall Conference.

	1)	Applicant's credentials and references are strong.
	2)	Applicant's work samples reveal artistic excellence.
	3)	Applicant is able to work collaboratively with persons of varying ages and backgrounds.
	4)	Applicant is able to communicate about his/her art discipline, including personal artistic vision and creative process.
	5)	Applicant's ideas for residencies are based on learning goals that are appropriate and realistic for the residency participants, length and available resources.
	6)	Applicant has strong potential to serve as ambassador for his/her discipline, arts learning and the programs of the OAC.

This section of Guidelines is available as a PDF for you to download and print out if you prefer to read it offline. You must also read Appendix A: Legal Requirements if you plan to apply for OAC funding. A PDF of the complete version of the Guidelines is available in the Introduction.