AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Eligibility

Artists of color…

with a demonstrated creative practice and who are interested in (or already) making socially-engaged art. Proposed projects can use any medium or artistic genre as long as it can be adapted to a site-specific project in a working coin-op.

who live in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area (including Jersey City and Newark) and Philadelphia.

who are available to fully participate in all residency activities from May – October 2012.

who are not enrolled as a full-time student at any point during the residency.

Benefits to Artists

The Laundromat Project is able to provide all Create Change participants with:

Honorarium ($3000) and production budget ($1000)

Access to a rich network of local and national peers, activists, arts professionals, curators, funders, and change agents

Opportunity to form a peer network with other area artists on a bi-weekly basis

A peer learning process for workshopping your creative vision, sharing strategies, and exchanging ideas

Additional opportunities for support as program alumni

Additionally, Create Change Public Artists in Residence are resourced with:

Support in promoting the public art project and generating participation

Support in documenting the work

A culminating event that features their Create Change project at the end of the residency cycle

Selection Criteria

Strong Create Change Candidates have:

Familiarity or interest in local issues impacting their neighborhoods

Willingness to take risks and step out of comfort zones

Interest/Ability to actively engage non-artists in all aspects of your creative process

Problem-solving skills, resourcefulness, and flexibility

Capacity for critical analysis

Deep respect for their neighbors, and the ability to collaborate with a broad public

Demonstrated ability to carry out a project of this scale

Criteria Used to Evaluate Applications:

Artistic Merit

Has the applicant demonstrated a command of the medium(s) presented in their work samples?

Does the applicant’s work samples illustrate technical strength? Is the applicant’s work conceptually strong?

Project Clarity & Feasibility

Is the project description and purpose clear?

Can this project be completed within 6 months? If not, has the applicant indicated that the project will continue after the residency is over?

Has the applicant identified the resources and support needed to realize their project? If they have listed resource and support needs that exceed $1000, do they offer an alternate strategy for acquiring these resources?

Based on the work samples and the applicant’s past experience, will they be able to realize the project that they have proposed for the residency?

Relevance to Artists

Does the applicant make a compelling case for why this residency is appropriate for their practice as an artist?

Would participation in this residency significantly advance the artist’s career and scope of work?

Do you think the applicant would go forward with realizing this project if funds were not granted?

Relevance to Neighborhood

Does this project respond to the specific needs of the applicant’s neighborhood?

Does the project incorporate the culture of the applicant’s neighborhood?

Has the applicant demonstrated a familiarity or interest in local issues impacting their neighborhood?

Is the project relevant and of benefit to the applicant’s neighborhood?

Does the applicant demonstrate a deep respect for their neighbors and the ability to collaborate with a broad public?

Is the project unique to the laundromat setting?

Does the project interact with the laundromat as a public space?

Will the applicant compellingly engage non-artists in all aspects of their creative process?

Sustainability

Has the applicant identified additional resources (e.g. partnerships with schools, faith-based organizations, neighborhood leaders, local business owners, councilmen, etc) that will allow them to complete this project with excellence?

Will the project continue after the residency term is complete?

Will the applicant work with any of the aforementioned community partners and their neighbors to insure that the project continues past their residency term?

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Create Change: Professional Development Fellowship

Artists who are interested in (or already) making socially-engaged art are invited to partcipate in a set of professional development activities designed to develop or deepen a public art practice. A roster of activists, arts professionals, curators, funders, and change agents will offer strategies for creating and sustaining work that overlaps both the art and social justice sectors.

Through a series of "public art potlucks" artists in the Create Change program are able to form peer networks, receive mentorship and technical assistance from a wide range of artists and art professionals, as well as learn new skill sets ranging from oral history collection to sustaining a career in community-based art making.

Up to fifteen (15) Create Change Professional Development Fellows will be selected to partcipate in bi-weekly discussions and workshops designed to help them deepen their approach to having a socially-engaged creative practice and develop a project proposal for a social engaged public art project that can be mounted after they have completed the Fellowship. This opportunity is open to artists at all stages of their careers.

Fee

$150. Merit based scholarships are available.

Benefits

Access to a rich network of local and national peers, activists, arts professionals, curators, funders, and change agents. For a list of past speakers, click here.

Opportunity to form a peer network with other area artists on a bi-weekly basis

A peer learning process for workshopping creative vision, sharing strategies, and exchanging ideas

Eligibility

To participate in this program, artists should:

Have a demonstrated creative practice

Be interested in (or already) making socially-engaged art

Live in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area (including Jersey City and Newark)

Not be enrolled as a full-time student at any point during the program

Selection Criteria

Strong candidates have:

Familiarity or interest in local issues impacting their neighborhoods

Interest/Ability to actively engage non-artists in all aspects of their creative process

Capacity for critical thinking and analysis

Demonstrated record of artistic excellence in their work samples and resume

Deep respect for their neighbors, and desire to collaborate with a broad public

Criteria Used to Evaluate Applications:

Artistic Merit

Has the applicant demonstrated a record of artistic excellence in their work samples and professional experience?

Relevance to Artists

Would participation in this program significantly strengthen this artist’s practice and network?

Artist's Commitment to/Interest in Socially-Engaged Art-making

Does this applicant seem to have a deep respect for their neighbors, and ultimate desire to collaborate with a broad public?

Has this applicant expressed an interest in local issues impacting their neighborhood or community?

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