Visual Artist Fellowship
The
Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) is proud to announce the
application for its Visual Artist Fellowship is now open. Please review
the revised guidelines below.
Please
note each application is reviewed carefully and all applicants are also
eligible for exhibition, sales, teaching and other opportunities
through CFEVA. All professional visual artists are encouraged to apply
before November 15, 2013.
The
Visual Artist Fellowship is designed to help artists within 100 miles
of Philadelphia reach new levels in their artistic and professional
practice. Artists will be asked to demonstrate a vision for the next
level of their professional or artistic practice and a clear plan for
CFEVA’s proposed role in reaching it. Artists will be selected based on
the merit of their artwork, demonstrated ability to reach stated goals,
their vision for the next level in their career, and the ability of
CFEVA to help get them there.
Three
artists will be selected receive a full range of career support over
the two-year Fellowship to ensure the successful realization of a career
goal, artistic outcome, or related project as defined in the
application. In addition, selected artists will receive a $1000 award
and up to $3000 to cover expenses related to the proposed activity.
We
invite all artists to apply with their current needs and ideas
regardless of their status of emerging, mid career or established.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Final application deadline is November 15, 2013. For more information or questions, contact Genevieve Coutroubis at Genevieve@cfeva.org
Landlab
As
a collaboration between The Schuylkill Center for Environmental
Education (SCEE) and The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA), The
Landlab series invites professional artists to create projects which
operate on the multiple platforms of artistic creation, ecological
restoration and education. Specifically, four paid residencies of $3,000
each, taking place from April – October 2014, will grant selected
artists resources and space on SCEE’s 340-acre property to engage
audiences in the processes of ecological stewardship, scientific
investigation, and artistic creation. Our residency provides large
outdoor spaces and limited indoor workspace, but does not provide living
spaces. Artists will be expected to provide their own housing. Having a
vehicle is recommended.
LandLab projects will
result in innovative, art-based installations that prevent or remediate
environmental damage conditions while raising public awareness about our
local ecology.
LandLab seeks artists
engaged in environmental exploration and discovery, who work well
collaboratively across disciplines, have a working understanding and/or
awareness of the ecology of Eastern Pennsylvania region, and are
committed to deepening public awareness of environmental issues through
their artistic practice. LandLab projects will prioritize time spent on
site and a process of investigation.
The Schuylkill Center
creates connections between people and nature by using our forests and
fields as a living laboratory. The Center for Emerging Visual Artists
provides career development services for professional visual artists,
helps artists reach their audiences, and promotes interest in and
understanding of the visual arts among citizens of the Philadelphia
region. Together and through this first program of its kind in
Philadelphia, we invite all professional visual artists who fit these
criteria and are able to work on-site at SCEE for the summer of 2014 to
apply before October 15, 2013.
