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Early Career Uptown Arts & Culture District Artist in Residency
Eligibility:
This call is open to Western Washington residents who are within the first 4 years of their career as an artist and not currently a full time student. The artist must be able to attend meetings in the Uptown neighborhood on a monthly basis. People who are members of historically disenfranchised racial, ethnic, cultural, and other identity groups are especially encouraged to apply.
Purpose:
The Uptown Arts & Culture Coalition (UACC) seeks to support the next generation of arts leaders by providing an environment for an early career artist to experience board leadership, lead a public art project, and facilitate community engagement. The Artist in Residency (AR) will be an active member of the UACC board including voting power, participating in committee service, and connecting to the local artists & arts organizations. They will be assigned a board member to help them through the process of working with a board, community and the assigned project. Lastly, each AR is assigned a public art project where they will get the opportunity to work with the local community and artists in the design process.
2024/25 Project for the Uptown Art District:
Working with the UACC and local community the AR will design a series of crosswalks for the uptown neighborhood. Locations and quantity will be determined as part of the engagement process during the residency. UACC retains all rights to the use of the finalized designs but the AR may use the designs, process and documentation for their portfolio.
Link to Pedestrian Crossing page of the Seattle Right-of-Way Improvement Manual
Time commitment:
Term 1 year with option to extend depending on the project needs and permitting process
Attendance of Monthly Board meetings 1.5 hours each plus one all day retreat a year
Attendance at community engagement meetings as needed to complete the project
Outside of meetings, the Artist in Residency will spend time on the project creation, documentation, and implementation
Quarterly meeting with a UACC board member for mentorship and career development support
We estimate an average of 10 hours per month of time commitment
Stipend:
Each quarter the artist will be paid a stipend of $750.00 for the duration of the residency.
Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee comprised of UACC Board members, with the top candidates receiving an interview with the selection committee
Application due April 30, 2024
Informed by May 24, 2024
Start Date July 1, 2024
The Uptown Arts & Culture Coalition is Seattle’s member-led non-profit organization for advancing the arts in Uptown. We strengthen and support an important network of people—artists and arts professionals, cultural organizations, businesses, neighborhood residents, civic leaders and policymakers —all working to increase the participation in and evolution of arts and culture in the Uptown neighborhood and across Seattle. While we serve more than forty-five arts and cultural organizations, we also serve every Uptown resident, Seattleite, arts patron, and tourist by working diligently to bring the arts to all people through advocacy, relationship building and research.
For any questions please email info@uacc.art.