September 2027 Early Career Artist Residency

September 2027 Early Career Artist Residency Associated Residency Program Anderson Center at Tower View Early Career Artist Residency Program OrganizationAnderson Center at Tower View The Anderson Center at Tower View in Red Wing, Minnesota invites early-career artists of any discipline living in Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City to apply to the organization’s Early Career Artist Residency Program for concentrated, uninterrupted creative time to work on and advance their personal artistic goals and projects. Applications to participate in the five-artist cohort in September of 2027 are due at 12:00 p.m. noon CST on Tuesday, January 12, 2027. The Anderson Center’s Emerging Artist Residency is an ideal fit for early-career artists in need of focused time and dedicated space in an inspiring residency work environment that empowers them to take risks, embrace challenges, and utilize unconventional approaches to problem-solving. Thanks to generous support from the Jerome Foundation, selected emerging artists receive a $625/week artist stipend, documentation support, art-making resources, lodging & studio space, a travel honorarium, groceries, and chef-prepared communal dinners. The Anderson Center’s Early Career Artist Residency is geared toward generative art making, as well as exchange across an interdisciplinary cohort. The program is well suited for vocational early-career artists in pursuit of time, space, and resources to truly commit to a project and explore new creative territories. The Anderson Center seeks to support emerging writers and artists with an uncompromising drive to create new work at Tower View that demonstrates significant potential for cultural and community impact, is technically accomplished, and engages diverse communities. The organization also believes that the environment and resources of Tower View, along with an exchange of ideas between artists working across disciplines, can serve as a catalyst for new inspiration and innovative directions for the work early career artists create while in residence. Deadline January 12, 2027 Url/web link to application https://www.andersoncenter.org/residency-program/ Residency Eligibility Residency Length4 weeks - 4 weeks Languages English Other Average Number of Artists in Residence at a Time 5 Collaborative Residency Must apply and be accepted individually Discipline Animation Architecture Blacksmithing Book Arts Ceramics/Clay Arts/Pottery Choreography Costume/Fashion Design Documentary Drawing Environmental Arts Fiction Film Fine Metals/Jewelry Glass Arts Graphic Design Illustration Interdisciplinary Arts Journalism Landscape Architecture Literary Nonfiction Literature Mixed Media Moving Image Multimedia Arts Music Nonfiction Opera Painting Paper Arts Performance Art Photography Playwriting Poetry Printmaking Public Art Screenwriting Sculpture Social Practice Sound Art Storytelling Symphony Textile & Fiber Arts/Weaving Theater Translation TV + Radio Visual Arts Writing Companions Pets are not allowed Country of Residence Only open to artists based in country the program is located Family Friendly N/A Stage of Career Emerging Additional Expectations/Opportunities Participate in public programming Participate in open studio with fellow residents Give artist talk or presentation Lead workshop for the public Residency Experience Summary Accessible Housing Partially Accessible (50% or more) Meals Provided Some meals (at least 2 meals provided) Groceries provided for residents to prepare their own meals Residents have access to private kitchen Studios/Special Equipment Private Studios Shared Studios Performance/Presentation Facilities Dance Studio Without Sprung Floor Piano Darkroom (Black And White) Darkroom (Color) Music/Media Studio Non-recording Painting Workspace (Oil) Easels Drawing Benches Printmaking Workspaces Etching Press Textiles Workspace Fiber Arts Workspace Washer And Dryer Studios/Facilities Accessibility ADA Compliant Type of Housing Private bedroom in a shared housing facility on campus Application Information Additional Eligibility Information The four primary eligibility guidelines for the Anderson Center’s Early Career Artist Residency are: Legal residency in the State of Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City. Not enrolled in any degree-granting program from time of application through residency period. Self-identification as an “early career artist” with 2-10 years of generative experience in the field An artistic practice centered in generating and creating entirely new work. Please visit the application form for complete details. DEFINITION OF “EARLY CAREER ARTIST”While the Anderson Center’s general Artist Residency Program hosts artists with a wide range of talent and experience, its Early Career Artist Residency Program exclusively focuses on meeting the specific needs of artists who are in the early stages of their artistic development and career.The Anderson Center’s goal is to support artists early in their careers who create work that is and/or has the potential to be: Compelling—offering distinctive vision and authentic voice; Deeply considered, imaginative, and executed with attention to craft and with technical proficiency, providing artistic experiences that communicate unique perspective/s, and invite viewers to question, discover, explore new ideas in new ways; Innovative and risk-taking—engaging, questioning, challenging or re-imagining conventional artistic forms. The Anderson Center defines an early career artist as someone in the early stages of their creative development with 2-10 years of generative experience, and: have a focused direction and goals, even while still developing their artistic “voice” have yet to be substantially celebrated within their field, the media, funding circles or the public at large are vocational (as opposed to avocational, academic, amateur or educational) artists Artists who have been in the field for longer than 10 yea