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The call is asking Tucson-based disabled artists to apply for a five-week, fully-funded residency that prioritizes process over production.
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Get matched →“Echo Among Us” is a five-week, fully-funded residency prioritizing process over production. Participants will critically reflect on and re-situate their practice in response to theoretical and practical knowledge gained through the program via lectures, screenings, site visits, and workshops. The core question is: “How might collaboration amplify the voices of disabled artists who experience the world differently?” There is no requirement to apply with a project proposal, know precisely what you will create, or show a specific level of technical skill. We want to know what you are curious about and understand what is currently coming up within your practice.
Applicants must be based in Tucson, Arizona, be 18 years of age or older, and must not be currently enrolled in formal education. For the purposes of this residency, disability is intentionally understood broadly and through self-identification. We recognize that disability can be physical, sensory, neurological, cognitive, intellectual, psychological, chronic, fluctuating, or otherwise experienced in ways that affect how someone moves through, perceives, communicates with, and/or participates in the world. Disability does not always look or feel the same, and not every disabled person has access to a formal diagnosis, medical documentation, or a single language for describing their experience. We therefore do not ask applicants to prove or justify their disability. If you identify as disabled and feel that this residency is intended for you, we welcome you to apply.
Throughout the five weeks, we will collectively explore questions around: How do we experience and understand our own bodies? How does sensation shape memory? What can we learn by paying closer attention to what we usually overlook? How does our experience of disability change the ways we perceive and navigate the world? What happens when individual experiences enter into conversation with one another? How can the Sonoran Desert become a site of listening, research, and collective exchange? What might become possible when artists are given permission to experiment without needing to produce a predetermined outcome? The residency will include sensory-led workshops, seminars from international artists & researchers, site visits, group critiques, and time for independent making.
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We are looking to bring together 5 – 8 artists, age 18+, who live in Tucson and self-identify as disabled. Artists working in any medium or discipline are welcome. You may work in painting, sculpture, photography, sound, performance, installation, textiles, writing, ceramics, film, digital media, or something that doesn’t fit neatly into a category. You do not need to identify as a “professional artist” or have an extensive exhibition history. What matters most is your curiosity, your perspective, and your willingness to explore alongside others. We are particularly interested in artists who can bring different ways of seeing, sensing, making, and thinking into the room. Artists do not need to make work exclusively about disability. The cohort will be intentionally curated – not only around individual practices, but around how the artists’ curiosities might connect with, challenge, and learn from one another.
Should you require support with your application, please email: [email protected]