Erie Canal Artist-in-Residence
Erie Canal Museum
Submit a proposal for a year-long creative visual project reflecting on the New York State Canal System's past, present, and future.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- 37 days left
- Entry fee
- Free
- Location
- New York State Canal System, New York
About
Position Summary
In partnership with the New York State Canal Corporation, the Erie Canal Museum is seeking two (2) Erie Canal Artists-in-Residence for a period of one (1) year. While all artists are encouraged to apply, the museum is specifically seeking artists with ancestral ties to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and/or Mohican Nation and artists who live or work in New York State Canal communities.
Project Requirements
The Residencies will focus on a year-long creative inquiry into the New York State Canal System reflecting on its past, contemplating its current condition, and considering its future. Applicants must propose a specific creative visual project that must be able to be exhibited in a gallery setting and must directly address the Canal. Proposals must reflect a creative inquiry of the Canal and consider a fuller, more complete account of the Canal's past, present, and future than what has traditionally been told. Studies of Canal communities are encouraged, but the Canal and its context must be central to the project. Projects may focus on key areas of the Canal or the entire system (524 miles of navigable waterways and 365 miles of multi-use trails).
Residency Focus
The 2027 Residencies will be dedicated to projects that reflect upon the Canal's physical, environmental, and social condition and history; materiality; and context. Artists will engage with the Canal and adjacent Canalway Trails, Canal Corp. and Museum staff, Canal facilities, New York's Canal communities, and Canal visitors.
Audience and Dissemination
The applicant shall identify their target audience(s) and how their project will be shared with that audience and with the public-at-large.
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Entries per artist
- Up to 2
- Theme
- Call for Entry/Open Call - Photography, All Disciplines
- Eligibility
- All artists encouraged to apply; preference for artists with ancestral ties to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and/or Mohican Nation and artists who live or work in New York State Canal communities.
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