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Artist-in-Residence Program

AIR Dehmie Dehmlow working with kids and families during Art Alive! Family Day.

Artist-in-Residence Program

Munson’s 2024-2025 Artist-in-Residence program application is now closed. Please check back in January 2025 for the 2025-26 residency application details.

Munson’s Artists-in-Residence program (AIR) is an education-based residency that allows one emerging artist to live, work, and teach on the Munson and Pratt Munson College of Art & Design campus in Utica, New York for one academic year.

The AIR program is designed for emerging artists or recent visual arts MFA graduates interested in working in art education in community arts and college curricula while receiving support to develop a vibrant, self-directed studio practice. A successful AIR applicant works in Drawing and/or Painting within the traditional and/or expanded field. A mastery of 2D foundation principles is desired.

Programming includes presenting a public lecture, teaching community arts education classes, holding a public open studio event, and designing and implementing accessible community projects with various departments on campus. Artists receive financial support, housing, meals, studio, and an exhibition in the Museum of Art.


THE RESIDENCY:

A successful AIR applicant works in Drawing and/or Painting within the traditional and/or expanded field. A mastery of 2D foundation principles is desired.

  • Residency is nine months.
  • Call for artists rotates through disciplines each academic year. 
  • One artist is in residence for the 24/25 academic year. 
  • Residency includes a fall artist talk, winter open studio, spring Museum of Art solo exhibition in the Pratt Munson Gallery, and promotion for these events. 
  • Artists receive two stipend payments of $1,250, one in September and one in January for a total of $2,500.
  • Residency includes paid fall and spring semester non-credit teaching opportunities in the Munson Community Arts program; and  paid Pratt Munson College of Art & Design adjunct teaching opportunities** (Courses may include the following areas: 1st year or Sophomore level  2D Foundations and/or Drawing) 
  • Artists have access to a private studio with 24/7 access.
  • Artist is provided with a furnished private apartment in the heart of the Munson campus. 
  • Residency includes a dining hall meal plan.
  • Access to Pratt Munson Fitness Center facilities. 

ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE RESPONSIBILITIES: 

The residency suits self-directed, motivated, and education- oriented artists that have an energetic willingness to make artwork and participate in campus and community life with genuine interest in gaining educational experience.

  • Develop own artwork and studio practice.
  • Work with the Community Arts and Residency Director prior to arriving to develop non-credit community drawing or painting classes to teach each semester for adults or teens. 
  • Work with the Museum Education Department to imagine, design, and plan art projects for three to four community Art Alive! Family Days or similar programming.
  • Work with Pratt Munson College Faculty and undergraduate student body with the potential to teach a credit course**
  • Present a lecture of current work, open studio, and solo exhibition of new work during residency.
  • Artists are responsible for bringing all specialty equipment, tools, and supplies used in their daily studio practice (including personal computers) to the residency. If an applicant has a special interest in facilities outside of the specific discipline, please indicate in the application form. 
  • Artist is responsible for transportation to and during residency and any additional costs of living. 
  • The Artist-in-Residence should model the values and culture of the organization to colleagues and the public by being welcoming, inclusive, and respectful and will value collaboration across the organization.

**Pratt Munson credit course teaching opportunities are contingent on college enrollment, AIR experience, and are assigned at the discretion of the Chair and Dean

Program Eligibility + Selection Process:

Stipend + Pay (USD)

Housing + Meals

Teaching + Community Presence

Studios + Facilities:

Application Fee + Instructions:

TO APPLY:

Munson’s 2024-2025 Artist-in-Residence program application is now closed. Please check back in January 2025 for the 2025-26 residency application details.


RESIDENCY ALUMNI:

Visit the AIR Alumni page to learn about our current and past residents >


The Munson Artist-in-Residence Program is made possible with the generous support of Sunithi S. Bajekal.