POST-BAC RESIDENCY
As part of its developing Core Program, the Modern Ancient Brown Foundation is accepting applications for its Post-Baccalaureate Residency in Studio Art and Critical Studies from candidates in the Great Lakes region, from Detroit to Chicago. The Post-Baccalaureate Residency is intended to support studio practitioners as well as artists seeking to develop their work in dialogue with Critical Studies. Four Post-Baccalaureate Artists in Residency will be chosen for a 4.5 month residency. In Fall 2024 and in Spring 2025, two Residents will be chosen to share a 1,000 sq ft studio space. Each Resident will also receive a monthly stipend of $1,500. The intent is to encourage those selected to take the time and space to explore their chosen media.
Post-Baccalaureate Residents will have ample opportunities, facilitated as appropriate by the Foundation, to interact with the broader Metro-Detroit community of artists, writers, and scholars. The minimal commitment asked of each Resident will involve: consistent use of the studio space; participation in crits and mentoring; participation in one curated dinner conversation at the Foundation; permission to publish some of the work undertaken at the Foundation in the Foundation’s annual publication of work by Residents, Fellows, and invited participants; and finally, we ask that the Foundation be acknowledged upon publication or exhibition of work supported by the Foundation. The application cycle is open January 3, 2024; deadline February 23, 2024; results announced in April 2023. The Foundation highly encourages BIPOC applicants.
Application portal opens: January 3, 2024;
Application deadline: February 23, 2024.
Application package: You should submit your completed application in PDF to the Foundation’s Slideroom. Any inquiries can be made to postbaccresidency@modernancientbrown.com
Your application must include the following:
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A current curriculum vitae.
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A PDF of no more than 15 images of your work placed in chronological order. Be sure to indicate title, medium / media, size, date.
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Statement of purpose (500 - 750 words). The statement of purpose should offer a brief life history and should then speak to your artistic interests, the emerging directions in your practice, influences upon your work in addition to a critical relationship to your chosen field, and finally, the statement of purpose should also address why you are applying for this program at this time.
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If you are wanting to be considered for mentoring in (studio) practice with critical studies you should clearly indicate so in your statement of purpose.
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Names and contact details (emails) of two referees who have agreed to write on your behalf. DO NOT SUBMIT REFERENCES.