Residency Windgate Arts Residency in Wood
Opportunity Description
International Deadline: January 6, 2025 – The Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood (WARP Wood) is an annual two-month program that takes place from early June to early August.
Each cohort of resident fellows consists of several artists, one student artist, a documentary artist, and a scholar. The residents live and work in a collaborative environment, and the residency culminates in a group exhibition of their work, opening on the first Friday of August at the Museum for Art in Wood. The residency is designed as a collegial experience and encourages an open exchange of creative and technical occupations. Resident fellows can pursue both individual and collaborative work that is explorative, experimental, research-based, or otherwise enriching to the artistic practice.
WARP Wood Residency: June 2 – August 1, 2025 (exact dates to follow)
Residency Exhibition: August 1 – October 19, 2025
ELIGIBILITY
Artists and makers working either solely in wood or wood in combination with other materials utilizing multiple techniques are encouraged to apply. Applicants must demonstrate artistic innovation, technical know-how, and professional experience. Proposals for the residency should articulate how the Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood experience will facilitate new avenues of research, exploration, and experimentation, as well as approaches and concepts to be explored while on the residency. Residents may focus on objectives concerning their individual work or work in collaboration with other fellows.
The Student Artist fellowship is open to anyone who is currently a BFA, MFA, undergraduate, graduate, or one year out from an undergraduate or graduate program, or equivalent education. Student Artists working either solely in wood or wood in combination with other materials utilizing multiple techniques are encouraged to apply.
The Documentary Artist fellowship candidate will outline their personal artistic history and work and state how they propose to document all the participants throughout the residency. This encompasses all activities both in and out of the studio. Candidates are encouraged to propose documentary methods that expand and challenge conventional approaches to documentation and demonstrate creative use of the documentary medium, whether in digital or film photography, video, drawing and sketching, digital illustration, or other formats.
The Scholar/Researcher lives on-site for one week at the midpoint of the residency, while work is well underway in the studio. Applicants for this position should declare their academic interests, explain how direct access to the other residents will enhance their professional activities, and demonstrate a profound desire to attend the residency. The applicant agrees to provide a written summary or works to reflect their Windgate Residency experience as part of the final exhibition. The statement will also be included in the Museum’s publications and/or online platforms and should be made available for other publications by the Scholar fellow.
BENEFITS
Residents receive a weekly stipend; reimbursed round-trip transportation to Philadelphia; housing, supplies, and travel in the region. A modest allowance for special materials and supplementary workshops is also awarded. Residents are often successful at obtaining donations or sponsorships to support their expenses and it is encouraged (not a criteria for selection to the program).
Residents also participate in several Museum-sponsored educational events. The events vary from Open Studio Day – when the public visits the NextFab shop mid-residency for demonstrations and to see the developing ideas and work; an annual hands-on weekend with local and international artists at Echo Lake (Bucks County, PA), and regional trips to visit artists, collectors, and museums. The WARP Wood concludes with the presentation of the artists’ work in a multi-disciplinary exhibition that features each fellow’s experience and growth by including objects produced before and during the program. Three-dimensional work is accompanied by photos and essays documenting the residency experience. Residents will have opportunities to share their professional and personal WARP Wood experiences with the public gallery talk during the exhibition’s opening.
APPLICATION – No Fee
Artist acceptance: mid-February 2025
About:
The Museum for Art in Wood engages, educates, and inspires the public through the exhibition, collection, and interpretation of contemporary art in wood.
The Museum for Art in Wood comprises the Gerry Lenfest Gallery for changing exhibitions, the permanent collection, The Fleur & Charles Bresler Research Library, the Len Scherock Museum Store, and The Earl Powell Artist Research Files. It also organizes arts residencies, which are held on an annual basis, and provides in-person and virtual talks and activities.
The Museum for Art in Wood
141 N. 3rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 923-8000