artist-in-residency 2025

The Artist-in-Residency (AIR) program at Arkansas Tech University is an immersive experience within an art and educational community. AIR is a program intended to advance the careers of practicing artists, present the residents as role models for the ATU community, and to strengthen the public’s awareness toward the significance of making art and its effect on the surrounding community. The residency will take place over a five-month period, giving the artist time and space to focus on the creative process. The AIR program for Spring 2025 will select an artist who works two or three-dimensionally to create an outdoor artwork that will enhance the ATU campus.

The AIR program is supported by a generous grant from the Windgate Charitable Foundation.

EXPECTIONS:

Residents must be artists with significant exhibition records, strong communication skills, sustained studio practice and a desire to engage with the larger campus community. This involvement may include guest lecturing classes, giving public talks, providing mentorship to students, participating in open studios and/or collaborating with faculty and students. The resident may also teach one course in 2D design, 3D Design, or Introduction to Drawing during the Spring academic semester. Artists are expected to commit as a full-time resident for the specific term of the residency, Spring academic term 2025.

PROJECT: (To be completed Spring 2025)

The resident artist will create a permanent public artwork such as a mural or free-standing sculpture to be installed on the ATU campus. Murals will be on marine plywood or other panels that will be installed on the exterior of a brick building. The artist will work with the ATU facility department for foundation

planning and building for sculptural works. Sculptural works must fit within a 10’ x 10’ area. Murals may range from approximately 250 – 500 square feet. Possible location images are available upon request. The final project must be completed and installed on campus by the end of the residency period.

RESIDENCY TERM:

• Start Date: January 1, 2025 - Housing will be available. The artist must arrive before the first day of the spring semester.
• End Date: May 31, 2025 for housing. Project deadline will be no later than Thursday, May 1, 2025.