The SFCC Fine Art Gallery is honored to introduce the **sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Artist-in-Residence Program** with the opening of sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Fine and Applied Art Building 32 on the campus of Spokane Falls Community College. The fully funded annual three-month residency will provide state of the art studio space within the newly constructed sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Fine and Applied Arts building to an Indigenous artist for the duration of spring quarter April 1-June 18, 2025\. The selected artist will explore creative expression through educational and professional development opportunities that connect them with students and the wider Spokane community. Funded in part with generous support from Spokane Arts SAGA Grant, Community Colleges of Spokane, and private donors, the residency is integral to the mission of the SFCC Fine Art gallery.

  
As a college which is situated on the traditional and sacred lands of the Spokane Tribe and provides services in a region that includes the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Kalispel Tribe and Nez Perce Tribe, we will prioritize those applicants and the tribes of Washington state as well as the Schistu'umsh (Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Indians). The three-month residency includes a $2,500.00 monthly stipend, as well as off-campus housing, studio space, and travel reimbursement to and from Spokane, WA. The residency provides time for the artist to develop artwork, explore new ideas, and to strengthen existing talents. Opportunities for educational and professional development, connections with students and Spokane community will be available for the artist to explore.

  
Residency Term: April 1-June 18, 2025
  
  

**Participants Experience:** 

* The artist-in-residence will decide what kind of art they want to make and exhibit, what kind of professional development they will benefit from, and what they would like their interaction with the community to look like.
* Three months access to **studio space** within sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Fine and Applied Arts Building, with access to tools and equipment from the art disciplines taught at SFCC including ceramics, sculpture, drawing, painting, printmaking, and metalsmithing.
* **Access to instruction in fine art classrooms**: opportunities to observe regularly scheduled classroom lectures, demonstrations, and critiques performed by fine art faculty.
* **Professional development opportunities** available to the artist should they choose to incorporate them as part of their residency experience include engagement with students and the community of Spokane through artist facilitated open studio hours, artist lead technical demonstrations, artist talk or lecture, and mentoring through art critique participation. Apprenticeship available from the Gallery Program Director in which the artist would receive guidance in art exhibition, curatorial processes, and technical demonstrations relating to art installation processes.
* **Connection** to a community liaison/Tribal representative.
* A **reception**, free and open to the public with food and beverages provided by the SFCC Fine Art Gallery will be scheduled with the resident artist.
* Any **artwork exhibited** by the artist may be available for purchase with all profits directed to the artist. \*SFCC Fine Art Gallery does not take a commission on any sales.
* The resident artist would receive **furnished off-campus lodging** for three months with amenities including kitchen and wifi.
* Three **stipend payments** in the amount of $2,500.00 each to assist with costs of living such as local travel, meals, and art supplies associated with a three-month residency.
* **Reimbursement for travel** to and from Spokane, WA not to exceed $800.00

Add

Spokane Falls Community College