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Coastal Oregon Artist Residency open for submissions
Astoria Visual Arts (AVA)
and Recology Western
Oregon (RWO) are pleased
to announce the third round
of the Coastal Oregon Artist
Residency, which aims to
support the creation of art
from recycled, repurposed and
discarded materials recovered
from the Recology Astoria
Recycling Depot and Transfer
Station.
The deadline to submit ap-
plication materials is Sunday,
May 17.
The residency provides
selected artists with access to
discarded materials, a stipend
of $400 per month and a large
studio space at RWO’s War-
renton-based shop.
By supporting artists who
work with recycled materials,
AVA and Recology hope to
encourage people to conserve
natural resources and promote
new ways of thinking about
art and the environment. Two
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UP-COMING
WORKSHOPS
April 27, 28, 29
RUTH ARMITAGE
A B C’s of ABSTRACTION
Continued
May 5 and May 12 – Saturdays
JO POMEROY-CROCKETT
The art of ASSEMBLAGE
three-month residencies will
begin Monday, July 2, and end
Monday, Oct. 1.
During their residencies,
artists will have 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. Monday through Satur-
day scavenging privileges at
the Astoria Transfer Station,
and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday access to the
Warrenton studio. Artists are
expected to work on site regu-
larly (approximately 20 hours
per week) in order to complete
their proposed projects by the
close of the residency.
Mid-term reviews will
take place to gauge progress
toward completion of the art-
work per the concepts set forth
in each artist’s proposal.
At the conclusion of the
residencies, AVA and RWO
will host a reception and
public exhibition for the artists
featuring artwork made during
their residencies. When the
residencies end, each artist
will be asked to contribute one
piece of artwork to the pro-
gram’s permanent collection.
FILE PHOTO
Eligibility
Sean Barrow’s “Mandala Rotation One” (top) and Dawn Stet-
zel’s “Wind Assisted Chair” (bottom), produced through the
Coastal Oregon Artist Residency
The Coastal Oregon Artists
Residency is open to local,
career-level artists living in
Clatsop and Tillamook coun-
ties in Oregon and Pacific
and Wahkiakum counties in
Washington who are working
in any style or medium.
Students currently enrolled
at any university, college or
other educational institution
will not be considered. We do
not accept applications from
artists who reside a driving
distance of more than one
hour from the RWO Astoria
Transfer Station.
In advance of their resi-
dencies, participating artists
will be required to attend
an orientation and training
session at the Astoria Transfer
Station and Warrenton facility
and agree to observe proper
safety precautions with re-
spect to design, technical con-
struction and materials in the
creation of artwork, includ-
ing precautions reasonably
July 18 and 19,
Wednesday & Thursday
KRISTY KUTCH
Wet or Dry: the Amazing Range
of the Colored Pencil
August 16, 17, 18
David Kitler – Wildlife Artist
Wildlife drawing and painting
August 23, 24, 25
FEALING LIN
Painting Watercolor Landscapes
For Intermediate &
advanced students
required or recommended by
Recology personnel.
Though participating
artists will exercise complete
control over the creative
process, and all creative ideas
and expressions will originate
from the artists, AVA and
RWO reserve the right to re-
ject artwork that is offensive
or unacceptable for display
to the general public. Such
material may include but is
not limited to: overtly por-
nographic or libelous content;
overtly offensive religious
or political content; content
that includes any personally
identifiable information.
Application process
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Applicants are asked to sub-
mit the following materials:
1. Contact information
(name, address, telephone
number, email address)
2. Website address, if
available
3. Resume or C.V.
4. An essay that addresses
the following:
• Artist’s statement
• Statement of purpose.
Please describe what you
plan to work on during the
residency and how you will
incorporate recycled mate-
rials.
• What drew you to apply
for this residency?
• What medium do you
generally work in?
• What types of tools do
you generally work with?
5. Four work samples that
reflect the type of project you
plan to pursue during your
residency, and that represents
recent finished works. Photos
of these will suffice and
images should be reasonable
in file size for online email
transfer.
6. Contact information
(phone numbers and email
addresses) for two references
that can speak to your artistic
practice.
All application materials
must be submitted electron-
ically through astoriavi-
sualarts@gmail.com and
rgreen@recology.com, with
the subject heading “COAR
Application.” Paper applica-
tions are not accepted.
Nota Bene: Regard-
ing collaborations, artists
interested in collaborating
on a project must submit
individual applications and
appropriate work samples,
along with a joint description
of the work they intend to do
at the residency. An example
of a previous collaborative
work (either completed or in
progress) may also be sub-
mitted. Admission status is
determined by averaging the
individual application scores
of all collaborators.
Selection of artists
Our selection committee,
which is composed of arts
professionals and environmen-
talists, will review application
packets by Tuesday, June 3,
and select up to six candidates
for interviewing, with two
finalists and two alternates
ultimately selected. The
committee may contact artists
in advance of or during the
June 3 meeting to address
any questions or need for
clarification.
Currently, the committee
awards two residencies per
year. The committee will eval-
uate submissions based on the
artists’ demonstrated commit-
ment to resource conservation
and recycling through art,
how the residency can provide
the artist with professional
growth, the quality of previous
work and the artist’s repu-
tation and references. The
committee also considers the
artist’s use of materials and the
types of tools available in the
studio.
Notification
You will be notified by
email by the end of the day
Monday, June 4, if you are
one of the artists selected to be
interviewed Sunday, June 10.
Important dates
Submission deadline:
Sunday, May 27
Candidate interviews:
Sunday, June 10
Notification of acceptance:
Wednesday, June 13
Residencies start
date: Monday, July 2
Residencies end date:
Monday, Oct. 1
Exhibition date: Saturday,
Oct. 13
For more information, con-
tact us at astoriavisualarts@
gmail.com or 503-741-9694.
Astoria Visual Arts was
founded in 1989 as a local
nonprofit membership organi-
zation to enhance, strengthen
and promote arts in the Great-
er Astoria Area.
Recology Western Oregon
is an employee-owned com-
pany that manages a variety
of resource and recovery
facilities and provides service
to more than 130 communities
in Oregon, Washington and
California.