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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
application materials is Sun-
day, May 27.
The residency provides
selected artists with access to
discarded materials, a stipend
of $400 per month and a
large studio space at RWO’s
Warrenton-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 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
regularly (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
artwork 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 residen-
cies. When the residencies
end, each artist will be asked
to contribute one piece of
artwork to the program’s
permanent collection.
FILE PHOTO
Sean Barrow’s “Mandala Ro-
tation One” (top) and Dawn
Stetzel’s “Wind Assisted
Chair” (bottom), produced
through the Coastal Oregon
Artist Residency
Eligibility
The Coastal Oregon Artist
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 education-
al 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 residen-
cies, participating artists will
be required to attend an ori-
entation and training session
at the Astoria Transfer Station
and Warrenton facility and
agree to observe proper safety
precautions with respect to
design, technical construction
and materials in the creation
of artwork, including precau-
tions reasonably 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
reject 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.
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
submitted. Admission status is
determined by averaging the
individual application scores
of all collaborators.
Application process
Selection of artists
Applicants are asked to
submit the following mate-
rials:
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 residen-
cy and how you will incorpo-
rate recycled materials.
• 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 imag-
es 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 elec-
tronically through astoria-
visualarts@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
Our selection committee,
which is composed of arts
professionals and environ-
mentalists, will review ap-
plication packets by Sunday,
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 com-
mitment to resource conser-
vation and recycling through
art, how the residency can
provide the artist with profes-
sional growth, the quality of
previous work and the artist’s
reputation 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 accep-
tance: Wednesday, June 13
• Residencies start
date: Monday, July 2
• Residencies end date:
Monday, Oct. 1
• Exhibition date: Satur-
day, Oct. 13
For more information,
contact us at astoriavisu-
alarts@gmail.com or 503-
741-9694.
Astoria Visual Arts
was founded in 1989 as a
local nonprofit membership
organization to enhance,
strengthen and promote arts
in the Greater Astoria Area.
Recology Western Ore-
gon is an employee-owned
company that manages a
variety of resource and
recovery facilities and pro-
vides service to more than
130 communities in Oregon,
Washington and California.
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