Artist in residence program

2011 Artists in Residence Program at I-Park

Application Deadline: January 11, 2011

The I-Park Foundation, Inc., a 450-acre natural woodland retreat

in East Haddam, CT, announces its eleventh season hosting its

multi-disciplinary residency program.  Self-directed artistsâ019

residencies will be offered from May through November 2011, with

possible off-season sessions in April and December.  Most

sessions are four weeks in duration.  Residencies are offered to

creative individuals working in the following disciplines:

Visual (including Environmental) Art, Music Composition/Sound

Sculpture, Moving Image, Creative Writing and Landscape/Garden

Design.  Work samples are evaluated through a competitive,

juried process.

There is a $30 application processing fee required.  Accepted

artists are responsible for their own work materials as well as

transportation to and from the area.  The facility is otherwise

offered at no cost to accepted artists, including a basic meal

program where most, though not all, of the food is provided.

Accommodations at I-Park include comfortable private living

quarters in an 1850â019s era farmhouse and a private studio on

the grounds.  An abundance of power tools and equipment, musical

instruments and peripherals, site materials, an electric kiln,

wireless internet and library facilities are provided.

International applicants are welcome.  To defray the cost of

travel, six $750.00 grants will be offered in 2011 to

international artists whose work is held in particularly high

regard by the Grant Committee.

Application materials will be available online as of November

22, 2010.  For details, visit

http://www.i-park.org/residency.html.

In 2011, I-Park will also be hosting its third Environmental Art

Biennale as well as a summer Special Inter-Disciplinary Projects

residency.  Application and program materials for these separate

events will be available online in late December.

For more information, contact I-Park by e-mail: ipark@ureach.com

or by phone: 860-873-2468.