Artist-in-residence

Artist-in-residence programs exist to invite creative people to reside at an institution, travel with a group,[1] or provide them with alternative spaces to work away from the restrictions and pressures of everyday life. Depending on the talent involved, the program may be entitled more specifically as composer-in-residence[2] or writer-in-residence.[3][4] Comic artists programs may be called comic artist in residence or comic in residence.[5] (Spelling of each term may include or omit the hyphen.)

This article is about institutional residencies. For the album by Jason Moran, see Artist in Residence (album).

Definitions

An artist residency is an opportunity provided by a host organisation that enables a guest artist to work in a new environment, often away from the restrictions and pressures of their everyday lives. Artist residencies are about providing the time and space for a guest artist to develop work and creatively explore new ideas.[6]

— artsACT, Australian Capital Territory

Types and models of residency

As a BBC report records, "some [residencies] may call for artists to produce work on a specific topic,... while others may offer artists accommodation and access to studios for them to work on pieces for an exhibition".[1]

Some residency programs are incorporated within larger institutions, such as museums, universities, or galleries. Other organizations exist solely to support residential exchange programs.[7]

Some residencies are focused on music, such as composer-in-residence programs with orchestras and universities.[2] The Gamelan Pacifica is an "ensemble in residence" at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.[8]

While the classical model of a residency assumes that the artist will leave home and their habitual work environment, other models recognize that this model is not realistic for many artists.[9] These alternative models aim to realize the benefits of a residency without physical relocation.[10] Individuals and collectives who are home-bound for a variety of reasons, revision their home into a new environment, for extensive uninterrupted time periods from pressures of their everyday routines to individually or collaboratively create art.[11] An example of such an arrangement is one operated by the Maternal Fantasies collective in Berlin, Germany.[12]

History

Artist groups resembling artist residencies can be traced back at least to the late 19th century in Europe.[13] In that period, artist colonies began emerging in the countryside, whereby the outdoor setting was utilised as a catalyst for inspiration and a collaborative development of artistic ideas.[13] The mid-20th century saw a wave of artist residencies, particularly during the 1960s.[13] The Artist Placement Group (‘APG’) is widely considered to be one of the earliest artist-residencies, and was the first of its kind in the United Kingdom.[14] The APG was founded in 1962 by visual artists Barabara Steveni and John Latham.[14] The group was particularly significant to the development of artist residencies, as it was one of the first to introduce visual artists into institutions.[14] Steveni conceived the idea of an artist residency program whilst sourcing material to use in her artistic practice from a factory, where she considered what benefits may come from a program which directly engaged artists in production.[15] The APG’s objective was to promote the influence of art on society, and the influence of society on art, by “'bridg[ing] the gap between artists and people at work so that each may gain from the other's perspectives and approaches to an activity”.[16]

See also

References
  1. Cafe, Rebecca (4 August 2011). "What do artists-in-residence do?". BBC News.
  2. "American Composers Alliance". American Composers Alliance.
  3. "How to be a Writer in Residence". Alliance of Independent Authors: Self-Publishing Advice Center. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  4. "Writer in Residence". The Mill Adelaide. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  5. "CUNE Comics-in-Residence Programme". CUNE Comics – Comics-in-Residence Programme for Northern European comic artists and professionals. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  6. artACT (2 December 2014). "Artists-in-Residence Toolkit" (PDF). Canberra.
  7. "Be an Artist-in-Residence - Arts in the Parks". U.S. National Park Service.
  8. "Profile". Gamelan Pacifica. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  9. "Artist Residencies". Artquest. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  10. Clayton, Lenka. "An artist residency in Motherhood". Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  11. Parker, Rozsika; Pollock, Griselda (2013) [1981]. Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology. I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd. p. 68. ISBN 9781780764047.
  12. ""collective art production and writing"". Maternal Fantasies. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  13. European Union and Working Group of EU Member States Experts on Artists’ Residencies, Policy Handbook on Artists’ Residencies, accessed March 20, 2022, 69.
  14. Stephens, Kevin (January 2001). "Artists in residence in England and the experience of the year of the artist". Cultural Trends. 11 (42): 41–76. doi:10.1080/09548960109365157. ISSN 0954-8963.
  15. Rycroft, Simon (January 2019). "The Artist Placement Group: an archaeology of impact". cultural geographies. 26 (3): 289–304. doi:10.1177/1474474018821860. ISSN 1474-4740.
  16. Civil service document of 1972 cited in Stephens, “Artists in residence in England and the experience of the year of the artist”, 44.
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