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OPEN CALL FOR TEACHING ARTIST IN RESIDENCE—UNIQUE 3-WEEK PAID ARTIST OPPORTUNITY IN GORGEOUS CUYAMA VALLEY, CA
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AMPLIFY SLEEP AWAY (+ Day!) CAMP may be over for the season, but Amplify programming never stops. This fall we're running another 3-week session of our beloved Cuyama Valley Teaching Artist Residency in partnership with Blue Sky Center, and we need an incredible female-identifying or gender-expansive artist for it. THAT ARTIST COULD BE YOU!
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Our teaching artist residency at Cuyama Valley’s stunning Blue Sky Center fosters creative growth for any female/gender-expansive artist ready to expand their perspectives through positive mentorship. This could be musicians, DJs, painters, photographers, filmmakers, songwriters…really any kind of art is on the table, but music/multimedia emphasis definitely gets bonus points!
Free from external pressures, residents spend 3 weeks pursuing independently led interdisciplinary projects that explore rural places as culturally vibrant places for creatives to live and work, among other important topics. In addition, residents help further arts enrichment and access within the Cuyama Valley by engaging regularly with ~190 Cuyama Joint Unified School District (CJUSD) students via resident-designed and -directed art workshops.
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SOME KEY DEETS
- Must be 18+ years old and self-identify as female and/or gender-expansive.
- Must have a vehicle of some kind to not only get around the very rural and therefore physically spread-out region, but also help move gear/supplies around.
- Between student workshops, community events, creating art, hosting open studio hours, etc., residents must spend 100+ hours actively being teaching resident artists (this is a full-time commitment for the 3-week contract).
- In exchange for helping us foster a supportive environment for youth in the prime of discovering their authentic artist voices throughout Cuyama Valley, resident artists receive lodging, studio space, welcome/farewell feast, and a…$2,425 STIPEND! (plus up to $600 for travel + $450 for student workshop supplies)
- Application deadline is SEPTEMBER 7, 2023!!
- Residency to tentatively take place October 14–November 6 in New Cuyama, CA.
Please feel empowered to forward this opportunity along to any rad artists in your orbit. This is a totally OPEN CALL, not just for the current Amplify community! We want to hear from everyone with a passion for creating and teaching their unique art form 🤘
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Thanks as ever to our MAJOR + MONTHLY SUPPORTERS. You keep the lights on...in both our facilities and our hearts 😉💡🔆
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS • STATE OF CALIFORNIA • CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL • SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION • NORA MCNEELY + MICHAEL HURLEY • ACME HOSPITALITY • HUTTON PARKER FOUNDATION • CYNTHIA + JAMES LEE • HAZEN FAMILY FOUNDATION • KAPPY WELLS (TIDES FOUNDATION) • FIND YOUR LIGHT FOUNDATION • SAM DAVIS • REVERB • JOHNSON OHANA FOUNDATION • HEATHER TAYLOR + TODD BOGDAN • TEGAN + SARA FOUNDATION • JOHN MCGOVERN • NANCY O'CONNOR • KIMBERLY + KYLE BRANUM • WELLS RYAN
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