2022 V-AiR Call for Proposals NOW OPEN
2022 VIRTUAL ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY PROGRAM | V-AiR
V-AiR Call for Proposals
DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO
¡¡ MARCH 5 at 11:59 P.M. !!
Artists are invited to submit proposals for our Virtual Artist-in-Residence program V-AiR.
This call is open to emergent, mid-level, and established artists who are from Laredo (who were born, raised, or went to school in Laredo, but are not required to currently reside in Laredo).
This unique program is designed to encourage innovative artists working in contemporary artistic practices in all media to apply, including those creating outside of traditional 2D and 3D work.
Cultivarte Laredo welcomes proposals from individual artists and collectives, or collaborating artists. Applicants should be at least 18 years of age.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Call for V-AiR Proposals open from Dec. 2021 - Feb. 2022
Proposals include description of proposed work + detailed budget
Artist selection by committee of jurors
Program supports 4 Fine Art / Visual Artists
Each V-AiR Artist receives a $1,250 stipend
3 month, remote residency
Participation in a virtual artist talk
End of year AIR group exhibition
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
With V-AiR, Cultivarte Laredo hopes to create a meaningful residency experience for 4 artists during a 3-month period while they create new artwork and connect with a virtual audience for the culminating V-AiR Group Exhibition scheduled for the fall 2022.
Artists will gain exposure, make connections with the greater South Texas community and provide an alternative platform to meaningfully expand ideas about their creative and artistic process.
Four artists will be selected by a jury composed of Cultivarte Laredo lead staff and other creative professionals based on the quality of their work, organization of their proposals, as well as their ability to outline the vision of their residencies.
The selection committee will take the following into account:
Utilizing online resources to further the artist’s intellectual and creative inquiry
Evidence of novel and experimental ideas
Alignment with Cultivarte Laredo’s mission and vision
Ability to build a relationship with a virtual audience
Selected V-AiR Artists will be expected to make full use of their time.
A major component of V-AiR is for selected artists to invite other artists, in or out of Laredo, to engage in virtual artist talks. The artist talks will help broaden the scope of the artists’ work critically thus creating a platform to discuss issues important to them, help develop their creative process, and expand their creative network. Issues discussed will range from economy, themes and mediums in artwork, the history of art, spaces of art, and business skills for artists.
Cultivarte lead staff will lead weekly check-ins with the artists and offer regular updates about V-AiR on its social media, and may ask the artists for access to their work or to provide updates as is relevant to their practice. Selected artists will receive a $1,250 stipend to invest into their work.
The V-AiR residency will culminate in a group exhibition inclusive of all AIR (artists-in-residence) in the Fall 2022.
Please note: this is an online, remote artist-in-residence program.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Application Period: December 17, 2021 to March 5, 2022
Deadline: March 5, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. CST
Email Proposals to: cultivartelaredo@gmail.com
Proposals must include:
300 word description of the work you would like to create
Detailed project budget
Artist Statement
List of 4 artists you would like to have an artist talk with
Artist Portfolio (10 work samples — may include audio, image (JPEGs), and video files/links to video. Original work only created within the past 2 years.
Image list with dimensions, medium, and date
Artist résumé or CV with contact information
List of 2 references with contact information
SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS
Cultivarte Laredo will offer support in the following ways:
Grant a $1,250 stipend. The payment will be in 2 installments with $625 upon acceptance and $625 upon completion of residency
Provide standard online marketing and publicity
Weekly check-ins with lead staff
Monthly meetings with other artists for peer feedback + critique
Regular updates about V-AiR on the Cultivarte Laredo social media platforms and website
Group exhibition
ARTIST EXPECTATIONS
Fulfill a 3-month remote residency.
Account for use of time and progress.
Adapt to a remote modality (entirely online).
Adapt a research component in the creative process.
Able and available to attend a maximum of 3 virtual meetings prior to beginning residency (to plan + schedule, etc.); includes a virtual Meet-and-Greet with Cultivarte lead staff and other selected V-AiR Artists.
Present 1 virtual community engagement (public program) with the goal to engage Cultivarte followers.
Actively document and share creative process + residency experience via social media as images or videos + tag @cultivarte.laredo.
Host 1 virtual artist talk during the summer 2022.
Present artwork and attend the 2022 AIR Group Exhibition in the fall.
Make an active effort to engage with other Cultivarte AIR Artists + programs during the residency.
TENTATIVE V-AiR CALENDAR
2021
December 17 | 2022 V-AiR Call for Proposals begins
2022
February 28 | Call for Proposals closes
March 14-18 | Review + Selection
March 21 | Selected artists will be notified
March 22 | Public Announcement
April 1 - June 30 | V-AiR Residency
July - August | Present Artists Talk Summer Series
October | AIR Group Exhibition
For More Information
For more information about V-AiR, or if you have any questions or need assistance in completing your proposal, please contact Program Director Maritza Bautista at cultivartelaredo@gmail.com or by phone at (956) 523-9522.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST!
