----------------------------Original message---------------------------- press contact: Suzanne Taetzsch - Community Relations Director, 845-658-9133 For Immediate Release Opportunities at Women s Studio Workshop WSW is an artist-run studio located in Rosendale, New York, 90 miles north of New York City. Facilities include printmaking, papermaking, artist s books, photography, letterpress, offset, and clay. Our programs are designed to support artists in the various stages of their careers. To that end we offer grant and fellowship opportunities, intensive workshops, internships and studio rentals. Call to New Jersey Artists Pending funding from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, two six week residencies will be available at WSW during the spring and summer of 2001. Artists working in printmaking, papermaking, photography, book arts and clay are invited to apply for the opportunity to create a new body of work or to edition a new artist s book. Residencies include a $2,000 artist s stipend, travel money, housing, and unlimited studio access. WSW encourages applications from emerging artists. To apply, send a one page project description, resume, ten slides with a slide script, and an SASE for return of slides. Deadline: Postmarked by August 15, Notification will be made by October 1. Mail to: Women s Studio Workshop, PO Box 489, Rosendale, NY 12472. UPS/FED EX address: 722 Binnewater Lane, Rosendale, NY 12472 For more information please check our web site at www.wsworkshop.org or call WSW at (914)658-9133. Emerging Artists WSW s Emerging Artists Program invites five recent college graduates to utilize all of the facilities at the Women s Studio Workshop during a two week January residency. This is an opportunity to initiate work outside of school, and become involved with a new community of artist peers. Residents are encouraged to cross media, learn from each other, and take advantage of WSW as a center of contemporary art activity. WSW s facilities include professionally equipped studios for intaglio, silkscreen, offset and letterpress printing, papermaking, photography, and clay. The participation fee of $600 for a two week residency includes housing and unlimited studio access. Basic materials such as inks and chemicals are provided in each studio; exhaustible materials must be purchased. Participants will be provided with an orientation to each studio, and will receive feedback when desired, but are encouraged to work independently on their own projects. TO APPLY, please send a statement of what you plan to accomplish and which studio you are primarily interested in, 10 slides of your work with slide script, resume, and names of two people we can contact for reference. DEADLINE: Applications must be postmarked by Nov 10, notification will be made Dec 10. Mail to: Women s Studio Workshop, PO Box 489, Rosendale, NY 12472. UPS/FED EX address: 722 Binnewater Lane, Rosendale, NY 12472 For additional information about Women s Studio Workshop s facilities, programs, opportunities for artists and special initiatives, please check out our web site at http://www.wsworkshop.org. Artist s Fellowships: Fellowship opportunities are available in water based screen printing, intaglio, photography, papermaking, letterpress and ceramic. Fellowship awards are designed to provide artists with concentrated work time to explore new ideas in a dynamic and cooperative community of women artists, in a rural environment. Fellows have unlimited access to the studio of their choice, and may work in two to eight week sessions from September through June. Fellowship awards subsidize a portion of the studio operating expenses. The cost to fellowship recipients is $200 per week plus materials, (about one fifth the actual cost of the fellowship), and includes on-site housing. TO APPLY: send a proposal, resume, ten slides of work, proposed dates and length of fellowship, studio requested and an SASE for return of materials. DEADLINE: Applications must be postmarked by Nov 1 for March - August fellowships. Mail to: Women s Studio Workshop, PO Box 489, Rosendale, NY 12472. UPS/FED EX address: 722 Binnewater Lane, Rosendale, NY 12472 For more information check our web site at www.wsworkshop.org or call (914)658-9133. Studio Arts Interns: Women s Studio Workshop is accepting applications for the Spring/Summer Internship program. Interns work full time alongside the WSW artist staff and with visiting artists, learning papermaking, print media, book arts and arts administration. Interns also assist in the day to day running of the organization, including general maintenance. Interns have access to available studios during their free time to pursue their own work. Off-site housing and a $100/month stipend is provided. TO APPLY: send a letter of interest, resume, 10-20 slides, three current letters of recommendation and an SASE for return of slides. DEADLINE: Postmark deadline is Nov 1 for internships beginning in Feb 2002. Mail to: Women s Studio Workshop, PO Box 489, Rosendale, NY 12472. UPS/FED EX address: 722 Binnewater Lane, Rosendale, NY 12472 For more information please check our web site at www.wsworkshop.org or call WSW at (914)658-9133. Book Arts Grants: Artists Book Residency Grants Residency Grants enable artists to produce a limited edition bookwork at WSW. Working intensively in our studios for six weeks, selected artists are involved in all aspects of the design and production of their piece. On-site housing is provided for visiting artists. Each artist is responsible for their own meals, and on weekdays everyone gathers for a pot luck lunch. The grant includes a stipend of $1,800 for six weeks, materials up to $450 and access to all studios. Artists Book Production Grants Production Grants are for artists working off site. They are designed to assist artists working in their own studios with the publication of smaller scale projects. Funds cover production costs up to $750. These grants are not intended for reissuing already published material, or as partial funding for a larger project. TO APPLY: applicants should submit a one page description of the project, the medium(s) to be used to print the book, number of pages, page size, edition size (at least 100 is preferred), a structural dummy, materials budget, resume, 6 to 10 slides of recent work, S.A.S.E. for return of materials. DEADLINE: Postmark deadline is November 15, notification will be made by January 15. Mail to: Women s Studio Workshop, PO Box 489, Rosendale, NY 12472. UPS/FED EX address: 722 Binnewater Lane, Rosendale, NY 12472 For more information please check our web site at www.wsworkshop.org or call WSW at (914)658-9133. Opportunity for Artists from the Mid Atlantic States Pending funding from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation ARTIST AS CATALYST 2002, WSW will have an opportunity for art writers, art critics, and artists working in artists books, papermaking, printmaking, photography, and clay. Residencies can be from one to six months, scheduled from February 2002 through February 2003. Includes $3,000 a month artist s stipend, housing, and unlimited studio access. WSW welcomes projects which address the relationship between art and the environment. To apply: send a one page project description, resume, ten slides with a slide script, proposed dates and length of residency, and an SASE for return of slides. DEADLINE: Postmark by November 1, notification will be made by January 15. Mail to: Women s Studio Workshop, PO Box 489, Rosendale, NY 12472. UPS/FED EX address: 722 Binnewater Lane, Rosendale, NY 12472 For more information please check our web site at www.wsworkshop.org or call WSW at (914)658-9133. __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask]