The Artist Project is a collaboration between the MFA, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA) and eight after-school community organizations in the Boston area. The selected artist will work with approximately 10-15 children, age seven to twelve, in each organization. No more than 125 children participate over the duration of the project. The artist will design the project and with the children, and will create a collaborative work of art inspired by the Museum’s encyclopedic collection. Strong consideration will be given to artists representing the partnering communities.
The MFA will provide a stipend of $18,000 to the artist(s), a materials budget of $3,000, staff support, and teaching assistants. Projects will begin in September 2010 and must conclude by June 2011. For each of the eight organizations, the artist will schedule a minimum of five visits. Each visit is approximately 2 hours of contact time. These visits during out of school time can be both at the Museum and at community centers between the hours of 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. The completed project and/or supporting materials will be exhibited in the MFA’s Courtyard Gallery.
Submissions will be reviewed by a panel composed of representatives from the MFA, the SMFA, and participating community organizations. The Artist Project and the Community Arts Initiative are funded through a generous grant from the Linde Family Foundation.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Deadline: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Notification: No later than March 12, 2010
Eligibility: Artists at all stages of their careers, ranging from emerging to established, and working in any range of media are eligible to apply to the program. Artists must be experienced in working with children aged seven to twelve.
To apply to the Community Arts Initiative, artists must submit a completed application form and the support materials listed below.
Required Support Materials:
- Project Description (What is the project? How will you realize the project? What materials and equipment will you need?)
- Project schedule
- Sketch of the completed project in the Courtyard Gallery with walls measuring 13ft, 20ft and 39ft 9in. The ceiling height is 10ft 33in.
- Artist’s résumé
- Up to ten slides or a CD-ROM of up to ten images. For New Media and Time-Based Media (Sound, Film/Video, etc) up to ten minutes on CD-ROM, CD/audiotape and/or VHS.
- Slides must be clearly labeled with artist’s full name, and accompanied by an image checklist with title, media, dimensions, date of work and corresponding file names.
- SASE (self-addressed, stamped envelope) required to have submitted materials returned.
- Letter of support from an organization that serves children.
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