Applications OPEN for Artist Residency!
Apply online August 1st thru 14th for a November stay
It’s that time of year again… Applications are officially open online now through August 14th for the 2023 Spruceton Inn Artist Residency!
What’s the deal? Artist Residents receive a no-cost, 5-night stay in one of our Kitchenette rooms in early November. Plenty of time and space to get into a creative groove on your own, plenty of time and space to connect with other Artists too!
Applications are open August 1st through August 14th (11:59pm EST).
Wanna apply? Please email artistresidency@sprucetoninn.com the following information:
Subject line: Artist Residency 2023
Your FULL NAME.
A less than 200 word answer to the question: WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO WORK ON AS AN ARTIST RESIDENT AT THE INN?
For writers: a less than 500 word WRITING SAMPLE PASTED IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL.
For writers, please answer: Would you like to be considered for the Tracy Kennard Emerging Writer’s Award as well? (See our website for more details on this.)
For visual artists, A LINK TO YOUR WEBSITE(S) AND/OR A MAXIMUM OF THREE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THE EMAIL.
We’re especially excited to be continuing the Tracy Kennard Emerging Writer’s Award!
What’s the deal with this? In memory of our dear friend and talented writer Tracy Kennard, one Artist Resident will receive two personalized, one-on-one guidance/coaching sessions from Tracy’s writing teacher Joselin Linder. Feedback can be for a current working draft (submitted ahead of the Residency) or a piece of writing produced during the Residency. Sessions will be held remotely and within a 3 month period surrounding the residency. Please specify in your application if you’d like to be considered for this award. This award is generously sponsored by her husband Jamie Kennard.
A few other details about the applications in general:
Writers and 2D visual artists only.
We do not accept collaborations.
Must be 21 + yrs old.
Sorry, no spouses or pets as roommates during the Residency.
Residents are announced on our website, via Instagram, and our mailing list mid-September.
The Inn does NOT provide meals or transportation and we do NOT have a restaurant on site. We highly recommend access to a car! (See more about our remote location/transportation here.)
And thank you so much to everyone who came out to our Upstate Art Weekend show last weekend! We featured work from all 79 Artists we’ve hosted over the past nine seasons. It was SUCH a pleasure to meet so many new faces who dropped by!
Speaking of goings-on-in-the-barn… mark your calendars for our 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY next Sunday afternoon, August 13th! Details coming in a few days.
Can’t wait to read your applications for the Artist Residency!
P.S. We’re sold out this weekend and the weekend of the 19th, but we’ve got 2 rooms the 11th/12th (and 13th if you wanna stay over for the party) plus a few rooms the 25th/26th!