ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
Providing support & opportunities to local artists
For more information on this program and The Performance Project @ University Settlement, please email arts@universitysettlement.org.
Applications are now open for 2023/24 Artists-in-Residence.
Application deadline: Friday, March 24 11:59pm.
For more information and to apply, click here.
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The Performance Project @ University Settlement Artists-in-Residence (AIR) are selected for their demonstrated ability to create high-quality work and for their experiential understanding of what it means to create while embedded within the rich complexity of a truly diverse community. Our artists value their process as much as their work and are eager to experiment with their creation process, narrative structures and forms.
Over the course of this year-long residency, we work with our AIR to nurture both their creative work and their relationships with our artist cohorts, Settlement staff and Settlement participants. Together we collaboratively build the skills and scaffolding needed to support creative risk-taking and authentic relationship-building.
The residency is open to choreographers, theater artists and interdisciplinary performance artists who will be supported in creating a new work within the context of the University Settlement organization and supporting the voices of the various programs’ participants.
Check out this video featuring our 2021-22 Artists-in-Residence, and learn more about each member of the cohort below:
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Artists-in-Residence receive…
- An opportunity to develop a new performance project within a diverse and supportive community of artists and community leaders.
- A stipend of $2000.
- A minimum of 100 hours of rehearsal space in our theater. (Additional rehearsal hours can be arranged within University Settlement community centers).
- Full production and box office support for multiple night showings of your performance project.
- Support for press, publicity and audience development — we do not have the resources to do this work for our artists, but we are here to work with you in a highly supported and tailored manner).
- Video and photo documentation of final showing.
- The opportunity to reapply for another year of support.
Artists-in-Residence are required to…
- Work toward a public showing of new work, whether in a public space or online showing.
- AIR and curatorial team work together to identify the developmental goals for each new work and the appropriate length of run.
- Check in with Associate Curator and Program Director every 6 weeks (ideally in person, but adhering to current COVID restrictions).
- Attend bimonthly peer sharing or professional development workshops, in person or online.
- Participate in our SHARE! Series, approximately 5-7 times throughout the year.
Meet Our Current Artists-in-Residence
The Performance Project @ University Settlement Artists-in-Residence are selected because of the quality of their work and the open, welcoming nature of their process. These artists believe that creativity is a skill set that can be shared and learned. They have also demonstrated a commitment to restoring the notion that everybody has an artistic birthright to reclaim and, in doing so, quality of life can be improved.
Tuânminh Albert Đỗ
Tuânminh Albert Đỗ (he/him/em) - I am a mixed-Vietnamese, Polish immigrant, interdisciplinary artist based in NYC and I have received my BFA at NYU Tisch Drama...
Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles
Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles (he/him) treads an elusive path that manifests itself performatively through creative experiences that he helps unfold...
Philip Santos Schaffer
Philip Santos Schaffer (they/he) is a playmaker creating interactive performances in intimate and unconventional settings. Philip’s work has been seen in bathtubs across the country...
MODArts Dance Collective
MODArts Dance Collective (MADC), established in 2011 by Leah & Shaun Tubbs, holds space for ALAANA, MENA, & SWANA people through its choreographic work, festivals, concerts...