2008-2009 Application Deadline: May 30, 2008 by 4 pm

ABOUT

Lawndale Art Center is dedicated to the presentation of contemporary art with an emphasis on work by Houston artists. Lawndale presents exhibitions, lectures and events to further the creative exchange of ideas among the region’s diverse, artistic, cultural and student communities.

The Lawndale Artist Studio Program is part of Lawndale’s ongoing commitment to support the creation of contemporary art by Gulf Coast area artists. With an emphasis on emerging practices, the program will provide three artists with studio space on the third floor of the Lawndale Art Center at 4912 Main Street in the heart of Houston’s Museum District.

Artists have full access to their studios 24 hours a day, seven days a week; access to visiting artists, writers and curators; and will receive a $500 monthly stipend for the duration of the program together with an initial $1500 materials budget. If accepted, artists are expected to present a workshop or presentation to the general public and the local arts community to share their practice or explore a related topic.

Works produced during the program will be exhibited at Lawndale Art Center during May 2009. Lawndale Art Center will work with resident artists to create additional exhibition opportunities during the residency.

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2008-2009 Application Deadline: May 30, 2008 by 4 pm

TERM

The term of the studio residency program will be nine months beginning September 1, 2008 and ending May 29, 2009. Residents are expected to work a minimum of 16 hours each week in their studios.

ELIGIBILITY

Artists working in all media are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be 18 years or older and not enrolled in any degree program. The residency is open to all artists, with an emphasis on artists from the Gulf Coast region. Lawndale welcomes applications from artists in all stages of their careers. Former residents, Lawndale staff, current members of the Lawndale Board of Directors and those who have served in the past year, as well as artists currently scheduled to exhibit at Lawndale are not eligible to apply.

REVIEW PROCESS

The three residents will be selected by a three-person panel of arts professionals. The selection will be based on the quality of submitted work samples, statement of intent, and references.

JURORS

Sylvie Fortin
Francesca Fuchs
Dario Robleto

APPLICATION FEE

A non-refundable application fee of $15 is due with the application and is payable by check or money order.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

All proposals are due at Lawndale Art Center by May 30, 2008 by 4 pm.

NOTIFICATION

Successful applicants will be notified no later than July 15, 2008.

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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Each studio program applicant shall submit an application form, together with an application fee and a CD labeled with the artist’s name, containing the following:

• Application Form
• One page statement of intent to include:
  a. Description of how the residency will benefit
      you and your work
  b. Description of prospective public skills workshop
      or presentation
• Curriculum Vita (C.V.)
• Image List (if applicable) indicating title of work, year completed, dimensions and medium.
• 6 DIGITAL IMAGES ordered in viewing priority. Image files must be in jpeg (*.JPG) format, no larger than 2048 x 1536 pixels at 72 dpi. Please submit only the images and do not submit PowerPoint presentations, Adobe slide shows or other additional software. For video, send no more than 10 minutes of video on DVD or CD able to be played using Windows Media Player, QuickTime or a home DVD player.

All written material should be submitted digitally as Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe PDF (.pdf) documents and should be readable using Microsoft Windows XP or earlier software.

All materials must be in digital formats to ensure review by the Juror Panel. Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope for return of materials is optional. If not included, materials will be discarded after review.

All materials and application fee should be submitted to Lawndale Art Center either by mail or hand delivered no later than May 30, 2008 at 4 pm.
Lawndale Studio Program
Lawndale Art Center
4912 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002

For more information, please contact us at
713.528.5858 or askus@lawndaleartcenter.org

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2008-2009 JUROR BIOS

Sylvie Fortin is an independent curator, art historian, critic and editor who has worked internationally since 1991. She was Curator of Contemporary Art at the Ottawa Art Gallery (Ottawa, Ontario, 1996-2001), Program Coordinator at la chambre blanche (Quebec City, Quebec, 1991-1994), and a long-term collaborator with OBORO (Montreal, Quebec, 1994-2001). Her critical essays have been published in Canadian, American and European catalogues, and her reviews have appeared in many periodicals including Art Press, C Magazine, Espace, Fuse, NKA: Journal of Contemporary African Art and Parachute.
Fortin studied Art History at the University of Toronto, Université Laval and Duke University. Her doctoral work explored the convergence of contemporary art and curatorial practices, with a focus on the chronotopic dimension of moving-image installation. She has received numerous significant grants and awards as a critic and curator, as well as for her academic research, and was named Lexus Leader of the Arts in December 2007.

Francesca Fuchs was born in London in 1965. She completed her BFA at London’s Wimbledon School of Art in 1993 and did her postgraduate work at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. In 1996 she came to Houston as a Core Artist-in-Residence at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and stayed. She teaches paintings at the Glassell School of Art. Her work has been shown at national and international venues including the Institute for Contemporary Arts in London, and the Fort Worth Modern Art Museum. Last year she had a one person show at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston.

Dario Robleto, b. 1972, lives and works in his hometown of San Antonio, TX.  He received his BFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1997.  His work is in numerous public collections, including: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and The Whitney Museum of American Art Robleto is represented by galleries in Houston, New York, Los Angeles, and Paris.  A ten-year survey of his work, "Alloy Of Love" opened May 2008 at the Frye Museum of Art, Seattle, WA, and travels to the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.  This exhibition is accompanied by an extensive catalog, the first major monograph of the artist's work.

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