— Artists’ Cooperative Residency & Exhibitions —

https://www.acreresidency.org/residency/ceramics-studio

Location: Steuben, WI

Length: Short Term: 2 weeks (June-mid August)

Housing: Room and board with comfortable sleeping accommodations. Most residents stay in the sprawling Steuben Lodge, which houses around 20 people and contains a large central area that includes an artists’ book library, access to wireless internet, breakfast area, and computers, printers and scanners for use. The lodge contains 12 two-story rooms that sleep two residents at a time, one person on each floor. Each room has its own bathroom and kitchenette and opens onto a porch that can be used for outdoor studio space. A limited number of single occupancy rooms are available. Internet is sometimes slow and unreliable (Couples are welcome, but cannot accommodate children)

Kilns: 1 Cress FX-27P electric kiln, 1 Skutt KM-1027 electric kiln, and a pit/raku kiln -Cone 04 - Cone 6

Expenses: Residency fee of $700 and material cost

Funding/Stipend: Full and partial scholarships are available. Approximately one third of residents receive financial aid

Workspace: Communal studio spaces

Responsibilities: All participants are asked to contribute to chores including dishes 4-5 times during their residency and share in some of the day to day labor at the residency

Number of Residents: 16-18 artists per session

Additional Opportunities:

  • ACRE is located on 1,000 acres in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area

  • A staff person will be available to lead workshops, assist with projects and manage the studio

  • Participate in a curated exhibition following the residency

  • Prepared meals: Breakfast is provided each morning in the lodge, available from 8-10am, continental style. Residents eat lunch and dinner communally in a large indoor/outdoor dining hall. Created by a large team of chefs and assistants, each meal is made from locally-sourced meats, veggies, and dairy

  • Facilities include a wood shop, screen-printing studio, fibers studio, ceramics studio, sound studio and A/V + Tech lab

  • Residents can choose to participate in studio visits with a variety of established artists, curators, and experienced educators through the Visiting Artist program

  • Workshops, lectures, concerts, reading groups, critiques and other programming is also offered during each session

  • Each year, ACRE works to produce exhibitions at their Chicago gallery, ACRE Projects, and partners with independent galleries and curatorial projects in Chicago and the region to provide public programming, performance, and exhibition opportunities to our residents following the residency program

  • All alumni are given web space on ACRE’s digital flat file

  • As part of their Visiting Artist program, ACRE invites several mid-career and established artists and thinkers to come stay for a week and conduct studio visits, give lectures, and offer unique workshops. They lead excursions into neighboring areas, stage participatory performances, and offer a variety of experimental programming.

  • There are four visiting artists, critics, and curators on the property at a given time, lending valuable feedback to residents and often working on projects of their own

  • Visitors, residents, and staff share skills with each other via informal workshops. These have included foraging, food preparation, fiber dyeing, and creating comics

  • Residents and staff often organize reading groups, field trips, or critiques to supplement visiting artist-led programming and studio visits

Not Pet Friendly

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