— Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center —

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Location: Wheeling, WV

Length: Short Term: 3 months (beginning of February-end of April) (beginning of March-end of May) (beginning of April-end of June)

Housing: None

Kilns: 3 electric Skutt KM1027 kilns, 1 Bailey gas kiln PRO 54 Shuttle, and 2 Raku kilns

Expenses: None

Funding/Stipend: $750 stipend for materials and equipment to support their artistic practice as well as a $2,500 living stipend

Workspace: Studio space at the Stifel Fine Arts Center

Responsibilities: The resident artist will collaborate with Stifel Fine Arts Center staff to develop an arts curriculum to engage seniors in learning about and creating original art. Residents will also participate in professional development with Stifel Fine Arts Center staff and local master artists and will teach workshops and assist teaching classes at the Stifel Center during the regular Spring class session.

Number of Residents: *

Additional Opportunities:

  • Oglebay Institute provides opportunities for early-career artists to participate in professional development in many facets of their artistic practice

  • Participate in critique sessions with local master artists

  • Present an exhibition of the body of work created during the residents time at the Stifel Fine Arts Center which will be open to the public and will feature documentation of the residency period in the community

  • Participate in vendor markets at Oglebayfest or the Holiday Art Show & Sale, both juried by Oglebay Institute

  • Submit work for the annual juried Crosscurrents exhibition and our all ceramic Earth & Fire Exhibition

  • Stifel Fine Arts Center studios include a ceramics studio, a jewelry studio, a stain glass studio and a printmaking/screen-printing studio

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