Residency #180

Residency Dates: Sunday, February 21, 2021 – Saturday, March 13, 2021
Applications Closed – How to Apply

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March 2, 5 PM | Randall Silvis – Mentoring Artist Community Outreach (Via Zoom)
Free to everyone virtually! Online registration required. Click here to Register – Free 
Novelist, playwright, essayist, and screenwriter Randall Silvis is a Senior Fulbright Fellow and Thurber House writer-in-residence, his many awards include the prestigious Drue Heinz Literature Prize, three National Playwrights Showcase Awards, and two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Randall Silvis is a Pabst Endowed Chair for Master Writers. Learn More

March 3, 5 PM | Doug Varone – Mentoring Artist Community Outreach (Via Zoom)
Free to everyone virtually! Online registration required. Click here to Register- Free
Doug Varon’s numerous honors and awards include a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, an OBIE Award (Lincoln Center’s Orpheus and Euridice), the Jerome Robbins Fellowship at the Bogliasco Institute in Italy, and two individual Bessie Awards. In 2015, he was awarded both a Doris Duke Artist Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Dance Guild. Learn More

March 4, 5 PM | Charlie Hailey – Mentoring Artist Community Outreach (Via Zoom)
Free to everyone virtually! Online registration required. Click here to Register – Free
Charlie Hailey is an architect, writer, and professor. A Guggenheim Fellow and Fulbright Scholar, Hailey teaches at the University of Florida, where he was recently named Teacher/Scholar of the Year. His sixth book “On the Porch” is forthcoming in Spring 2021. He is a John Jeronimo, FAIA; Chair for Architects. Learn More

Thank you, TD Charitable Foundation, for your most generous grant award of $10,000! This grant will allow 10 emerging artists to attend ACA residencies in 2021 “fee free.“ With this funding, TD Charitable Foundation is providing opportunity, mentorship, and support to artists who are facing difficulties in overcoming the barriers that prevent them from growing their art practice. It also gives them access to the financial and professional tools necessary to succeed in their careers. Because of the setbacks due to COVID-19 this year, access has become more critical than ever before. Being able to attend a residency “fee free” is a tremendous opportunity and will make a great impact on the lives of these talented artists. #TDReadyCommitment

Due to COVID-19 and the immense stress it has put on artists, ACA is offering FULL scholarships to accepted artists. The Board of Trustees and staff feel protecting our core mission is paramount, and are grateful to the Pabst Steinmetz Foundation for allowing us to make this commitment to funding exceptional artists during these times. All residency fees, room, and board are waived; this does not include travel, transportation, and artist materials