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Tusen Takk Foundation 2025 Visual Artist Residency

Tusen Takk Foundation   /   Deadline: 01/07/24

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Mid-career and established visual artists working in photography, printmaking, book arts, painting, works on paper, sculpture/installation, and textile/fiber arts are invited to apply for the 2025 season.

Tusen Takk was designed to host one resident at a time, or two in collaboration, for residencies between three and eight weeks. Artists-in-residence are provided with housing, 24/7 access to the Foundation's Studios, an honorarium of $625/week, a vehicle for local transportation, and access by appointment to the Founder's library and collection. Artists are highly encouraged to engage the regional arts community once when in residence; in the past, artists have hosted a private workshop or studio visit, given a public presentation or performance, or mounted an exhibition of their work. Studios include a woodshop, painting studio, 63" Glimakra floor loom, etching studio, digital print lab, and darkroom.

Location

Leland, MI

Fees

20

Eligibility

Tusen Takk welcomes applications from artists who have/are:

The ability to produce a consistent body of high-quality work

A dedication to their artistic practice with a desire to spend at least 30 hours a week in the studio

Self-motivated and able to work alone – unless the residency is to be a collaboration between two people, the vast majority of the time the resident will be living and working in relative solitude

A willingness to engage with audiences

An openness to sharing thoughts on their work, their practice, and their processes through Tusen Takk's online and printed publications

Comfortable communicating with Tusen Takk's English-speaking staff and audiences

21 or older

US citizenship or the ability to obtain a US visa (if needed). Most international artists can come on a visitor visa, but certain countries do not participate in the visa waiver program. Since delays can occur, international applicants should be sure to check the visa appointment wait times. Upon offer of a residency, the Tusen Takk Foundation is able to provide letter(s) of invitation.

Alumni of the program are welcome to reapply 5 years after their last residency

Requirements

A Residency Includes:
- An honorarium of $625/week to help cover residency-related costs including travel, shipping, materials, and day-to-day living expenses

- Housing in the Guesthouse (which has two bedrooms, one full bath, two half-baths, and a living area with a full kitchen)

- 24/7 access to the Studios. While residents enjoy relative solitude, it is possible that a local artist or a Tusen Takk staff person will use one of the unoccupied studios from time to time during the residency. If complete isolation is desired, resident artists can pre-arrange for their residency to be undisturbed.

- Access to a vehicle for local transportation (with a valid driver's license and a clean Motor Vehicle Report)

- An opportunity to engage with the community in either a private or public setting

- Professional documentation of works and process (if desired)

- Access to Tusen Takk's staff

- Opportunities to engage with Tusen Takk's regional network of people in the arts

- Promotion of your work via Tusen Takk's social channels and website during and after the residency

Program Requirements:
1. Since part of Tusen Takk's mission is to enhance the local artistic culture, artists are highly encouraged to engage once with the regional arts community when in residence. We look at this as a form of giving something back to the artistic culture in our region. The context and form of this engagement are very flexible and can be worked out with our staff after acceptance of the residency. In the past, artists have hosted a private workshop or studio visit, given a public presentation or performance, or mounted an exhibition of their work (examples here). Tusen Takk welcomes proposals from the artist prior to and/or during their residency for this public engagement opportunity. Our staff will work in close collaboration with residents to coordinate all aspects of the engagement.

2. Artists should be willing to share their work, processes, and experience with audiences through Tusen Takk's website, social channels, and printed publications.

3. In collaboration with the Director, artists are asked to donate one work to the Foundation's collection. Artists are also encouraged to contribute a favorite book to the Foundation's library for the enjoyment of future residents.

Awards

$625/week honorarium

Contact Information

Maggie Pavao

P: (231) 224-6580
W: https://www.tusentakk.org/apply
E: info@tusentakk.org