All other artists, please download an application packet in either Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat format:
Follow these instructions carefully and include all requested items. The Artists Refuge does not require an application fee, but asks applicants to help offset costs by providing a postage-page return envelope, a postage-paid acknowledgement postcard, and multiple copies of documents. If the application form is incomplete, unsigned, or if required materials are missing, we will not be able to consider your application.
PLEASE NOTE WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS VIA EMAIL AS WELL.
FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS BELOW AND SIMPLY SUBMIT VIA EMAIL TO DEBBIE SHEEHAN, RESIDENCY COORDINATOR AT MAR@MT.NET
Please submit the following materials as part of your application:
1. This application form.
2. Three copies of a current resume.
3. Artist Statement/Bio (for the MAR website and newsletter - visit the Artists page for examples of format and length).
4. Work sample (choose one based on type of residency):
* If this is a visual art residency: Ten (10) images of work, labeled with your name, the work's title, date executed, dimensions, and media. Include a separate description sheet listing each image and title of work, date completed, dimensions, and media (CDs, photos and slides are all acceptable.)
* If this is a literary residency: Typescripts. Three (3) copies of each of not more than 15 pages of poems, excerpts from short stories, novels, plays, or film scripts. Include your name, title of work, date completed, and publisher (if any).
* If this is a music residency: Two scores and an audio cassette or CD of one score, labeled with your name, title, and date recorded.
5. A postage-paid envelope big enough to return the work samples.
6. A postage-paid postcard to acknowledge receipt of your application.
7.. Applications must be sent by U.S. Mail to the address below.
If you cannot download the application packet and want one mailed or faxed to you, please send an e-mail to Debbie Sheehan or call her at (406) 225-3500.
Artists are encouraged to apply throughout the year as we sometimes have cancellations or do not fill the year by the deadline.
SUBMIT YOUR COMPLETED APPLICATION VIA U.S. MAIL ONLY TO:
Montana Artists Refuge
P.O. Box 8
Basin, Montana 59631
Residencies are open to all types of artists. The Montana Artists Refuge does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, national origin, religion, age, or sexual orientation.
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