Pedantic Art Residency Application Form

Winter Term (January 6th-February 4th, 2023)

Applications Due: September 14th, 2022 11:59 EST

Please read through these Terms and Conditions: 

  1. Applicants must be 18 or older. Preference will be given to non-Pittsburgh residents. Proof of Covid-19 vaccination will be required one-month prior to the residency. 

  2. Residents will receive support in the form of free furnished housing in a newly-constructed 3-bedroom apartment. Residents will have access to private bedrooms, individual desks, shared bathrooms, full kitchen, living space, outdoor spaces, laundry, and street parking. One bedroom and bathroom are ADA-compliant, and there is an elevator. Support will also include a $2,000 stipend to cover cost of living expenses, half of which will be given upon arrival and half given upon completion of the term.  You can download floor plans of the building here.

  3. Residents are responsible for their own travel to and from Pittsburgh. 

  4. Each resident’s program will include facilitated access to Pittsburgh’s creative community, professional development opportunities, tickets and passes to Pittsburgh institutions and events, and free-time for individual pursuits and creative production. 

  5. Residents will be assigned to a Pittsburgh-based guide working in a similar field who will help create a schedule, offer suggestions for activities, and connect the resident to a network of local professional contacts. They will be in touch with residents both prior to and during the residency stay.

  6. The duration of the residency is 4 weeks. The residency will culminate in a to-be-agreed-upon result at the end of the 4-week period. Marketing and promotional materials will be handled by Pedantic, which will also aid in any public reception or program.  

 

TO APPLY:

  • Fill out our application. You will be taken to the application page by clicking the button at the bottom of this form

  • Submit the following items as a .pdf file. Please include your first and last name in the file name.

  • C.V. 

  • Examples of your work  

  • For art objects, please include 5-10 high-res images (JPEGs, 300dpi at 3000x3000 max on either side) along with an image sheet detailing object titles, creation dates, medium descriptions, and dimensions. 

  • For video or performance-based work, please include 3 links to video excerpts or documentation. We will watch up to 6 minutes of video.

  • For exhibitions or curatorial projects, please include descriptive text (i.e. proposal brief or introductory text), checklist of artists and objects included, a selection of installation/event/program images. 

  • For writing samples, please include texts (please do not submit more than 10 pages of content total, examples do not have to be full texts) with any related illustrations as well as mention of where each piece has been published, if applicable. 

 

Selected recipients will be notified by October 7th, 2022.

 

Please email Hannah Turpin, Assistant Director of CDCP, hannah@caseydroege.com with any questions.

Apply Here