SCAD Alumni Fellowship Artist Residency Application
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This fellowship is awarded to an outstanding graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design. It has been made possible by the generous sponsorship of Paula Wallace, President of SCAD, who has long taken a special interest in offering continued support and encouragement to SCAD graduates.
Applicants will be asked to provide the year of graduation and major along with the other application materials. Currently enrolled students are not eligible.
Award: full residency fee of €875, plus a €625 stipend to be used as the resident sees fit to help cover travel, materials, etc.
Qualified applicants must be working at a professional level in their field. We accept applications from emerging and mid-career creatives, as well as from those who are established with national and/or international reputations.
Applications for residency are judged primarily on the quality of submitted work samples. There are no publication, exhibition, or performance requirements contingent on an Art Center Padula residency.
We encourage creative professionals of all backgrounds to apply for admission. Art Center Padula celebrates varied ideas, world views, and personal characteristics, and are committed to being an organization that welcomes and respects everyone regardless of age, ability, ethnicity, race, religion, philosophical or political beliefs, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, nationality, geographic origin, and socioeconomic status.
Applicants will be asked to provide the year of graduation and major along with the other application materials. Currently enrolled students are not eligible.
Award: full residency fee of €875, plus a €625 stipend to be used as the resident sees fit to help cover travel, materials, etc.
Qualified applicants must be working at a professional level in their field. We accept applications from emerging and mid-career creatives, as well as from those who are established with national and/or international reputations.
Applications for residency are judged primarily on the quality of submitted work samples. There are no publication, exhibition, or performance requirements contingent on an Art Center Padula residency.
We encourage creative professionals of all backgrounds to apply for admission. Art Center Padula celebrates varied ideas, world views, and personal characteristics, and are committed to being an organization that welcomes and respects everyone regardless of age, ability, ethnicity, race, religion, philosophical or political beliefs, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, nationality, geographic origin, and socioeconomic status.
Creative Disciplines
We accept applications in the following disciplines:
VISUAL ARTS - including book arts, conceptual art, design, drawing, environmental art, fiber arts, film & video, installation arts, metalworking, mixed media, multimedia art, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and woodworking
Note: We do not have darkroom, sculpture/woodworking, or printmaking facilities, but provide exploration space for artists working in those disciplines. Those working in wood or metal must bring their own tools.
WRITING - including academic scholarship, criticism, fiction, history, poetry, journalism, nonfiction, philosophy, playwriting, screenwriting, storytelling
Collaborations and Couples
This fellowship is only open to individual applicants.
International Applicants
Art Center Padula welcomes applicants from around the world. Writers who work in languages other than English or Italian should supply samples of work in translation as well as in the original. A working understanding of either English or Italian is required.
We accept applications in the following disciplines:
VISUAL ARTS - including book arts, conceptual art, design, drawing, environmental art, fiber arts, film & video, installation arts, metalworking, mixed media, multimedia art, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and woodworking
Note: We do not have darkroom, sculpture/woodworking, or printmaking facilities, but provide exploration space for artists working in those disciplines. Those working in wood or metal must bring their own tools.
WRITING - including academic scholarship, criticism, fiction, history, poetry, journalism, nonfiction, philosophy, playwriting, screenwriting, storytelling
Collaborations and Couples
This fellowship is only open to individual applicants.
International Applicants
Art Center Padula welcomes applicants from around the world. Writers who work in languages other than English or Italian should supply samples of work in translation as well as in the original. A working understanding of either English or Italian is required.
- Applicant Proposal
A one-page proposal which addresses the concept and direction of proposed work, a description of your practice, and why a residency here in Padula is important to you or your project. - Bio
A brief description of your personal and professional background. - Resume/CV
This one-page summary should include educational background, teaching, publications, exhibitions, awards, honors and other pertinent experience. Document format pdf, doc or docx. - Work Samples
These should be recent and representative of the best work according to the applicant’s medium and discipline. Visual artists and writers: insert a link to your website or online portfolio. Audio/visual artists: link to embedded audio files (e.g. SoundCloud) or video files (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo).
If you do not have any work samples online, please follow the instructions on the form below.
The Residency program consists of nine 3-week (18-day) sessions per year, taking advantage of the warmer months. Each session starts on Thursday and ends on Monday, giving us a few days between each session to ready our spaces for the next artists.
SCAD Fellowship applicants must choose a Summer or Fall session only.
Deadline to apply: Sunday, 12 March
Notifications: Friday, 24 March
2023 calendar
SPRING
1st session, 13 April - 2 May, 19 days*
2nd session, 4 May - 22 May
3rd session, 25 May - 12 June
SUMMER
4th session, 15 June - 3 July
5th session, 6 July - 24 July
6th session, 27 July - 12 August, 16 days**
AUTUMN
7th session, 17 August - 4 September
8th session, 7 September - 25 September
9th session, 12 October-- 30 October
* ends one day late to avoid possible travel issues on Festa dei Lavoratori, May 1.
** ends two days early to avoid possible travel issues during the week of Ferragosto, August 15.
SCAD Fellowship applicants must choose a Summer or Fall session only.
Deadline to apply: Sunday, 12 March
Notifications: Friday, 24 March
2023 calendar
SPRING
1st session, 13 April - 2 May, 19 days*
2nd session, 4 May - 22 May
3rd session, 25 May - 12 June
SUMMER
4th session, 15 June - 3 July
5th session, 6 July - 24 July
6th session, 27 July - 12 August, 16 days**
AUTUMN
7th session, 17 August - 4 September
8th session, 7 September - 25 September
9th session, 12 October-- 30 October
* ends one day late to avoid possible travel issues on Festa dei Lavoratori, May 1.
** ends two days early to avoid possible travel issues during the week of Ferragosto, August 15.