Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts

Call for Entries 2011: Artist Residencies

Artists who are awarded a month-long residency at the Saltonstall Arts Colony are given time, space, and support for their own creative research. As visual artist, Edith Isaac Rose said, "the spacious, comfortable live/work quarters are perfect. The size of the group was perfect. Our particular group formed a community very quickly....when I think of the Saltonstall, I think of a place I came to and didn't want to leave."

In 2011 there will be 4 month-long sessions, beginning in May and running through September. Artists are chosen by a panel of jurors for each dicipline, and scheduled for one of the 4 sessions.

The categories for 2011 are as follows:
Painting/Sculpture/Visual Art
Photography
Fiction
Creative Non-Fiction

All visual and literary artists are invited to apply for the month-long Summer Residencices at the Saltonstall Arts Colony, located in the heart of the Finger Lakes region of New York State. For each of the four sessions, five artists are chosen to be in residence; one photographer, two visual artists, and two literary artists. Each artist has a private apartment and bath with ample work space. There are two large, well-lit studios for the visual artists and a black/white darkroom for the photographer.

The postmark deadline for application is January 15, 2011.

Please visit www.saltonstall.org for more detailed information about the Saltonstall Foundation, the Summer Residency Program and Saltonstall Arts Colony.

Saltonstall Arts Colony

The Saltonstall Arts Colony is situated on 198 acres. Although just minutes from downtown Ithaca, we are surrounded by fields and woods, offering the artist a quiet studio in a beautiful setting, and the time to let the creative process unfold. Past residents have said the Saltonstall Arts Colony provides one of the best residency experiences in the country. Since its inception in 1995, this small but singular colony has provided time and space for more than 200 outstanding photographers, writers, poets, biographers, sculptors, painters, and visual artists. For them, the Saltonstall experience has been invaluable.

Especially in these times of great economic uncertainty we continue to say to the artists of New York State, "Come here, be fed and housed, walk our beautiful fields and woods, and perhaps, because of this, something you produce will touch and enhance the lives of others in a profound or significant way."

The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts

Before Connie Saltonstall died in 1994, she hoped that this place, her home, where she had found so much peace and inspiration, would would become a retreat where artists and writers could live and work. The results of Connie's gift have been astounding and continue to multiply. The 200-acre property has seen the comings and goings of many artists with an extraordinary commitment to their work. The creative spirit that infuses this place has profoundly influenced many. As we continue into our second decade, we strive to serve future generations of writers, visual artists and photographers.

For more information go to www.saltonstall.org
Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts | 435 Ellis Hollow Creek Road | Ithaca, NY 14850 | (607) 539-3146