Artist Residency
Providing emerging ceramic artists with space, facilities, time, and professional interactions that will develop their ideas, skills, abilities, and help them focus as ceramic artists.
Year Long Residencies
The Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio can accommodate up to five Resident Artists in Ceramics or Glass. Residencies are typically for a 12 month period of time. Longer or shorter terms can be negotiated as necessary and appropriate.
August 2021 to August 2022:
Application deadline May 1, 2021
May 2022 to May 2023:
Application deadline April 1st, 2022
Resident Artist Duties
- 12 hours minimum work each week during regularly scheduled times
- Teaching classes and workshops
- Loading, firing, and unloading kilns
- Mixing clays and glazes
- General studio upkeep
- Opening and closing the center
Qualifications
Resident artists should have a BA, BFA or MFA degree in ceramics, and are expected to be self-motivated and capable of working independently yet cooperatively in a professional studio setting.
The Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio can accommodate up to five Resident Artists in Ceramics or Glass. Residencies are typically for a 12 month period of time. Longer or shorter terms can be negotiated as necessary and appropriate.
Resident Artist Will Receive
- A personal work space (15’x7′)
- 24/7 access to the facilities
- Firing and materials stipend
- Each Residency culminates in an exhibit in the Chadima Gallery
- Free enrollment in all Center workshops
- Access to ceramics professionals in the area for consultation and feedback
- Clay, glazes and personal glaze chemicals at a reduced cost
- Experience teaching a variety of classes at the Center
- Professional development opportunites
Year Long Residencies
The Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio can accommodate up to five Resident Artists in Ceramics or Glass. Residencies are typically for a 12 month period of time. Longer or shorter terms can be negotiated as necessary and appropriate.
August 2021 to August 2022:
Application deadline May 1, 2021
May 2022 to May 2023:
Application deadline April 1st, 2022
Workshops
Some of our guest artists include:
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This biannual event, features demonstrations and lectures from artists such as Matt Kelleher, Jeff Oestreich, Peter Pinnell, Margaret Bohls, Bede Clarke, Israel Davis, and TJ Erdahl. Past speakers include Brad Schweiger, Jen Rogers, and Susannah Biondo. Gallery openings, slide lectures, mug exchange and more.
Sell Work
We have an adjoining 800 sq. ft. gallery which houses exhibitions throughout the year, primarily featuring ceramic and glass artists. Each Resident Artist will have a gallery exhibition toward the end of their residency, and may also have the opportunity to curate other shows. We also market and sell work through various events held at the Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio.
The Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio participates in and hosts 3-4 festivals and sales per year, providing students and residents the opportunity to sell their work.
My residency will always be a deciding factor of how I identify myself as I strive to keep growing as an artist.