Elsewhere is a museum and artist residency set in a 3-floor, former, thrift store.

Elsewhere’s collaborative approach investigates storytelling and play as a means for repurposing the resources of our past, exploring layered individual visions, and new possibilities for integrating creative practice in everyday life and society. Re-invigorating the South Elm neighborhood of downtown Greensboro through global and local exchanges, Elsewhere imagines the neighborhood as a place where available resources, at-hand beauty, and diverse citizens actively engage past, present, and future. As Elsewhere’s are everywhere in mind and matter–these ideas of sustainable transformation, wholistic inclusivity, and creative inquiry can be translated to sites across the globe.

Residencies invite artists working across media, fields, disciplines, and administrations to create projects that activate Elsewhere’s ‘living’ museum. Residents live and work within the museum for 4 weeks creating site-specific, responsive work that explores the museum environment, surplus inventories, cultural histories, social systems, neighborhood communities, and past artworks.

Residents have access to the enormous collection of past projects, textiles, toys, books, consumer technologies, clothes, brik-a-brac, and general thrift for transformation. A curatorial team stewards the creative process and collection use, provides critical feedback, supports artist events, and facilitates connections with Greensboro neighbors and Elsewhere’s national artist network.

Makers and organizers with an interest in participation, performance, reuse, public practice, social engagement, intersectional critique, urban intervention, and experimental living are an excellent fit for this program. Artists working across media (sound, video, installation, performance, conceptual art, painting, social engagement) and fields (researchers, curators, scholars, activists, designers, writers, musicians, puppeteers, gardeners, homesteaders, system-thinkers, game-makers) are encouraged to apply.

Residencies host 5 artists for any given session. Residencies have a program + living fee. A small number of fellowships are available for curated residency sessions. At times, Elsewhere utilizes a nomination process and recommendations from field leaders in an effort to broaden and strengthen the application pool. Collectives and collaborative groups are welcome to apply.

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