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Categories include:
Poetry
Fiction & Creative Nonfiction
Photography (film or digital) & Filmmaking
PSVA: Painting | Sculpture | Visual Arts

Each residency session includes the same combination of five artists and writers: 1 poet, 1 fiction or creative nonfiction writer, 1 photographer or filmmaker, and 2 visual artists. Each group of five arrives and leaves together. These residencies are designed for individual artists and writers; collaborations or partners working together cannot be accommodated.

• Stipend, how much: $250.00
• Housing
• Studio Space
• Facilities/Equipment Access
• Exhibition Space/Opportunity
• Food

-a $250 or $500 stipend to help off-set expenses (based on a 2- or 4-week session)
-writers: a spacious private apartment with ample desk space
-visual artists: a private apartment with adjoining studio space on the same level
-photographers or filmmakers: a private apartment with ample desk space and a fully functional wet darkroom
-all apartments have private baths and a patio or balcony
-five hearty vegetarian dinners cooked Monday – Friday by the colony chef
-all groceries and a 24-hour accessible kitchen
-washer and dryer
-weekly cleaning service

• No Requirement

• No Requirement

• No Requirement

-Basic personal information and a preference regarding residency dates
-A resume (not seen by the jury.) This can be any length and can be named whatever you’d like.
-Contact information for 2 personal references (not seen by the jury.) Please note: we are not asking for letters of reference. Nothing should be mailed or emailed to us. We are simply asking for the contact information for 2 people who can act as personal references for you.
-An artist’s or writer’s statement (seen by the jury; please do not identify yourself or include your name in the document or file name.)
For all disciplines, we ask for a 500 – 750 word statement about your work. Please keep this brief and specific to the work you are submitting.
PLEASE NOTE: When composing the statement about your work, do not include information such as your name or your age. Do not “credential” yourself by including information that would normally be seen on a resume. Your statement should not mention where you went to school or where you’ve been published, exhibited, etc. Simply talk about the work that the jury is reviewing.
-Work samples for everyone and a file list for visual artists (seen by the jury; please do not include your name anywhere or use your name to name your files.)
This is the most important part of your application. Poets, we ask for 15 pages of work; fiction and nonfiction writers, we ask for 30 pages of work. Visual artists and photographers are asked to submit 10 images, and filmmakers are asked to submit 1-2 samples of their work, up to 5 min. in length. (Again, more detailed information is contained within Submittable.)
- Please take special care regarding identifying and “credentialing” yourself in your statements and especially how you name your work sample files. If there are errors, your application will be disqualified, and we don’t want that to happen! -$0 application fee! We have decided to eliminate our application fee in an effort to make a Saltonstall residency accessible to as many people as possible.