The search is on...

 It seems what to do after school is a very loaded question at the moment… mostly because I am trying to get in to what I am doing at school vs. planning for the future.  That said when the time comes I as sure I will be happy I thought about it.

When push comes to shove I will need a job after school (preferably teaching) or enough gallery’s selling my work to make ends meet. I have been looking for adjunct positions or long term residencies that are in conjunction with a collage. Ether way I would get teaching experience and be able to be in the studio.  

I found some positions for tenure track professors but I seem to be under qualified at this point without college level teaching experience out of graduate school. It also seems like you become a full time teacher with very little time to work in the studio.

Balance is the name of my game.

I looked for teaching experience and found mostly residencies/fellowships….

Philip C. Curtis Artist-in-Residence Program at Albion College seems to be a realistic and well-balanced choice between studio/student interactions. You get a large studio, required artist talk and crits with students, build the resume and hit the ground running after school. Down side is NO MONEY. Application Package: One- to three-page proposal  20 images CV Artist's statement Application Deadline, February 15, 2014 http://www.albion.edu/academics/departments/art-and-art-history/artist-in-residence-program Bemis artist residency offers generous and flexible package to artists: a palatial live/work studio housed in a refurbished warehouse, a $750 monthly stipend for up to 3 months, and access to on-site facilities. Would look great on a resume and I would be set to make-work. Down side, NO TEACHING EXPERIENCE and it is in Nebraska… Not that I have anything against Omaha, Nebraska I just never imagined myself there. Application Package: Three references letters (recommendation are not required) Current resume and/or CV 10 images with image details for each image files (title of work, date executed, media and dimensions). Add any brief narrative necessary to inform the jury about each individual work. $40.00 application fee Application Deadline: September 30, 2013 (JULY 2014 - DECEMBER 2014) http://www.bemiscenter.org/ Richard Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship … this is getting closes to what I was hopping for, a generous stipend of 25,000 in compensation to teach two courses in the Fall 2014 semester, give a public lecture in the Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series, and engage with community through individual student critiques, academic programs, and activities. Fellows are expected to be in residence full-time during the fellowship, August 25–December 5, 2014. Application Package: Letter of interest Artist statement 10 images CV Two letters of recommendation $25.00 application fee Application Deadline: November 1, 2013 http://www.sfai.edu/richard-diebenkorn-teaching-fellowship-call-applications-0 The Grant Wood Art Colony Fellowship in Painting This one could be good… The University of Iowa School of Art wants an emerging to mid-career artists in painting. As an artist you get a privet studio, paid housing, solo show and teaching experience. In exchange for being accessible, teaching a class and giving a lecture. Down side, NO MONEY. Application Package: Link to artist’s website providing digital documentation of recent work (at least 20 images with slidescript/ description of work) professional references - names and contact information One-page artist’s statement Resume/C.V. including phone number, email, mailing address (and website) Letter of Interest Application Deadline: 2014-2015 search will be posted in fall of 2013. http://www.art.uiowa.edu/gw_pt_appl.html