OPEN CALL: Smack Mellon Artist Studio Program

The residency will run from May 1, 2007- April 1, 2008. Application Deadline: December 15, 2006. Applications will be accepted online beginning November 1, 2006. Images may be uploaded from November 1 until December 15 through the Smack Mellon website.

The 2007/2008 Studio Program will be housed on the lower level of Smack Mellon’s newly renovated building at 92 Plymouth Street.

Smack Mellon offers free studio space to eligible artists for a one-year period. The program provides artists working in all visual arts media a free private studio space and a $5000 fellowship (dependent upon funding). The program does not provide living space. Artists also have access to shared facilities that include a fabrication shop, 2 G5 workstations for video editing, DVD burner and CD read/write capabilities, 2 emacs, flatbed and slide scanners, DVD players, projectors and monitors, wireless internet access and technical support.

Studios range in size from 250 to 300 square feet. Not all studios have windows. Artists will not be permitted to choose their studio. Artists who are accepted into the program must be prepared to actively use their studio a minimum of 50 hours a month or they will lose it. Artists may not accept a residency at another studio program during the same time as their Smack Mellon residency.