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Residency Application Workshop

Published on March 28, 2012 in Classes/Workshops, Residency Program, Stutz Artists and Stutz Artists Open House. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , .

I know how intimidating those applications for grants, shows and residencies can be. I’ve been there.

In the spring of 2006, I applied for my first ever residency, the Stutz Studio Residency, at the suggestion of a friend and fellow artist. I really wanted it but didn’t have a clue where to start.

What I’ve learned since is that organizations who provide grants and residencies want you to do well, they want to give away an opportunity. But, they also want to see that you know what you want and are willing to do the work to get it. This includes providing a killer application.

If a free year of studio space is really what you want, the Stutz Artists Association wants you to put your best application forward.

With this in mind, the SAA is offering, for the first time, the Residency Application Workshop on Tuesday, April 17 at 6pm at the Arts Council of Indianapolis(924 N. Pennsylvania Street), just a few blocks east of the Stutz.

The workshop will go through the application itself, the selection process as a whole, we’ll tell you what we look for in a good Resident, and what we expect if you’re chosen as a finalist. We’ll even talk about the things we don’t like in an application, all in a effort to see some great candidates come through by the May 31 deadline.

So, if you’re up for joining us for the workshop, please reserve you’re spot right away as space is limited! E-mail education@stutzartists.com to sign up.

As an added bonus for those who attend, we’ll take $5 off your application fee.

See you there!

Kate Oberreich

Residency Director

PS: A special thanks to our friends at the Arts Council of Indianapolis for providing the workshop space…and really for everything you do!

Artists Go Pro – and a deadline extension

Published on May 27, 2011 in Classes/Workshops and Residency Program. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

Stutz Artists Association extends Residency Deadline!

One of the many benefits for artists of being involved with the Arts Council of Indianapolis is the ability to participate in their annual summertime Professional Development Workshops (co-sponsored by Primary Colours) – a series of two-hour workshops designed to help artists learn more about the business of art. Past workshops have focused on basic business practices, framing and presentation, arts marketing and more.

This summer’s workshops will take place at the Wheeler Arts Community (1035 Sanders St, Fountain Square) and will cover the topics of ‘Writing an Effective Grant’ (June 22), ‘Writing an Effective Artist Statement’ (June 29), and ‘Entertainment Law for Visual and Performing Artists’ (July 13).

In a season when the Stutz Artists Association is zeroed in on its Residency Program, we feel that participation in the first two workshops of this series is especially important for potential applicants. Because of this we are extending the deadline for applications to Friday, July 1 at 5pm (previously June 24).

The June 29, ‘Writing an Effective Artist Statement’ workshop will include SAA Vice-President and Residency Director Kate Oberreich as a panelist.

All the workshops are free and open to any area artist. For more information on workshop panelists, click here. To receive reminders about this summer’s programming via e-mail (along with other important arts info in Indy), sign up for the Arts Council’s weekly e-blast here.

 

Spotlight on Summer: Jerry Points

Published on April 10, 2010 in Classes/Workshops. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .
Stutz Art Space recently released its Summer Class Schedule, a series of drawing, painting and design classes, taught by artists of the Stutz Artists Association. Over the next few weeks, I’ll introduce you to this summer’s faculty. Today, I’m starting with Jerry Points.
“I try to take the viewer to new places with my paintings, with the use of a rich palette. The paintings are interpretations rather than copies of nature.”  
Jerry’s oil paintings have a fresh, direct appeal and bold color relationships. His works have been recognized with major honors from the Hoosier Salon, Indiana Heritage, and Indiana Artists exhibitions. His entries in the Hoosier Salon won “Best Impressionistic Landscape” in 2006; “Best Dynamic Landscape” in 2007. His 2005 entry was selected by the Indiana State Museum to be part of their permanent collection. 
He started an Urban Sketchers group last Summer that has ties to the National and International Urban Sketchers. “We post the artist’s drawings on our blog with a listing on the International blog. And that is cool, as the drawings are viewed by many around the world.”
Points has achieved excellent results from his students. He combines his strong academic background with valuable lessons from many of the premier plein-air painters in the U.S. In addition to teaching at the Stutz and Indianapolis Art Center, Points recently taught a workshop at the Midland Art Center in Michigan, and New Harmony, Indiana as a part of the Hoosier Salon “First Brush of Spring.”
Jerry’s classes at Stutz Art Space:

Plein Air Painting- All Levels

Tuesdays: May 11-July 13, 2010 (10 weeks)

1-4pm

$300

In this class you will learn how to interpret nature in terms of paint, using value and color to create form. The aim of the class is to teach you to think, see, and express light and form. Color relationships, design/composition, simplifying, and the benefits of painting indoors/outdoors will be discussed, as well as how to design and build a painting with visual impact. The class will offer demonstrations and individual instruction. We will focus on values, shapes, edges, and color as they relate to painting, working wet into wet. We will develop a painting from beginning to end and learn to complete a painting within a three hour session. The first class will meet at StutzArtSpace, followed by meetings at various locations around Indianapolis.

Urban Sketching- All Levels

Thursdays: May 13-June 10, 2010

1-4pm

$150

This class will include drawing basics of material selection, keeping a sketch journal and learning drawing techniques to better draw and record nature and architecture and various objects that make up our urban environment. Check out the Urban Sketchers Blog at www.urbansketchers-indianapolis.blogspot.com.

-Kate Oberreich/Photos courtesy of Jerry Points