Eligibility: International
The Artist-in-Residence (AiR) program at Acadia National Park invites participants to take part in self-directed and fully immersive experiences that lead to the creation of new ways for visitors to experience the park through the arts.
For the first time in its 30-year history, the program in 2024 will provide each of four selected artists with a $1,000 stipend and travel subsidy. The program's operational costs are funded fully by donations derived from sales proceeds at America’s National Park stores throughout the park.
Participants are offered a total of 14 nights of park-provided housing, which participants may choose to break up over multiple visits and seasons through the calendar year. Housing options may include apartments at the Schoodic Institute (available year-round), a remote ranger cabin at Isle au Haut (available June to October) and rooms in the Brown Mountain Gatehouse (available November into April). Participants may be accompanied by one adult companion or one of their own children age 16 or older. With the exception of service animals, pets are not allowed.
In exchange, all participants are asked –
- To host a public outreach activity with park visitors.
- Artists may submit receipts to reimburse purchase of activity supplies and materials amounting to $150, or $10 each for as many as 15 participants.
- Artists may submit receipts to reimburse purchase of activity supplies and materials amounting to $150, or $10 each for as many as 15 participants.
- To complete within a year one finished work of art based on their experience.
- While artists will retain ownership and copyright for the artwork, they are asked to loan it to the program for public display for a maximum period of seven years, and to grant permission for the program to include images and descriptions of it in a permanent online catalog.
Four Residency Opportunities in 2024
The maximum number of participants in 2024 is four. Some residency opportunities may be left unfilled.
- Visual Art such as painting, textiles, sculpture, fine art photography.
- Writing such as essays, poetry, drama.
- At Large such as music, dance, emerging technologies.
- Indigenous Arts in any medium for a citizen of a Wabanaki community in Maine