2023 Wrangell Mountains Center Residency—McCarthy, Alaska

The Wrangell Mountains Center (WMC) is a nonprofit organization inviting visual artists of all genres, performers, and writers to apply for two-week residencies at its campus in McCarthy, Alaska during summer 2023. The residency program aims to support artists with unrestricted work time and space. Four residencies are planned with two residents per time slot: June 12-26, July 12-26, and two additional sessions.

The WMC will provide room and board, a simple workspace, and can help coordinate transportation between McCarthy and Anchorage. There is no stipend available. During the two-week residency, the artist will be asked to share their experience with the public through demonstration, talk, reading, performance, workshop, or other means. Each resident will be provided with a furnished live/work space with access to common areas, a fully stocked kitchen with staff-prepared vegetarian meals, basic showers, drinking water, firewood, and solar energy. Limited and unreliable wi-fi internet is available. McCarthy is located approximately 300 miles east of Anchorage at the end of a 60-mile dirt road, with no electrical grid and limited vehicle traffic. The area offers access to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, glaciers, hiking, and local history from the copper mining era.

Application requirements include an artist statement (1000 character limit), resume or CV (1-2 pages), explanation of residency importance and goals (2000 character limit), proposed community engagement plan (2000 character limit), workspace needs description (1000 character limit), and experience with remote living (1000 character limit). Work samples should include 6-10 images for visual artists, online links for performance/video/music artists (approximately 15 minutes), or up to 10 pages for writers. Selection criteria include artistic merit, importance of the Wrangell-St. Elias/McCarthy experience to the artist's work, need or benefit to the artist, proposed community engagement plan, feasibility of ideas, and diversity of backgrounds and disciplines. Selections will be made by mid-April 2023. Entry fee is $25.00. International artists are eligible.