Blue Sky Residency at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology 2025

Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts and Sitka Center for Art & Ecology announce their eighth year of partnership to award residencies to two emerging or mid-career photographers for Winter 2025. Both residencies will take place on the Sitka Center campus in Otis, OR, from January 7 – February 5, 2025. Each residency includes accommodation in a studio apartment, access to private studio space, a $250 stipend, wireless internet, access to the Center's library, and opportunities to connect with other artists and ecologists in residence. Residents will have access to the stunning natural beauty of the Cascade Head Scenic Research Area and the Salmon River Estuary. Please note that there is no darkroom facility or printers at the Sitka Center. The two residents will be invited to show work at the 2025 Sitka Art Invitational and participate in an online resident talk during their residency. If desired by the artists, Blue Sky will showcase work created at the residency on the Blue Sky community and library walls, on the gallery's website, and social media platforms. Artists will also have the opportunity to present a short artist talk at Blue Sky in Summer or Fall 2025.

Eligibility: Only open to self-identified emerging or mid-career artists who have shown at Blue Sky, either juried into the PNW Drawers or in an exhibition in the main galleries. Applications are due July 14, 2024 at 10:59 PM PT. There is no application fee. Applicants will be notified of a decision by late August 2024. Submissions must include 8-15 images representative of your work, an artist statement describing your work and approach (4,000 characters max), an up-to-date resume or CV, and a one-page letter of interest addressing how the residency would benefit you at this phase in your career and how your artistic perspective, work, or a specific project relates to the Sitka Center's mission to provide time and space for place-based reflection, inquiry and creation at the intersection of art and ecology. Applicants may identify a particular project on which they intend to focus during the residency period, but a pre-defined project is not required. Applications will be reviewed by a panel of staff from the Sitka Center and Blue Sky.