Mother's Milk Residency

Mother's Milk is a 2-6 week interdisciplinary residency designed to support three or four visual artists, sound artists, or creative writers pursuing innovative work in their field. The program provides individuals or collaborative teams with time and space to pursue creative projects alongside other residents whose different perspectives, backgrounds, and interests offer inspiration and interaction. Work that is more experimental in nature without regard to commercial viability is of special interest.

The residency is located on a restored former dairy farm at the edge of Newton, Kansas, on 7.6 acres heavily wooded in most areas with some historic farm machinery. Residents have studios in a 1,500 sq. ft. hay barn studio and share housing in a fully renovated 1898 farmhouse. The grounds offer opportunities for installations (with prior approval) or as a source of natural materials.

Eligibility: Applicants must be exceptional creative practitioners (emerging, mid-career, or established artists), at least 21 years old, not currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program, and able to reside on-site for the duration of the program. International applicants must show proof of English language skills and be responsible for acquiring appropriate visas if accepted. Application fee is $25. Applicants must submit a project proposal statement (not to exceed 500 words), current CV, work samples from the last two years, contact information for two professional references, preferred residency dates, and proof of English language skills if applicable. Work samples vary by discipline: Creative writers submit 5-10 pages combined into one Word or PDF file; sound artists submit 3-5 audio and/or video samples no more than 2 minutes each; visual artists submit 8-10 images or combination of images, audio, and video files (no more than 5 media files per submission). All submissions must follow CaFE formatting guidelines. Jury notification will be mid-March 2022.