Residency at the Providence Office of Sustainability

The City of Providence invites Rhode Island-based professional artists to utilize arts and culture strategies to catalyze transformation and just transition from fossil fuels. The awarded artist will receive a one-year residency in the Mayor's Office of Sustainability where they will create new original work to engage Providence residents in the strategies outlined in the Providence Climate Justice Plan.

The selected artist will have an all-inclusive budget of $25,000 and will be engaged for 12 months, which will include an initial immersion period, followed by proposing a project and time to implement the project. The residency will run from approximately April 2020 to March 2021. The artist will be asked to focus on the port of Providence and to support the development of a Green Justice Zone in the adjacent neighborhood of South Providence and Washington Park. The artist will work collaboratively with the Providence Office of Sustainability and Department of Art, Culture + Tourism staff throughout the process and should have an interest in exploring climate resiliency with frontline communities of color.

The artist-in-residence will work closely with the Director of Sustainability and office staff, the Racial Equity and Environmental Justice Committee, and other frontline communities to engage Providence residents in learning about environmental racism and the Just Transition strategies outlined in the Climate Justice Plan. At the end of the residency, the artist shall provide the City with an arts-based engagement tool that may be utilized on an ongoing basis by the City to engage the public on the City's Climate Justice goals. This call is open to all disciplines, and the artist shall direct the methodology, media, and format of the arts-engagement strategies at the start of the residency. Work samples required: minimum 3, maximum 10 total samples (images, audio, and/or video).