The Barn Arts Residency Program
Residency Partners
Beginning in 2019, every Barn Arts Residency will connect visiting artists with local organizations through Residency Partnerships. Residencies will run throughout the year and will be designed to integrate the work and experiences of the artists with cultural life on MDI.
Barn Arts Resident Artists apply to the program with a project to be developed in Maine through research, writing, rehearsals, performances, and events. Resident Artists work on the island for a week and stay in housing donated by community members. At the end of each residency, Barn Arts produces a culminating event, which is offered to the public by donation and invites the community to share in the work that the residency has made possible.
A Residency Partnership is a way for these artists to collaborate with members of our local community. Organizations on and around MDI are invited to partner with Barn Arts by working directly with Resident Artists to make the arts a larger part of their programming.
Every Residency Partnership will be custom-fit for the artists in residence and the local organization with whom they’re working. Programming could include a performance - a presentation, reading, screening, concert, or other type of event at the Barn or a venue hosted by the Residency Partner. A Residency Partnership could also be rooted in a stage of development for the artists that is less performative and take the form of research, interviews, workshops, community conversations, and other types of local exploration.
Residency Partnerships could also be focused on educational and professional development opportunities with programming initiatives including workshops, master classes, lectures, or other events based in sharing knowledge and ideas.
A Residency Partnership could coincide with an existing program that the partner organization is looking to expand, or it could be an opportunity to develop a new initiative, or it could simply be a way to invite visiting artists to engage with the community members that the partner serves.
Residency Partners
Beginning in 2019, every Barn Arts Residency will connect visiting artists with local organizations through Residency Partnerships. Residencies will run throughout the year and will be designed to integrate the work and experiences of the artists with cultural life on MDI.
Barn Arts Resident Artists apply to the program with a project to be developed in Maine through research, writing, rehearsals, performances, and events. Resident Artists work on the island for a week and stay in housing donated by community members. At the end of each residency, Barn Arts produces a culminating event, which is offered to the public by donation and invites the community to share in the work that the residency has made possible.
A Residency Partnership is a way for these artists to collaborate with members of our local community. Organizations on and around MDI are invited to partner with Barn Arts by working directly with Resident Artists to make the arts a larger part of their programming.
Every Residency Partnership will be custom-fit for the artists in residence and the local organization with whom they’re working. Programming could include a performance - a presentation, reading, screening, concert, or other type of event at the Barn or a venue hosted by the Residency Partner. A Residency Partnership could also be rooted in a stage of development for the artists that is less performative and take the form of research, interviews, workshops, community conversations, and other types of local exploration.
Residency Partnerships could also be focused on educational and professional development opportunities with programming initiatives including workshops, master classes, lectures, or other events based in sharing knowledge and ideas.
A Residency Partnership could coincide with an existing program that the partner organization is looking to expand, or it could be an opportunity to develop a new initiative, or it could simply be a way to invite visiting artists to engage with the community members that the partner serves.