Kala Fellowship Award Open to Artists
The Kala Fellowship award is an international competition open to artists from the USA and around the world. Artists producing innovative work in all mediums including printmaking, digital media, installation art,social practice, photography, and book arts are encouraged to apply. Fellowship Awards are given based on conceptual creativity, originality, and artistic excellence as well as technical knowledge.
The award is geared towards supporting artists in completing specific projects or bodies of work that would benefit from Kala’s specialized equipment in printmaking and digital media.
Each fellowship award includes: 1. Cash Award: $3,000
2. Studio Residency: Up to six months of studio residency at Kala Art Institute with 24/7 access to the communal studio spaces. An individual studio space may bealso available depending on proposed projects and schedules.
3. Kala Class: One class or tutorial session that will provide training in a chosen area of printmaking and/or digital media
4. Exhibition: Each artist selected is included in our annual group exhibition of Fellowship artists. Public programs for artists are also possible and determine don an individual basis with each artist.
5. Community: Access to a community and network of approximately 75 artists working at Kala, participation in Kala events, and support of Kala staff.The 2015-2016 Fellowship residency period is October 1, 2015 through July 31, 2016. Artists must be able to schedule a 1 to 6 month residency during that time. The group exhibition is currently scheduled for July through September 2016.
For more information about the Kala Fellowship, visit: http://www.kala.org/fellow/fellowship.html