The Interchange application consists of both submitted documents and narrative questions. Applicants are required to submit Artist resume/CV (as a .pdf document) as well as narrative answers written into the online form. In order to help applicants better prepare, details, requirements, and example links are listed below.
- Completed online application form
- Artist Biography (100 words max) Writing Your Artist’s Bio pdf
- Artist Statement (250 words max)
- Artist Resume/CV (maximum 3 pages, .pdf format)
- Work Sample Summary (1000 word max). Work Sample Summary Examples pdf
- Up to five work samples that specifically highlight the applicant’s socially-engaged creative practice (images, audio files, literary files, or URLs to audio, video, and/or literary files) (1MB maximum per file)
- Proof of residence in the M-AAA six state region: driver’s license, bill from a bank, mortgage company, utility company, credit card company, doctor or hospital, bank statement, property tax bill, current valid homeowner’s or renter’s policy, or motor vehicle insurance card or policy, current valid motor vehicle registration, 2022 tax filing (IRS or state) with sensitive information removed.
- Narrative responses to the following questions:
- Socially-Engaged Creative Practice Evolution
In your own words, explain the evolution of your socially-engaged creative practice over the previous few years. What work have you been pursuing? How has the work evolved? Why has it evolved in that way? Have you faced challenges or constraints in pursuing the work? (250 word maximum)
- Future of Your Socially-Engaged Creative Practice
Where do you want your socially-engaged creative practice to be in five years? What measures of success for your practice have you identified? (250 word maximum)
- Community and Impact
What community(ies) have you been engaging with in your socially-engaged creative practice? What needs and/or issues is the work intended to address? What is the historic impact of this work? What future impacts do you foresee? (250 word maximum)
- Professional Development
Considering the criteria of this program, which includes active peer-based learning experiences, explain how participating in the Interchange professional development retreats, learning alongside a dedicated, small group of your peers, accessing one-on-one mentoring sessions with artist peer facilitators, and building a network of regional socially-engaged creative practice artists, will be beneficial to the development of your creative practice. What strengths will you bring to share with your peers? (250 word maximum)
- Fund Use
Fellows will be awarded $25,000 to use in support of themselves and their socially-engaged creative practices. Expenses may include, but are not limited to equipment, healthcare, travel, studio space, child care, professional services, research, supplies, and contingency savings. Fellows must demonstrate that a minimum of 20% ($5,000) of the award is used towards self-care (expenses not directly in support of an individual creative project or work, but toward their own sustenance as an artist). If selected as an Interchange fellow, how are you considering using the funds to further your practice? (250 word maximum)
- *Optional: What identities do you hold that you believe are relevant to share? Including but not limited to race, ethnicity, disability, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, caregiver, military, rural resident, or immigrant experience, English as a second language. This section will be visible to the panel reviewers. For example, “I am a Taiwanese American cis-gender female, first-generation immigrant living in rural Arkansas.” or “I am a LGBTQ+ parent of two children.” (100-word maximum)
