Speed Art Museum Community Connections Residency

The Speed Art Museum is seeking creative individuals interested in participating in our Community Connections Residency program. This community-based residency is designed to work in collaboration with the residents of Russell and the West End of Louisville. The Community Connections residency is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, Our Town Grant and will take place in the Russell neighborhood.

The Community Connections Residency Program is part of the Speed's desire to reach out, amplify, and empower the people by collectively creating a platform for individuals (not limited to visual artists) to share their stories and express perspectives on social and personal topics. Our intention is to co-create a self-sustaining community art program that can be critical, uplifting, progressive, and transformative for the Russell Neighborhood.

The Community Connections Residency invites applications from creative individuals, art collectives, agents for social change, artist collectives, and interdisciplinary cultural practitioners of all disciplines: architects, designers, crafts, engineers, writers, weavers, poets, performers, musicians, lawyers, filmmakers, videographers, activists, and anyone utilizing creative tools to address the community and social needs of the people.

An emphasis will be placed on Black community collectives. This includes themes where the focus is on the Russell neighborhood.

The Community Connections residency will include 5-6 public workshops and an 8-week collaborative workshop with a community organization, local group or activist collective. An essential component to the process and conclusion of this residency is to create a collaborative community engaged project that should consider engaging children, adults, elders, race, gender diversity, and those with limited mobility.

Creating a self-sustaining community project that local individuals can cultivate, integrate, and build from is the ideal goal to attain. The Speed Museum’s role in this endeavor is to provide some of the creative tools to support constructive community development rather than a quick fix or reactionary visual initiatives that lack any semblance of self-empowerment.
- 7-month residency
  $1000 - monthly stipend plus
  $5000 - 10,000 - Toward project and workshop cost including, but not limited to, supplies, materials, fabrication, contractor fees, and marketing.
  Final Exhibition at the Speed Art Museum and/or Russell Neighborhood
- This initiative is designed to place an emphasis on reconsidering what “public art” can be in our public spaces.
  
  The Russell neighborhood is a predominantly Black community with an increasing number of females, elderly, and young people. Historically, long term disinvestment and racist policies have targeted the Redlined neighborhood for years. The results created an environment with limited social resources and a lack of economic prosperity. Despite these limitations, the Russell community maintains a creative core of gifted visual practitioners and musicians. Today, this neighborhood is leading a revitalization effort in the West End. With nearly $1 billion in current and expected investments, Russell, locally known as Louisville's Harlem, is experiencing a renaissance. The Speed Art Museum will collaborate with the city and multiple partners to further revitalization efforts in Russell. Our project supports Vision Russell--a collaborative effort, led by the city, to create and implement a dynamic and transformative plan for the Russell neighborhood.
  
  This year, our focus will be on Black women and their families. Black women have been leading the charge for social justice movements since the beginning but have received little recognition for their works. Often these women are also the caretakers of their families and the nurturers of their community. We encourage you to think of projects that will engage, uplift, heal, support, and/or empower these women.
  
  Learn the history of the Russell Neighborhood here: https://visionrussell.org/about/russellneighborhood/
- 1) 15 hours spent working in community each week. (This residency has the time commitment equivalent to a community-based part time job. The hours can be a combination of community art-making, attending community-based events, or meeting with community members or leaders. Residents will meet with the Speed’s Community Outreach Manager biweekly.)
  
  2) Plan and implement 5-6 workshops that are open to the public (The 5-6 workshops are additional one-day workshops to engage community members that are not participating in the 8-week Community Connections workshop. These workshops are designed so that more members of the community have access to art and the artist resident.)
  
  3) Plan and implement an in-depth Community Connections project (8-week Community Project)
  (Community Connections programs are community-based projects with 8 weeks of programs that build on a theme, artist, or concept. These workshops can be a source of affirmation, healing, empowerment, and support, or a fun space to connect with community. Projects focus on groups that have been too often left out, overlooked, omitted, or disengaged from mainstream social, political, or environmental decisions.)
  
  4) Plan, design and execute a final project that can be a collaborative or individual art piece based on the Community Connections Residency experience. (While the workshops and projects can take any form, all residents are asked to create a final product(s) that can be exhibited in the museum and /or community. The exhibition could be, but isn’t limited to, creative documentation of the programs, video, original artwork or group art pieces).
  
  Learn about other Community Connection programs here: https://www.speedmuseum.org/learn/community-outreach/community_connections/
- In residence from February—September 2022
- Full Name*
  
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- Birth Date*
  
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- All artists will be considered however priority for the residency will be given to artists, groups, or organizations that are from the Russell neighborhood or another West End neighborhood; are part of an underrepresented group; and those that have community-based and culturally informed proposals.
  
  The Speed Art Museum takes pride in our efforts to make all our programs and education offerings equitable by striving to make sure our audience, staff, and artists represent the communities we serve. For this reason, we are asking for additional demographic information. Priority is given to underrepresented groups for this residency, but this is also part of our mission as a museum.
  
  In the event that COVID-19 restrictions are imposed, residents will be asked to adapt their projects to a virtual format.
- I live in the Russell neighborhoodI live in another West End neighborhood of LouisvilleI grew up in Russell or another neighborhood in the West EndI have family members who live in Russell or another West End neighborhood
- Please describe your relationship to the Russell neighborhood and the West End? Why are you passionate about working in this community? 1000 character or 500 words max.*
- What type of social change do you hope to bring about in Russell, West End of Louisville through this project? 1000 character or 500 words max.*
- Describe your discipline or artistic medium. What type of project are you planning to create? For example: Video, performance, engineering, film, etc. (10 words or less)*
- Project Narrative: Describe in detail your vision for the project. Please include, What will you do? Who will you engage? How will you adapt the project if needed to due to COVID-19 restrictions? 1000 character max*
- Project Timeline: Please list a work and planning timeline that includes 5-6, one-day workshops. an 8-week workshop and the final project for the exhibition.We understand those times may need to be adjusted later. We are looking for insight into how long the project will take and when you would offer workshops.*
- Project Budget ($5,000-$10,000) Describe how the funds would be spent. Write an itemized list of expenses that includes supplies/materials needed, fabrication cost, etc. Include a description for how the activities relate to the budget.*
- What is the amount of funds requested to complete your final projects and workshops?*
- How do you plan to engage the community to build interest and participation? 1000 character or 500 word max*
- How will you measure your impact on the community during your residency? 1000 character or 500 word max*
- Please describe some of your past work engaging community and/or leading positive social change. 1000 character or 500 word max*
- Work Sample: Please provide 5 samples of your work, no more than 10. Samples can be up to 5 pages of writing; 10 pages of poems; up to 10 images; up to 5 minutes of audio or video. Submissions can be a combination of mediums, but cannot exceed 10 files or 5 minutes of audio or video. For each work sample you must provide a link or file.
  
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- Description Page: Please describe the overall work sample. Explain the concepts in your work, your process, and how the work relate to your vision for the final project. 250 word max. Write the title, dimensions, and brief description for each sample. 50 word max.
  
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- Two Letters of Recommendation: Letters can be emailed with your application or sent separately with the subject line - Letter of Recommendation (Artist Name) to outreach@speedmuseum.org
  
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- Please attach a biography statement or artist bio Include past artistic and/or activist accomplishments, current work, and future goals. Your statement can include artistic, personal, educational, and job-related experiences that are relevant to your application. 200-word count.
  
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- Contact: Outreach@Speedmuseum.org Deadline: December 14, 2021 - Midnight
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