Thanks for your interest in our Alembic Parent Artists Program!

HOW TO SAVE IN-PROGRESS APPLICATIONS:

Once you fill in at least one field, a "SAVE" button will appear at the bottom. For users who are logged out or do not have a Jotform account, clicking the "Save" button will prompt you to create an account or log in to Jotform. If you don’t wish to create an account or log in, users can click the "Skip Create an Account" link to get the session URL, which you can copy or have emailed to you, which may take a few minutes to go through.

ALSO, your application is not considered complete until you fill out the demographic information form.

• The artist meets the eligibility requirements
• The artist’s work aligns with PWNW’s mission to advance experimentation in contemporary performance and media arts
• The artist demonstrates a keen investigative spirit and a self-aware intelligent questioning of her or his own process.
• The artist is specific about areas of exploration, concepts, starting points etc.—even if the form of a final product is not envisioned at this time.
• The time spent at PWNW has potential for significant impact on the growth and process of the artist.

Performance Works NW is collecting demographic information for our use only. This information is used to evaluate the reach and access of our programs for ourselves and for our funders. All internal evaluation and reports to funders will be done anonymously. 

This information will NOT be made available to the Selection Panel as a part of your application. The Selection Panel may be provided anonymous aggregated data of the full applicant pool.

Here is the link to the form:
https://form.jotform.com/90687780703163

ARTIST STATEMENT:
(Please also look at the Criteria for Selection).

Think of the following questions as possible prompts—not as a list of things to tick off. We want to hear about your approach to making work and how it might align with our mission.

1. What does "experimentation" mean in relation to your process and work?
You might include any interest in the questioning of artistic form or content, hybridity, open-endedness, exploration, how your process addresses the unknown.

2. What are your artistic interests desires and/or goals, especially for the residency period?

Other ways to think about this question: What moves you to make the work you make? What are the concepts, materials, processes, structures, or questions that you are investigating?

3. What kind of impact do you want this opportunity to provide you? What do you want to get out of it?

 You can submit finished work(s), work-in-progress, or a video sketch of work in the studio.

No short clips as in promo reels. Please make sure each cut or section is at least 2 minutes continuous, not jumping around from high point to high point.

We cannot guarantee that the panel will watch more than 2 minutes of each sample. So choose cue point(s) with that in mind. However, having a longer section available—in case the panel wants to view further—is a good idea!

YouTube or Vimeo links preferred–or possibly some other online platform. The work should as best as possible represent your current areas of investigation. 

INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION WITH EACH LINK

• Title
• Year of Premiere + Year of Performance, if different
• Credits, including your role in the production
• Viewing points if needed – For example: “Please watch minutes 8-11 of this sample. 
  →HINT: See how to link to a specific starting point on your video on YouTube and Vimeo.
  
• Length of sample & length of complete piece, if an excerpt. Also where in the piece this was. For example: This excerpt begins 30 minutes into a 55 minute piece.
• How does this video relate to or support anything you have written about in your Artist Statement?