Please prepare all information and attachments in advance before completing this form. You may not save applications in progress. Once applications are submitted, they cannot be edited. 

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

• The artist meets all the eligibility requirements.
• The artist’s work aligns with PWNW’s mission to advance experimentation in contemporary performance.
• 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 will 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 prompts—not as a list of things to tick off. We want to hear your passions/thoughts/aspirations.

1. How does your work align or intersect with PWNW’s mission to advance experimentation in contemporary performance? Why is PWNW the place for YOU at this time in your life?
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 desires and/or goals, especially for the residency period?

Other ways to think about this question: (a) What moves you to make the work you make? You might address any motivations, intentions, or inspirations that are a critical part of your artistic process as a whole or for the proposed residency.
(b) Describe any concepts, materials, subjects, processes, structures, or questions central to your work.

 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.

HINT- See how to link to a specific portion of your video:
         on YouTube     on Vimeo

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. Or use the above HINT to link to a specific starting point in a longer video.
• 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?