HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP) 2024

HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP) Application

Application DEADLINE: February 1, 2024 at 3:00 pm EST

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2024 HARP Residency Program Application Guidelines:

One of the most robust residency programs of this nature in the country and serving as a national model, HARP provides a commission, developmental support, career planning, and an opportunity for a full production to hybrid artists within a collaborative environment of peers working across disparate art forms – including theatre, dance, music, puppetry, visual art, and new media. HARP provides significant long-term support, as well as at least $50,000 in cash and $50,000 in space, equipment, and services over 2-3 years to tailor each residency to each artist’s individual needs.

With the launch of URHERE (our new digital and outdoor platform), HERE is excited to expand our HARP cohort this year to include digital and outdoor artists. Selected artists will partake in a 1-2 year residency to create digital native and/or outdoor works that will premiere on URHERE. These artists will receive at least $25,000 in cash, $25,000 in space, equipment, and services, and will still participate in all other aspects of HARP.

Through this significant investment of time and resources, HERE works together with artists to cultivate exciting and innovative new work for the stage and the digital world.

For detailed program guidelines and application instructions, please visit our FAQ section on the HARP program website or through the link below:

2024 HARP Residency Program Application Guidelines

We encourage you to review these materials before beginning your application. Our online application needs to be completed in ONE SESSION.
It will not save your progress once you close the window!
Therefore, we suggest you prepare your answers offline and paste into the online form (as opposed to answering online).

And please be sure to check and read the pop-up bubbles with instructions!

Application
Additional instructions may be viewed by hovering your cursor over some sections of the application.
Lead Artist/Collaborative Team *

First NameLast Name
Artistic Role*
Lead Artist Pronouns
E-mail*
Phone Number

Area CodePhone Number
Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip CodeCountry
You may submit an application as an artistic team rather than as an individual artist. If you are submitting as an artistic team please list all team members here. Project collaborators such as designers, directors, and performers associated with the project can be listed below under "Other Collaborators".
Lead Artistic Team members (optional)

First NameLast Name
Pronouns
Artistic Role
Lead Artistic Team members (optional)

First NameLast Name
Pronouns
Artistic Role
Lead Artistic Team members (optional)

First NameLast Name
Pronouns
Artistic Role
Other Collaborators (please list name, pronouns, role on project, and whether their participation on the project is confirmed or pending)

0/1000
Project Title*
Project Overview*

0/200
Project Description*

0/800
Discipline *
(Please select your primary discipline)
Please select all other disciplines that apply:*
(Please select your primary discipline)
Form of Work*
(Please select your primary discipline)
Please upload the current resumé(s) of the lead artist(s) as a pdf below.*

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Artist Statement*

Statement can be written or in video format (up to 3 min). Videos: http: / / youtube.com or http: / / vimeo.com Please briefly tell the panel about your passion and sense of urgency for this project: why this residency is a good fit at at this particular moment, how you see yourself as an artist with certain professional accomplishments but without breakthrough recognition, and how you hope to develop over your residency. How does this project push your aesthetic boundaries? If more than one primary artist is included in this application, each primary artist should provide a statement in the space provided. If an ensemble is applying, one shared statement is appropriate.0/1000
Project Timeline*

This should be a 2-3 year timeline (or 1-2 year if applying for URHERE) of how you will develop the work during the residency, indicating potential works and key benchmarks in progress. This obviously will change and adapt over time, but it is helpful for the panel to see how you might use the flexible opportunities offered by the residency.0/100
Why would being a part of the HARP community be meaningful for you as an artist? What do you have to share with the community and what do you hope to gain from the community?*

0/1000
Work Sample

Please pay close attention to work sample instructions listed below on the form and then share how this work sample is relevant to the proposed project. Please include year, performers, and contributing artists. It is crucial that you include the names and roles of the artists involved in the work sample you submit and, importantly, indicate which artists featured in the work sample are a part of your proposed HERE Artist Residency Program project.

Accepted file types include: pdf, docx, doc, mp3, m4a, wav, mp4, mov.
- Up to 10 minutes of work samples from each lead artist, created within the last 5 years. We encourage applicants to present work samples for every lead artist so that the decision panel can see the creative work of each collaborator.
- Each video sample should be at least 5 minutes. For samples longer than 10 minutes, please specify a start and end point within the sample that should be focused on.
- No trailers will be accepted as work samples. We do not accept samples with underscoring that does not represent the actual score of the live work.
- All photo, video and audio samples MUST be submitted ONLINE in the following formats:
Photos: Share URL

Videos: http://youtube.com or http://vimeo.com

Audio: soundcloud.com, Dropbox, Bandcamp

All websites MUST be in http:// format.

Scripts may be uploaded in section below. Please upload a sample up to 10 pages or indicate which 10 pages of the uploaded document should be read. The file size should not exceed 4MB.

Some advice:

Applications with video work samples tend to be the strongest as panelists can see the hybridity and performativity of your work in real time. Puppetry applications also benefit from the inclusion of photographs/slides with detailed images of puppetry design and construction.
Title and Date of Lead Artist Work Sample 1*
Role of Lead Artist on Work Sample 1
Link to Lead Artist Work Sample 1*
Cue Point for Lead Artist Work Sample 1*
Venue for Lead Artist Work Sample 1*
Artists on Lead Artist Work Sample 1*
One-Paragraph Description for Lead Artist Work Sample 1. Please let us know how this work sample informs the proposed project.*
Title and Date of Lead Artist Work Sample 2 (if applicable)
Role of Lead Artist on Work Sample 2
Link to Lead Artist Work Sample 2
Cue Point for Lead Artist Work Sample 2
Venue for Lead Artist Work Sample 2
Artists on Work Sample 2
One-Paragraph Description for Lead Artist Work Sample 2. Please let us know how this work sample informs the proposed project.
Title and Date of Collaborator Work Sample 1 (if applicable)
Role of Collaborator on Work Sample 1
Link to Collaborator Work Sample 1
Cue Point for Collaborator Work Sample 1
Venue for Collaborator Work Sample 1
Artists on Collaborator Work Sample 1
One-Paragraph Description for Collaborator Work Sample 1. Please let us know how this work sample informs the proposed project.
Title and Date of Collaborator Work Sample 2 (if applicable)
Role of Collaborator on Work Sample 2
Link to Collaborator Work Sample 2
Cue Point for Collaborator Work Sample 2
Venue for Collaborator Work Sample 2
Artists on Collaborator Work Sample 2
One-Paragraph Description for Collaborator Work Sample 2. Please let us know how this work sample informs the proposed project.
Upload Script Work Sample

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One-Paragraph Description for Script Work Sample. Please let us know how this work sample informs the proposed project.
Link to Additional Work Samples
How did you hear about the program?*
Optional: Panelist Nomination

This year’s HARP selection panel will include panelists who are nominated and selected by you, the applicants. Please nominate up to 3 individuals for the panel by providing their names and contact information below. HERE will then contact each nominee to assess availability and discipline preference and subsequently invite you and the other applicants to vote on available nominees within your selected discipline. Nominees with the highest number of votes will then be invited to join the panel and review process.

Nominees must be:
- Residents of New York Metro Area
- Experienced in hybrid form of live performance or in one or more of the following fields: theatre, dance, music, puppetry, visual art, and new media.
- Capable of reading numerous applications and actively participating in the selection process.
- Able to effectively evaluate each application, based on the criteria set by HERE, their experience in the arts, and knowledge of the art form.
Conflict of Interest:
- Artists who apply for HARP program in this round are not eligible as panelists.
Nominee #1

First NameLast Name
Nominee #1 Contact (email)
Nominee #2

First NameLast Name
Nominee #2 Contact (email
Nominee #3

First NameLast Name
Nominee #3 Contact (email)
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