The current Executive Director of MacDowell, one of the most prestigious art residencies in the US, recently wrote, “A true artists residency will offer you free lodging and even a small stipend. The one I run offers three free meals a day prepared by a chef and his team and private studio space to write. We also (if you need it) reimburse your travel costs to get to our campus. This should be standard for true residencies. If they need you to pay tuition or lodging, reconsider going and look for ones that offer more or full support.”
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A Brief Little Handbook for Artists in Residence
Critical Response Process (CRP) was developed by Liz Lerman in the early 1990s and has been taught in workshops around the world. It’s a structured process for giving and receiving feedback on work in progress. It’s been an integral part of the ArteSumapaz residency cohort’s practice for about three years, with weekly meetings and one-on-one CRP sessions. Most recently, it has even been used in a non-art context, where it was introduced to the Building and Architecture Circle for the review of all building projects.
Continue reading “The CRP practice at ArteSumapaz”The care and feeding of the creative soul
I’m a firm believer that artists, and by “artists” I mean that beautiful long list of creatives, are the shamans of our modern world, inasmuch that they develop an acute sensitivity through their work, both in the physical sense as well as emotional. It isn’t unexpected that many creatives have been suffering lately, so I’d like to share a few resources for nurturing the creative soul.
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“Arriving at a residency involves the excitement of first times. A residency always carries the freshness and excitement of walking into a city for the first time.” – Tania Candiani, from Rethinking Residencies
Let’s assume that we all agree that we want our time at an artist residency to light a proverbial firecracker under our creative practices; we want to somehow come out of the experience richer, energized, with a fertile impetus for creative lives. And residencies can have that effect! But not for the same reasons for all, and not in the same magnitude. Here, at ArteSumapaz, we see different factors having different impacts on different artists:
- Newness of place and culture
- Community of like-minded people
- Nature
- Supportive infrastructure such as studio and meals
For some of us, the last time we had all of our needs anticipated and didn’t understand what everyone was saying was when we were very young children, so that when that environment is recreated it can have a wonderful way of throwing us back into that oneiric creative space of childhood.
Continue reading “Community versus Tourism”Inaugural Artist Residency Fellowships of the Victoria’s Secret Global Fund
Fundacion ArteSumapaz, in partnership with the Victoria’s Secret Global Fund, announced its 2024 fellows, a cohort of Colombian women artists whose projects encompass a wide range of explorations in the visual arts including painting, sculpture, drawing fabric arts, and other disciplines. The fellowship awards these visionaries twelve transformative one-month residencies, granting them the sanctuary to support their creative process, foster business acumen and carve pathways in leadership and innovation.
Continue reading “Inaugural Artist Residency Fellowships of the Victoria’s Secret Global Fund”Alexandra Jo
We have a wonderful interview in the works that is still in the editing phase. But meanwhile, Check out some great work that Alexandra Jo did while in residence at ArteSumapaz.
https://www.alexandrajoart.com/artesumapaz/
AIR: Chiara Ciabattoni
Chiara is a writer training as a Biodanza facilitator. She is an intrepid explorer of the inner and outer worlds, loves to celebrate human light and shadow through ritual and dance. She is a theatre lover, who graduated in cultural Diplomacy and worked at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York and at ArteSumapaz – a cultural hacienda in the Colombian countryside, helping create cultural hubs and promoting Arts. Chiara has spent the past decade working front-of-house at the Gate Theatre, Sadler’s Wells and Orange Tree Theatre; as well as Press Rep to actress Lucy Roslyn in The State Versus John Hayes at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She is currently working as Theatre Manager for Gate Theatre and Theatro Technis @ 26 Crowndale, and as part of the Young Vic Welcome Team.
From: Italy
Artistic Preference or Outlets: Writer, Playwright, Dancer
Age: 41
Most Beloved Memory at ArteSumapaz:
“I became a vegan chef for the community for almost two weeks. Playing with foods and creating meals for the hacienda inhabitants gave me purpose and awakened my mothering side, my nature_rooted powers and allowed my creative juices to flow and merge with the fruits of the earth.”
“It was incredible to spend time with a community of artists hidden in the heart of nature, it felt like being born again within the giant legs of the mountains, held within green breasts and dreamy clouds.”
https://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/about-us/the-team/
Three Words: nurturing, raw, harbor
Podcast: Our Intentional Community with Tony Fletcher and Ric Dragon
Lessons from Building a Cabin
I’ve resided at the residency at ArteSumapaz for over three and a half years, and in the process, discovered that while I crave community, I need my own space. I’m not quite ready to construct my own house, so embarked on building a small house, or cabin, that afterwards can be another space in the residency. And while I had my share of experience with construction back in upstate New York, the Colombian approach to construction is quite different. Thus, in short, I’ve learned a lot, and would like to share some of those experiences in this post.
Continue reading “Lessons from Building a Cabin”The Pets of ArteSumapaz
We have three dogs and two cats at ArteSumapaz. In reality, we don’t think of them so much as “our” pets, as we are their humans. The dogs, who are all rescues, have an incredible amount of liberty, and will happily follow you to town.
Ray Chimba
Ray Chimba was the first of our dogs. He trotted up the driveway one day, skinny as could be, and terribly skittish. Since then, he’s gained some weight, and has been the muse of many a drawing and song. The phrase “Re Chimba” is a colombian colloquialisms for “really cool,” but also not considered polite in some circles.
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