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Accelerator Residency Intensive

An Accelerator Residency Intensive at The Arts Center is an investment in your creative professional career! The residency offers dedicated lessons & lectures, and collaborative support. Accelerator residents are selected for professional and personal growth potential and an ability and willingness to contribute to a thriving creative community.

Applications for 2025 are OPEN! Apply by Aug. 19, 2024.

Informational Video Is Below!

How Does The Residency Work?

The Accelerator Residency runs for 10 weeks annually from January to March. Applicants are selected by a jury of artists and arts administrators based on their application and work samples.

This residency is designed to be an intensive program that pushes emerging creatives to improve their business planning and professional skills. Together, the accepted Residents, complete lectures, coursework, and consult with the experienced program director to plan and build the framework for their creative business.

How is this residency different from others?

An artist residency is often described as a set length of time for artists to work on a project, try new media, or research ideas. Frequently, they are in a new environment and in partnership with local organizations/communities. Residency programs can charge for the program while others may not cost anything or may require the artist to teach, lecture, or work in exchange. Others are able to provide room and board or a stipend to the artist. Each residency is valuable in its own way.

Our program differs from some residencies, but many of the main qualities remain. The Accelerator keeps the traditions of providing a new environment, resources, and a period of time to work on a project. In this case, the project is often starting a creative business. The environment is a supportive community and peer cohort and the resources provided are many but notably include personalized coaching and lessons related to business/professional development.

What is Included? How Much Does This Cost?
The Program Includes:
  • 6+ lectures with topical coursework.
  • 3+ Dedicated 1:1 coaching sessions with the program director
  • 3 Group discussions and work sessions with fellow residents and program director
  • 3+ Opportunities to engage with the public via Corvallis Art Walk (CAW) or other events.
  • Personal Studio Space
  • 3 Artist Meetup Critiques
Residents ‘Graduate’ with a …
  • Drafted Business Model that is tailored to their work & strengths
  • Professional Level Artist Statement and Artist Bio
  • Collaborative Group Exhibition*
  • Pricing Model & Comprehensive CV
  • Strengthen Regional Connections
A yellow circle with an upward arrow and a dollar sign inside it. Below the icon are the words Market Price. Below the circle and icons the text reads $2,400.
A yellow circle with an upward arrow and a dollar sign inside it. Below the icon are the words Market Price. Below the circle and icons the text reads $2,400.

The Arts Center and Artist Accelerator Program work to subsidize artist costs through grants and individual donations. There are some partial scholarships available.

Who Should Apply?

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We seek enthusiastic and committed artists, creatives, and makers who are ready to dive into planning or their creative business! Applicants should consider a time commitment of 10+ hours/week towards the program. Creative business is a broad term and can include plans for gallery/exhibition, wholesale, teaching, online sales, and many others.

We encourage a diverse selection of artists to apply! Creatives, artists, and makers from historically excluded communities like creatives from rural communities, emerging artists, BIPOC communities, LGBTQIA+ communities, and self-taught makers.

We welcome applicants regardless of citizenship status, color, familial status, gender identity or expression, religious observance, sex, sexual orientation, and sources or levels of income

We welcome applications in the following media: Illustration, Painting, 3D, Ceramics (up to ^6). We also accept applications in the Literary Arts, Writing, Dance, or Installation.

How Do I Apply?
  • 1. Applications are accepted annually and reviewed in Aug./Sept. for residency that winter (i.e Reviewed Aug. 2025 for residency Jan – Mar. 2026
  • 2. Review these drop-down info sections and watch the info session video. Contact Claire Elam with any remaining questions.
  • 3. Submit application at the bottom of this webpage before 11:59pm on the due date.
  • 4. Send Claire Elam 3-5 high-resolution & well-lit work samples following the directions on the application.
  • 5. Pat yourself on the back for an application well done!

2025 DATES!
  • Applications: Due August 19, 2024 by 11:59 pm
  • Residency: January 7, 2025 – March 20, 2025
  • Orientation I: December 2024
  • Orientation II: January 8/9, 2025
Artist Jess Felix works on a clay bust with her subject in the background.

Accelerator Residency Intensive

The Arts Center in Corvallis, OR is accepting applications for the Accelerator Residency Intensive through August 19, 2024 for residency beginning January 2025. Artists working in the visual arts, mixed media, literary arts, ceramics, and/or dance and in all genres are encouraged to apply. Residents are selected by the Accelerator Manager and a diverse jury including regional aritsts and stakeholders. TAC encourages a diverse selection of artists to apply, including artists from historically underrepresented communities. We welcome all artists regardless of citizenship status, color, familial status, gender identity or expression, religious observance, sex, sexual orientation, and sources or level of income. INSTRUCTIONS: Fill out the form completely. When you are finished, click the SUBMIT button only once. You will receive a confirmation screen and email that your submission was received. If you do not see that message or receive the confirmation email, contact Claire Elam, at Claire@theartscenter.net

Terms(Required)
I have read the Terms and Parameters for the Accelerator Residency Intensive at The Arts Center and agree to them. I understand that submitting this form indicates approval that your included images may be used in publicity for/by The Arts Center.
Name(Required)
Your Living Location (during program)(Required)
Program runs the beginning of January to the end of March and studio space is phsyically located in Corvallis, OR.
What is the primary reason you are applying to this residency?(Required)
Which category best applies to the creative work want to focus on during the residency?(Required)
How frequently do you sell your work/service?(Required)
How long have you sold your work/service?
How important is an artist community to you?(Required)
Please choose a studio space that best reflects your residency plans.(Required)
(education, culture, life experiences, etc.)
EXAMPLE: I paint portraits including commissioned pieces. My paintings are often based on personal conversations with the subject and include notes of surprise and whimsy. Commissioned peices usually take 6mon. from the first inquiry to client delivery. I have had a hard time finding clients who are able to wait 6mon. for a final piece.
OPTIONAL
Does your participation depend on a partial scholarships?(Required)
Please enter a number from 1 to 20.
OPTIONAL

To help ensure equitable access and diverse participation please complete the demographics questions below.
Age Range(Required)
Gender Identity(Required)
Do you identify as one or more of the following marginalized groups?
Do you consider yourself part of a marginalized group not represented in the previous questions? If so, which group?(Required)
You may use the Other option to share your group. Examples may include religion-related, financial status, etc.

(Examples include: English language assistance, physical access accommodations, technology access, closed captioning, etc.)

Reminder:

When you are finished with ALL of your entries, don’t forget to click the SUBMIT button! You will receive a confirmation screen once your submission is received. If you do not see that message, contact claire@theartscenter.net.

2024 Artists in Residence

Marie McMahon | Painting

Marie McMahon is a painter based in Eugene, Oregon, who specializes in creating fine art commissions and gallery paintings. Marie’s work features expressive colors, dynamic brushwork, and a unique combination of abstract imagery and realism. Typically referencing flowers, animals, human forms, skyscapes, landscapes, and waterscapes, she aims to evoke the spirit of her subject matter through intuitive expression. Marie values the process of painting and experiencing what she sees. She completes most paintings in one sitting, capturing a fresh and singular experience. Marie aims for her work to enhance feelings of joy, well-being, and connection for customers and viewers.

Camila Godoy | Painting & Illustration

Camila Godoy is a Chilean artist living in Corvallis, Oregon, USA. She started her professional artistic journey in 2022 in Oregon. She teaches art classes focused on inclusiveness in watercolor, colored pencils, inks, and mixed media. Her artwork is joyful and playful and uses loose brushstrokes, vibrant colors, and effects like stains, splatters, and other tiny elements. Her creative process involves a harmonious combination of these pieces to paint flowers, animals, and faces with flowers for hair.

Camille Ainsworth | Fiber Arts

Camille Ainsworth is a fiber artist working and living in Albany, Oregon. A quilt-maker since 2001, Camille began making modern-day Japanese rice bags in 2022. Camille references her mental state at the time of making a piece through careful consideration of fabric combinations and textures. She is a daily practitioner of Sashiko thread hand stitching for panels in her modern-styled rice bags. Camille honors the sacredness of the traditional Japanese rice bags in her practice while drawing inspiration from the eccentric sculptural Kate Spade handbags and outfits of her teens.

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