Artist Residencies:  Are They Worth It?  (Part 2 of 2)

Artist Residencies: Are They Worth It? (Part 2 of 2)

(Continued from last month) I’ve attended two residencies, one at Vermont Studio Center in August 2007, and one at LillStreet Art Center in Chicago in spring of 2008. The two programs were as different from each other as they could be, and provide some context...

Artist Residencies: Are They Worth It? (Part 1 of 2)

I’m sitting in my studio at the Vermont Studio Center, an artist residency program located in Johnson, Vermont. I’m at a desk strewn with small lengths of hardwood flooring, which I’m using as panels for a series of paintings I’m working on...