2022-2023 Emerging Artist Fellowship Application

The University of Michigan-Flint Arts + Culture Research Cluster together with Buckham Fine Arts Project | Buckham Gallery is seeking a Flint-area Emerging Artist (18+ years old) to participate in a residency on the campus of U-M Flint during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Through this residency, UM-Flint and Buckham Gallery seek to:

• Support and mentor an emerging artist in developing their unique creative process through new work
• Provide an artist with guidance and tools for personal and artistic growth for developing a career in the arts.
• Engage the artistic creative practice with Flint-based artists, U-M Flint students, faculty, and staff
• Forge interdisciplinary connections between the artist’s practice and various academic units on campus
• Provide opportunities for interaction and exchange between U-M Flint and the wider community of Flint-area artists and residents through Buckham Fine Arts Project and Collective.

The artist will be awarded an honorarium of $2,500 for this fellowship and have an additional budget of up to $1000 to spend on artistic materials, collaborators, or other expenses necessary to complete the work. The fellowship also includes access to UM-Flint’s art studios, wood shop, and technology, private studio space and exhibition/performance opportunity at Riverbank Arts (UM-Flint’s new community art space located in the Northbank Center), studio critiques with Buckham artists and UM-Flint faculty, invitations to attend Buckham Gallery events.

Applications accepted through August 15!

2022-2023 Emerging Artist Fellowship Submission

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Tell us about yourself and your art. What kind of artwork do you create (visual art, music, performance, etc)? *

As an emerging artist, what inspired your art and what message are you trying to convey with your art? Or please tell us what processes and materials you are drawn to and want further guidance in developing your skills. *

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Are there specific faculty or Flint artists of whom you seek to work with? Are there specific resources at the U of M-Flint you will use/want to access. (Feel free to check out our list of potential resources, and reach out with questions) *

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By clicking this checkbox, you confirm you will reside within a 40-mile radius of Flint, MI during the 2022-2023 Year. By clicking this checkbox, you confirm that you are 18 years of age or older.

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Buckham Gallery is funded by the following organizations:

Generous support is provided by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

Our activities are sponsored in part by an award from the MICHIGAN ARTS AND CULTURE COUNCIL and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.

This program is sponsored by the Greater Flint Arts Council Share Art Genesee Grant Program made possible by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Millage funds. Your tax dollars are at work!