FELLOWSHIP AWARDS

Kala Art Institute is now accepting the applications for the 2010 Fellowship Awards.

APPLICATION DE ADLINE: May 7, 2010

The fellowship award competition is open for artists from the U.S. and around the world.

Hosting nine new international artists at Kala each year helps to ensure that the artistic energy and vision of Kala's entire community of artists in residence is continually reenergized and rejuvenated.

Artists producing innovative work in book arts, electronic/digital media (video, sound, animation, etc.), installation art, photography and printmaking are encouraged to apply. Fellowship Awards will be given based on conceptual creativity, originality and artistic excellence as well as technical knowledge.

Nine artists will each receive a Fellowship consisting of:
• a $3,000 cash award

• up to six months of studio residency at Kala Art Institute

• 24/7 access to Kala’s studio (An individual studio space may also be available depending on proposed projects and
schedules.)

• a free class or equivalent tutorial sessions

• an exhibition opportunity at the Kala gallery of the artwork created during the residency

To serve a broader constituency, and supported by a grant from The James Irvine Foundation, Kala now offers a ninth Fellowship award that specifically encourages applications from California artists who live outside of the main metropolitan areas of San Francisco and Los Angeles. Artists from the North Coast, Central Coast, Central Valley and Inland Empire are eligible and encouraged to apply.

Eligibility for The Ninth Fellowship Award residency:
Artists from North Coast, Central Coast, Central Valley and Inland Empire are eligible and encouraged to apply.
(Following counties are not considered as regions of eligibility: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Los Angeles, Orange or San Diego. )

Other 8 fellowship awards will be selected from the pool of applicantions regardless of regions.

The Fellowship Competition is juried by a Kala jurying panel and an outside Bay Area arts professional. Kala is pleased to announce Jens Hoffmann as the esteemed juror for Kala's 2010 Fellowship awards.

Jens Hoffman is an internationally acclaimed writer and curator. He has been the Director of the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts at the California College of the Arts since 2007. Prior to moving to the Bay Area, Jens was the Director of Exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.

The Fellowship does not include housing. (Assistance in finding appropriate low-cost housing solutions is often provided to visiting artists by the program directors.)

For more information about the 2010 Fellowship Awards, please go to Application Guidelines.

If you have questions about 2010 Fellowship, please e-mail Lauren Davies at lauren@kala.org.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 7, 2010