OPEN CALL: Recent MFA Graduates to Apply to the St. Elmo Arts Residency

The St. Elmo Arts Residency and Fellowship is a joint project of the University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Art and Art History and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. It offers one fellowship each academic year to a newly minted MFA artist in painting, drawing, print, photo, sculpture, or multimedia. This is a nine and a half-month opportunity for concentrated studio work, the acquisition of teaching experience, and culminates in a solo exhibition at the Wildflower Center.

The residency is situated in a beautifully renovated house and studio compound in the St. Elmo district of South Austin, located midway between the university campus and the Wildflower Center.

Residency period:
Early-August 2023 through mid-May 2024

Fellowship:
–24-hour access to a private 1800-square-foot studio
–Private furnished house capable of accommodating the fellow and a partner
–30,000 USD stipend
–Access to health insurance and benefits
–Part-time teaching experience at UT Austin
–Part-time teaching experience at the Wildflower Center
–Solo exhibition at the Wildflower Center

Fellow responsibilities:
–9 1/2-month commitment
–Teach one class per semester (two classes total) in Studio Art within the Department of Art and Art History
–Teach one workshop per semester (two workshops total) at the Wildflower Center
–Public lecture on your work
–Solo exhibition

Eligibility:
–For the residency beginning early August 2023, only artists graduating from an MFA program in August 2022 through July 1, 2023 are invited to apply.
–If you will graduate after July 1, 2023, please apply in the next application cycle. This is a hard deadline.
–If you graduated prior to August 2022, you are not eligible to apply.
–Only artists graduating from US graduate MFA programs are eligible to apply.
–UT Austin MFA students and alumni are not eligible to apply.

How to apply:
Details, instructions, and questions answered at the St. Elmo Arts Residency page. Link to application here.