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Expanding Technologies Residency: Ibadan/Seattle Visual Arts Exchange
A collaboration between New Culture Studios, CoCA Seattle, and Wa Na Wari.

OVERVIEW:
In a world with ever-deepening digital integration our vision of what technology is and where its influence will take us has steadily narrowed towards an emphasis on computerized novelty. Meanwhile, enduring technologies exist across histories, geographies, and ecosystems, new and old, providing additional possibilities for creating sustainable futures. How can we expand our definition of technologies and locate diverse sites of innovation that deserve further exploration and understanding? What are the cultural technologies, indigenous technologies, community-centric technologies, nature-based technologies, collaborative technologies and/or creative technologies that are relevant and applicable today?

The Expanding Technologies Residency is an invitation for one Ibadan-based artist and one Seattle-based artist to explore these themes during site-specific, collaborative programs created by community and artist-run artspaces in Ibadan, Nigeria and Seattle, USA. One Ibadan-based artist in Seattle from: September 13th – October 3rd; dates include Wa Na Wari’s Walk the Block and 1st Thursday exhibition at CoCA. One Seattle-based artist in Ibadan from: October 25th – November 14th; dates include Lagos Art Week. Artists will complete their residency with an artist talk in their home communities.

PROGRAM SUMMARY:
3-week residency and local arts community immersion experience. Artists will expand upon existing projects and/or areas of inquiry
Includes public exhibition, community engagement and artist talk. Artist stipend is $3,000. (Approximately $1,000 a week.)
Fully-funded room and board, travel and visa fees, and artist stipend is provided.

ELIGIBILITY:
Artists must have an established practice in any medium within the visual arts
Identify as Black, African, and/or of African descent
Seattle-based applicants must live and work in the Seattle-area
Ibadan-based applicants must live and work in Ibadan, Nigeria
All applicants must be age 21 or over and;
Hold an international passport valid through December 31, 2026

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
A complete application consists of a bio, statement, up to 12 images, with descriptions, and any other information noted below.
Images can be of one piece, 12 pieces, or any combination.
Please prepare the following before beginning your submission. Here are the specific requirements:

An Artist’s statement specific to the theme of the exhibition (200 words): This will appear in the catalog (if any) if accepted.
An Artist’s biography (200 words), including year of birth, city of origin, awards, honors, shows, degrees. This will also appear in the catalog (if any) if accepted.
Up to 12 images of the artwork for consideration. Format is jpg file, minimum. dimension of 2400 pixels in at least one direction. If you are submitting video of your work, please include a link in the description, and make sure that access is open for review period (or include password in description).
For each uploaded image, you will have the opportunity to add short descriptions for each image. Note that we suggest organizing the images in two categories: Current Projects in Progress and Complete Works. Current Project in Progress Image requirements 3-5 images, 3MB max Complete Works Image requirements 3-7 images, 3MB max Artwork is for sale at 60% Artist, 40% CoCA (70% Artist, 30% CoCA for members) and can also be “NFS”.

Statement of Interest (300 words)

Project Proposal (1000 words): Project proposals must build upon work(s) in progress, highlighting how this residency opportunity, themes, and the resources specific to the residency location will further the progress of your work. This should include a brief plan for community engagement for the residency. Areas of interest for Seattle area artists in Ibadan may include, but are not limited to: Indigenous sustainability practices; the work of Demas Nwoko and afrocentric architecture and design; Yoruba cultural aesthetics; the Mbari Club and African arts collectives; marketplace culture; Jacob Lawrence in Ibadan, contemporary Black portraiture, etc. Areas of interest for Ibadan-based artists in Seattle may include, but are not limited to: Local Black reparations movements; the Salish Sea ecosystem and indigenous sustainability practices; Black arts ecosystems as drivers of placemaking; AR, VR, Design+ Art, craft and Experimental Media; Race and AI; temperate forest ecology and wildlife; etc.

Additional links to youtube, vimeo, soundcloud (if needed).

Opportunity Website

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