Applicants may choose a two-week, three-week, or four-week session. All residency sessions begin on a Monday and end on a Friday. Playa creates residency periods that applicants may choose from. We cannot accommodate custom residency dates.
PLAYA recognizes that each person is an individual and that each individual benefits from accommodations uniquely suited to their abilities. We want everyone to feel safe and know what they are getting into. If you are BIPOC and would like to speak to BIPOC Alum please email info@playasummerlake.org. We will connect you to our supportive community to answer your specific questions.
We welcome you to contact us with phone calls and emails that allow us to provide the best access possible to our events and programs. Please describe any accommodation that helps your participation. If you have any questions about the accommodations, residencies or the application process listed below, please reach out to Chelsea at 541.943.3983 or info@playasummerlake.org.
Application Link & Deadline:
PLAYA does not accept Residency Applications by email, regular mail, or fax. Incomplete, non blinded, or late applications will not be reviewed. When applications are open and link to Submittable will be provided below. Please apply before 11:59 pm on August 15, 2020, by following the link below. We highly encourage you to read application information and instructions carefully. Please note that the application questions will prompt you to provide the details we are looking for. We recommend that you read below and also click through the application questions which might help answer some of your questions.
Dates Available:
July 13 – 24 (Social Practice Artists + Scientists)
August 31 – September 11 (Designers)
September 14 – 25 (open to all)
October 12 – 30 (open to all)
November 9 – 20 (open to all)
December 7 – 18 (open to all)
Deadlines:
- August 15 at 11:59 pm – for residencies occurring between January – July of the following year
- February 15 at 11:59 pm – for residencies occurring between September – December of that year
Eligibility:
PLAYA’s residencies are open to the global community of scientists, naturalists, biologists, musicians, designers, sustainability leaders, social practice artists, musicians, visual artists, writers, performing artists, and collaborations and individuals engaged in interdisciplinary work or other forms of creative work. PLAYA welcomes a range of applicants – from emerging scientists and artists to those with an established history of accomplishment. However, applicants must exhibit a recent history of focused work within the discipline for which they are applying. In addition, they must address, in the application, their ability to thrive in a remote, isolated, rural community and be self-directed in their work. Residents with experiences living alone preferred. All residents onsite must be 18 years old or older. Residents’ work must be compatible with PLAYA’s available studio spaces, facilities, and resources, and with PLAYA’s rural setting and community (see below). REAPPLICATION: Past residents must submit new and complete applications. Past residents must wait two years after the date of their last residency to re-apply to PLAYA. For example, if you were a resident in 2018, please wait to reapply in the year 2020.
Admission:
A rotating panel of artists, writers, scientists, and other professionals review proposals and recommend applicants for residencies. Applicants are assessed and admitted based on their demonstrated commitment to their work, and to what degree their creative process and work will benefit from the uninterrupted time and independent living environment that a residency at PLAYA provides. Special consideration will be given to artists who apply with a scientist, and scientists who apply with an artist. Final awards of residencies are at the discretion of PLAYA.
Fees:
There are a few costs charged for a PLAYA Residency. Your application must be accompanied by a $35.00 non-refundable processing fee ($70.00 if applying as a collaborative team of two to six/ $140.00 for teams with 6+ members). If accepted, each resident (including each member of a collaborative team) is asked to submit a $150.00 security deposit. This deposit is not refundable if a residency is canceled. As a nonprofit organization, PLAYA relies on donations and encourages those who have the ability to contribute to do so. You may donate online through the website, mail a donation, or donate your $150.00 deposit.
Deadline 15 February 2020
Website playasummerlake.org
