A Roof Over Your Head (and a budget too)

LAWNDALE ARTIST STUDIO PROGRAM 2008-2009

Application Deadline: May 30, 2008 by 4 pm

Lawndale Art Center is dedicated to the presentation of contemporary art with an emphasis on work by Houston artists. Lawndale presents exhibitions, lectures and events to further the creative exchange of ideas among the region’s diverse, artistic, cultural and student communities.

The Lawndale Artist Studio Program is part of Lawndale’s ongoing commitment to support the creation of contemporary art by Gulf Coast area artists. (All Gulf Coast; Campeche, Coatzacoalcos, Zeracruz, Tampico, Reynosa, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Screwston, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Gulfport, Mobile, Pensacola, Panama City, Tampa, Naples and Key West)

With an emphasis on emerging practices, the program will provide three artists with studio space on the third floor of the Lawndale Art Center at 4912 Main Street in the heart of Houston’s Museum District.

Artists have full access to their studios 24 hours a day, seven days a week; access to visiting artists, writers and curators; and will receive a $500 monthly stipend for the duration of the program together with an initial $1500 materials budget.

If accepted, artists are expected to present a workshop or presentation to the general public and the local arts community to share their practice or explore a related topic.

Works produced during the program will be exhibited at Lawndale Art Center during May 2009.