Now accepting applications! Applicants will be considered for the 23-24 school year. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis, but not considered for Summer term 2024 until after the 1st of the year. Good luck!
In exchange for 24 hours of work per week (8 hrs/day, T-Th). HopeCAT will house 2 artists in our Resident Artist house (free of charge) to complete residencies at our center. The hours worked will mainly be focused on teaching the Youth Arts program alongside our Teaching Artists in various studios. Details for each studio are listed below, as well as photographs to give you better visuals if possible.
*REQUIREMENTS* Bachelor's degree in Fine Art or Art Education, preferably working toward graduate school and/or 3 years of experience in a professional art field.
Resident Artists will receive:
24 hour access to the building
Free access to our studio materials
A moderate budget for specialty materials not provided
Unlimited use of studio spaces (details below)
One gallery showing at the end of the residency
Access to our network of professionals
Resident Artists will have the opportunity of:
Teaching Adult Art Classes for profit
Selling artworks through our galleries
Using our center to create a working portfolio (professionally or to use for grad apps)
Participating in our bi-annual art sales (Winter Holiday sale and Mother's Day sale)
Experiencing any workshops that may be scheduled during the year at our center
Ceramics
7,000 square foot ceramics facility
500 square foot semi-private resident studio
1 - 10.2 cubic foot L&L e28T Electric Kiln
1 - 20.7 cubic foot L&L Davinci Electric Kiln
1 - 20 cubic foot Alpine updraft Gas Kiln
Brent slab roller
Bailey extruder
Fully stocked glaze lab
Full size Soldner clay mixer and mixing room (plus raw materials)
16 Shimpo whisper pottery wheels
Photo booth
Large Laguna spray booth
Various typical shared studio tools
Printmaking
2,000 square foot printmaking facility
Semi-private studio space (apart from main studio)
24"x36" Takach printing press
Letter press
Small proofing press
Pinwheel press
Akua inks
Water-based paper inks
Gelli plates
1" button maker
3 sewing machines
Speedball carving tools
Renaissance Graphic Arts inks
Work Horse screen printing 6-head swing arm
Portable screen printing 2-head swing arm
Spray booth
Odyssey Lumitron exposure unit
Flash dryer
Work Horse conveyor dryer
Plastisol inks
Water-based fabric inks
Various typical shared studio tools
Painting/Drawing
17 Plein Air collapsible easels
5 rolling tables
Drawing kits with: pencils from H-3B, charcoal pencils, charcoal sticks, sanguine sticks, hard and kneadable erasures, and blending sticks,
5B and 8B additional pencils
Vine charcoal
Colored pencil sets
Fine point colored pen set
India ink varieties
Chalk pastel sets
Painters tape
Workable spray fixative
Golden matte medium
Winsor and Newton watercolor kits
Blick Studio Oil Color paints
Watercolor brushes
Oil brushes
Gamsol
Galkyd
3 oz Lidded jars
8x10 board canvas
9x12 drawing grade sketchbooks
An assortment of still life props and stand
An assortment of Masonite drawing boards
Living Information
Our Resident Artist house sits at the end of the driveway to our parking lot, which doesn't get more convenient! Resident artists have 24-hour access to the building to utilize the studio spaces as they see fit. The house is split into two apartments, with the first floor being occupied by other tenants (it's our TA... no worries). The upstairs apartment is reserved for two RAs and includes:
2 bedrooms (beds are provided)
1 dresser/room
1 closet/room
Living room (some furniture: couch, chair, lamp, etc)