MARC News

New Residency Location

The Board of Directors of the Monhegan Artists Residency Corporation is pleased to announce that beginning in 2010 (and continuing in 2011 and 2012, the Artist's Residency will be located at the Inn at Fish & Maine (part of Shining Sails Bed and Breakfast). Click here to read more about the new residency facilities.

2010 MONHEGAN RESIDENCY OPEN TO MAINE ARTISTS

MONHEGAN— Applications are being accepted for the Monhegan Artists' Residency for emerging Maine artists. Formerly called the Carina House Residency, this summer the program provides a visual artist with the opportunity to live and work on Monhegan for five weeks.

The application deadline is April 1st, 2010 (postmarked) . Click here for application guidelines, a history of the residency program and a list of past residents. Applicants will be notified by mid-May, 2010.

The residency program provides living quarters (a large, sunny apartment in the Inn at Fish & Maine with a newly constructed studio space on the first floor of the same building featuring natural light through several large windows, a utility sink, counter, and plenty of work and wall space. A $500 stipend is included, and the residency is for the five-week period August 28-October 2, 2010. Entry is open only to Maine residents and is aimed at emerging visual artists working in painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, or the digital arts.

An important goal of the program is to enhance the careers of serious artists who have yet to win wide recognition for their work. Quality of work is the primary criterion for selection.

A jury of art professionals will select the 2010 artist.

Previous artist residents include Sarah Sorg ( Bangor ), David Vickery (Cushing), Phil Poirier ( Livermore Falls ), Sarah Knock ( Freeport ), Marguerite Robichaux (Stratton) and MaJo Keleshian (Ellsworth).

Founded in 1989, the Monhegan Artists' Residency program is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supported by individual donors, art galleries, corporate sponsors, and foundation grants.

MARC Artist Fellow accepted into Exhibition Organized by the National Association of Women Artists, Inc. in New York City.

Susan E. Bennett, MARC's 2003 Artist Fellow, has had one of her stainless steel sculptures, titled Ice Cube Series #3 , juried into an exhibition organized by the National Association of Women Artists, Inc. in New York City. The National Association of Women Artists, Inc. show, the National Open Small Works Exhibition , runs from February 12 to March 9, 2010. N.A.W.A. Gallery 80 Fifth Avenue New York, NY.   www.nawanet.org .

Ice Cube Series #3

Susan lives in Auburn, Maine and maintains a studio in Gorham, Maine. She graduated from USM with a degree in Fine Art and was selected as one of the Monhegan Artists Residency Program Artists Fellows in 2003. For additional information contact NAWA Gallery at: 212/675-1616 or e-mail: sbennett.sculpture@gmail.com

The Carina House Residency: A Gift of Monhegan Published by the Monhegan Artists Residency Corporation in 2006 Click here for ordering information