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Artists Residency Program Guide

The Artist-in-Residency (AiR) program is planned, administered, and financed though the cooperative efforts of the regional arts council, ArtsEast and local communities. ArtsEast contracts with artists to teach students art skills in schools and community settings. The activities of the artist may include demonstrations, workshops, performances, teacher in-services, or collaborations with students.

ArtsEast home of Eastern Oregon Regional Arts Council (EORAC) is a non-profit organization serving the arts, arts education and artists living in eastern Oregon. ArtsEast is based in La Grande on the Eastern Oregon University campus and serves Baker, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, and Wheeler counties.

If a school or other site wishes to book an artist residency, it must contact the regional arts council, and fill out an application or apply for the residencies on the ArtsEast website: www.artseast.org

Contact                                       

Jane Howell, AiR Coordinator
TEL 541-663-ARTS
jhowell@eou.edu

ArtsEast

P.O. Box 541
La Grande, OR 97850
Fax: 541-962-3690

Cost of Residency Per Week

The regional arts council contributes at least $300.00 per residency to provide a reduced cost to the school or site of $750.00 per week. Further discounts may be available, please call the office for more details. Additionally, schools or sites are required to provide a homestay, pay $.47 per mile for one round trip from the artist’s home and purchase required art supplies and/or materials needed for students.

Examples of Residency Activities

• Teaching an art form to students in classroom and community settings.
• Special events such as demonstrations of the artist’s personal work though performances, readings, audio/visual presentations, assemblies, and exhibitions.
• Workshops for groups such as teachers and administrators, parents, local artists, community leaders, school boards and museum docents.
• Teacher training or consulting time with school staff. Discussion of the artist’s approach to teacher skills and concepts.
• Apprentice programs in which selected students can work closely with the artist.

Goals of the Program

1. Enhance the power of perception and ability to express creatively.

2. Increase appreciation of the arts.

3. Encourage creative problem solving.

4. Facilitate the establishment of the arts as a basic in education.

5. Give instruction in techniques that might not otherwise be available.

6. Help prepare an audience for artists of the next generation.

7. Present art as a career option.

8. Encourage a positive self-image through success-oriented projects.

9. Help teachers integrate the arts into their curriculum.

10. Enrich and supplement existing arts programs.

Essential Learning Skills

In order to understand the range of human imagination and emotions people need more than words for eloquent expression. Students will:


1. Express ideas and emotions that cannot be expressed by language alone.

2. Develop “artistic literacy” the ability to use and understand symbols and structures in the arts.

3. Communicate using the range and depth of human imagination.

Time and Program Requirements

A standard one-week residency consist of a maximum of 20 contact sessions/classes per per week. If more hours are required, additional hourly fees will be charged.

1. Each student should participate in at least three sessions with the artist.

2. A planning meeting must be held with the artist before residency begins, either in person or by phone.

3.Teachers must remain with their students while the artist is in their classroom.