Founded in 2004 by a group of local visionaries, the HUB-BUB Artist-in-Residence Program provides three pre-professional and emerging young visual artists and one creative writer the opportunity to "live free and create" for 11-months in downtown Spartanburg, SC.

 Each artist is provided with a large studio apartment that is located above The Showroom (HUB-BUB's gallery and performance space) and a bi-monthly stipend of $300 in exchange for 15-20 hours a week of work helping out with HUB-BUB duties and getting involved in community based art projects.  HUB-BUB duties include setting up and bartending for concerts, keeping a regular HUB-BUB blog, hanging art shows, helping with fundraisers, assisting in gallery maintenance and more.  Community projects may include collaborating with other local non-profits, initiating community art projects, participating in open-to-the-public studio time and other creative charity work. Residents will also be encouraged to donate a piece of work to HUB-BUB for archival purposes.  The writer-in-residence additionally will serve as an apprentice with the award-winning Hub City Writers Project , an independent press and literary arts organization.  

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All residents will be between the ages of 20 and 35 upon application. The ideal candidates for this program are challenging, progressive artists who are self-directed, motivated, and passionate about creating new art.  Our facilities will limit certain applicants like welders, potters, and glass artists who require excessive space or special tools. The live/work spaces will be best suited to artists who work in genres which do not require major equipment, such as (but not limited to) painters, bookmakers, paper artists, filmmakers and computer artists. Photographers are welcome to apply; however there is no dark-room facility in the complex. Artists are responsible for all equipment that they do require (ie. Film artists must provide editing equipment, etc.).

The artists will have an opportunity to showcase and sell their work in our gallery space during their stay, with special gala events highlighting both their existing work at the beginning of their residency and their new work at the end of it.

The next residency will begin June 1, 2009 and to end April 30, 2010. Each residence is worth approximately $20,000, as all Artists-in-Residence will have rent and utilities underwritten for the full 11 months plus be paid a stipend for their work with either HUB-BUB.COM or The Hub City Writers Project.

HUB-BUB 2009/10 AIR Application

The board reserves the right to review any exceptions.