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The HUB-BUB Artists-in-Residence (AiR) Program is a unique opportunity for three emerging visual artists and one creative writer between the ages of 20-35. Artists are provided with time and space to do their work for 11 months in beautiful, large apartments with ample studio space located above The Showroom Gallery & Performance Hall and HUB-BUB offices. Equivalent handicap accessible housing, which includes studio space, is available off-site.

Each residency 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 bi-monthly stipend ($600 per month, less taxes and withholdings) for their work with either HUB-BUB or the Hub City Writers Project.

Work for HUB-BUB includes setting up and bartending for live music, films, exhibitions and other events in The Showroom, distributing marketing materials for upcoming HUB-BUB events, keeping a regular HUB-BUB blog, hanging art shows, helping with fundraisers and special events, and more. The writer works shifts in the Hub City Bookshop and serves as an apprentice for the Hub City Writers Project, an independent press and literary arts organization that is the sister program to HUB-BUB. His or her duties include editing manuscripts, helping with Hub City’s annual writers conference, interacting with regional writers, and more.

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Upon arriving in Spartanburg, AiRs will be immediately immersed into a welcoming community eager and willing to support their work. This residency also provides countless opportunities to interact with other creative people and organizations. AiRs contribute to HUB-BUB’s mission of building community through dynamic art and ideas.

In addition to working on their own art, AiRs will spearhead community-based art projects specific to their interests by collaborating with other local non-profits and creating public art projects of their own design. To see examples of past projects, check out the pages of previous residents or the HUB-BUB Flickr and YouTube pages.

Residents will have at least two opportunities to showcase and sell their work in The Showroom space during their stay, with special gala events highlighting both their existing artwork at the beginning of their residency and their new work at the end of it.

The ideal candidates for this program are challenging, progressive artists who are self-directed, motivated, community-oriented and passionate about creating new work. They are excited about interacting with the Spartanburg community and working closely with fellow residents, the HUB-BUB staff, and volunteers. The HUB-BUB residency is an opportunity for artists/writers to make a difference through their craft.

The next residency will begin June 15, 2012 and will end May 15, 2013. The application deadline is February 15, 2012.

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Please note:
  • HUB-BUB’s facilities will limit certain applicants like welders, potters, and glass artists who require excessive space or special tools. The studio apartments will be best suited to artists who work in genres, which do not require major equipment.
  • Residents are required to provide their own materials and supplies.
  • Due to space accommodations, privacy protections, and vigorous work schedules; pets, roommates, spouses and children are not permitted to live in the apartments. The board reserves the right to review any exceptions.  

 Questions? Contact AiR Director, Cheryl Mirer.

Thank you NEA, Andy Warhol Foundation, Nimoy Foundation, Dedalus Foundation, and all of the private donors who make the HUB-BUB AiR Program possible!

 

       

 

 

 
 
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