Firehouse Gallery / Artist-in-Residence Program
7 Below AIR
Burlington City Arts, in partnership with the 7 Below Arts Initiative, is proud to announce the launch of the 7 Below Artist in Residence Program. The Seven Below Arts Initiative was established to foster artistic development and support arts education in the state of Vermont. The 7 Below AIR invites 3 artists at a time to work on projects for eight weeks in a bucolic setting near Burlington, Vermont. The residencies are designed to provide artists with a quiet, inspiring, and supportive environment for individual and/or collaborative work. The residency program is open to artists at any stage of their career and working in various visual arts media. There are no geographic restrictions. Selected artists receive a stipend, private rooms and communal amenities. For more information and requirements for submitting an application, please download the 7 Below AIR Request for Proposals to the right under the heading 'Related Documents'.
Residency Dates
1. Summer #1: June 2 – July 29, 2007
Application deadline: April 2. Decision (on or around): April 17.
2. Summer #2: August 4 – September 30, 2007
Application deadline: May 1. Decision (on or around): May 15.
FCVA AIR
The FCVA Artist-in-Residence program was created in 2004 to invigorate the dialogue between artists and the viewing public in downtown Burlington. After four successful residencies, we temporarily closed the fourth floor due to necessary renovations. However, in spring of 2007, we re-launched the residency program. Artists are invited to submit a proposal for the available residency periods, which range from one to three months in duration. During this time, artists can use the beautiful fourth floor studio at the Firehouse as well as Burlington City Arts' clay, photography, and printmaking studios. The resident works with Burlington City Arts staff to offer a workshop, lecture, or special project that engages the public in his/her creative process. The ideal applicant should be a local artist with a history of formally or conceptually rigorous work, excellent communication skills and enthusiasm for interacting with the public. For more information about current residency opportunities, please download the AIR Request for Proposals to the right under the heading "Related Documents."
- Oxygen, 2006, 4'x4', oil paint on canvas
- Lucinda Mason
- Lucinda Mason, a Johnson, VT-native, received a Bachelor of Arts from Bennington College, VT and a Masters of Fine Arts from Concordia University, Montreal. She worked in our fourth floor studio during January with support from the Vermont Arts Council to create new works for the exhibition "Big Beautiful Paintings" at the Firehouse Gallery February 2–March 3, 2007. In her large-scale oil paintings, Mason explores the micro and macro elements of the world.
- Untitled, 2006, monotype using flattened packaging
- Catherine Hall
- Catherine Hall, our 2005 Barbara Smail Award Recipient, was in residence November–December, 2006. She created work for her solo exhibition in the Firehouse Gallery, including a series of encaustic panels inspired by Pompeii frescoes and sculptural pieces for her installation based on the Temple of Hera at Samos. Hall's exhibition, "Pasts and Presences," ran December 31, 2006–January 27, 2007.
- Untitled, 2005, monoprint using mixed inks and metal plates
- Clark Russell
- Clark Russell, a Burlington artist, in residence April – June, 2005, applied oil-based paints in a variety of experimental fashions to metal panels, glass, wood, old topological maps, and other assorted paper. From some of these foundational paintings, the artist pulled monoprints, thereby add layering and texture to the original surface. The experimental abstract paintings and prints created during the residency compliment his more well-known, rigid metal wall sculptures.
- Out of the Blue, glass, 2004, 8.6" x 3.5" x 3.5"
- Tove Ohlander
- Tove Ohlander, a glass artist from Sweden, in residence January – March, 2005, expanded her work through the introduction of images of people, engraved through various color surfaces in the glass before the piece is blown. In the fourth floor studio, she sketched, engraved, and prepared the glass parts and then blew the pieces into their final form at the Church & Maple Glass Studio.
- Joe's Garden, 2005, oil on canvas, 5' 2" x 6' 2", wenge frame by artist
- Randy Gaetano
- Randy Gaetano, a Burlington native, completed a large-scale, commissioned painting during his residency, November, 2004 – January, 2005. Gaetano's work explores the way human kind controls and reshapes nature. He was also featured in "Trickle Down" as both artist and curator.
- Desire of the Rascal (detail), 2004, ink on cast paper, epoxy, aluminum, 17" x 2"6 x 4"
- Leslie Fry
- Leslie Fry, a Vermont-based sculptor, created a new series of cast paper, relief sculptures during her residency from June – October, 2004. This body of work served as the basis for her solo exhibition “Cast-offs: Girls, Riddles, Fate.” Her art melds images from the natural and human worlds, allowing reality and fantasy to coincide in singular, resonant forms.