Local artists Debbie Shannon and her husband Steve Crews visit the Center yearly.

Residencies

The Center accepts applications from emerging and established writers, composers, and visual artists.  Notification of acceptance is approximately two weeks.   Repeat residencies are encouraged; no application is needed for repeated stays.  

Cost of a residency

$60/night, includes all meals; $40/night, no meals; for hardship cases only, $30/night—only available for those who couldn’t afford the other rates, need to write a letter explaining why you qualify for this rate.    Residents are expected to send a deposit of half of total cost of residency as soon as possible to reserve space.

Rooms

Resident rooms are supplied with linens and towels.

Meals

The Center has a well-supplied kitchen with condiments, tea, coffee, utensils, pots, pans, etc.  Residents can cook their meals; the resident coordinator purchases food for $60/night residencies.  Residents can also elect to dine at the friary, which currently provides evening meals Monday through Friday.  Other residencies do not include food, and residents supply their own.

CLICK HERE to open a residency application.

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Conner Burns, Ceramic Fellow 2007	Faulkner Fox, Whip Mix Fellow 2007

Fellowships

The Center offers fellowships for writers, composers and visual artists.  These are posted in the fall. All fellowships include a private room, meals, a stipend and, if needed a studio.

CLICK HERE to open a fellowship application .

Lynn Thomsen Memorial Fellowship for a visual artist for 10 nights with stipend.  Deadline June 30, 2008. Click here to download application
 

2008 Fellowship Recipients and Fellowships Awarded

Music

Joelle Wallach of NYC, (Ralph W. Bourne, Jr. Memorial)

Visual Art

Julie Singer of Ketchum, ID, clay (Henry Faurest for art educator)
Marcia Selsor of Brownsville, TX, clay (Henry Faurest for art educator 55+)
Alison Reintjes of Louisville, KY, clay (Mary Foote)
Debbie Shannon of Louisville, KY, marbled paper (Mary Foote)

Writing

Joyce Brinkman of Indiana, IN, poetry (M.A. “Sissy” Aprile for woman writer 59+)
Heather J. Violanti of Snyder, NY, playwright (Brinly-Hardy for playwright)
Timothy Braun of Austin, TX, playwright (Dorothy Norton Clay for prose)
Robert Manaster of Champaign, IL, poet (Dorothy Norton Clay for poetry)
Diane Gardner of Jamestown, IN, essayist (Selena Gail Griffith for woman writer)
LaRonika Thomas of Chicago, IL, playwright (Whip Mix for a writer)

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Writers Beth Dalton, Margie Kingery, and Larry Myers enjoyed talking to Todd Smith, Work Exchange Fellow.

Work Exchange Fellowship

The Center provides two six-month work exchange fellowships yearly.  Deadlines are: May 15th for July through December and Oct. 15th for January through June.

In exchange for working for the artist colony 20 hours a week, the fellow lives at Loftus House and has time to focus on his/her art.  The work exchange coordinates residencies and maintains the house.  The fellowship includes a monthly food allowance, a private room and studio, and gas mileage for errands run for the Center.   Artists are encouraged to find grant funding to pay personal and supply expenses. 

[For fellowship requirements and skills, see application.]

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Other pertinent information

Weather/Clothing

Spring is generally rainy and cool.  Summers are hot and humid.  Autumn is cool and clear.  The really cold weather in winter usually plummets in January.  Check the weather on the web.  Because the center is in the Knobs (hills) of Indiana, the area gets more snow and storms than Louisville.

Attire is casual. If you like to hike, bring walking shoes, socks, a cap and long pants.  The woods is home to deer and thus, deer ticks (early spring throughout early fall). Chiggers are also prevalent.

This activity is made possible in part
by the Arts Council of Southern Indiana