The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation is pleased to announce a national $50,000.00 award to a contemporary choreographer. The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation is proud to partner with Portland Ovations to present the work of the awardee through their Raising the Barre initiative. This presentation is a requirement of the award and all expenses will be paid by the awardee. Applications are being accepted through www.submittble.com by choreographers living in the United States beginning May 1, 2022 with a deadline of July 15 2022.

The Contemporary Dance Award is an effort to bolster the field, incubate new ideas and, thanks to our wonderful partnership with Portland Ovations and our amazing jurors, bring more dance to Maine. In its finest iteration, Contemporary Dance is transcendent and sublime, expressive and powerful beyond language. We are thrilled to join the conversation and support movement based art

Artists across America are welcome to apply. Applicants must be 18 years of age, US citizens and not enrolled in an educational program.

JURORS:

Danni Gee, Director of Programming, Joyce Theatre Foundation

Coleen Jennings-Roggensack, Vice President of Cultural Affairs and Executive Director ASU Gammage

Artist Residency Program

The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation is building a new artist residency facility, exhibition and performing arts space creating in effect a "campus" on Foundation Place in Rockland, Maine! In order to focus on the new facility, we have decided to pause the residency program through the winter and Spring of 2023/24. Please revisit the residency opportunity in our spectacular new facility. Opening date on or before January 2025.

The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation recognizes that the arts are essential to an open, enlightened society. The residency program values innovation, experimentation and creative risk-taking in all genres, known and as yet to be discovered. We envision the residency as inclusive and diverse, prompting reflection and dialogue with other residents and the community, offering the gift of concentrated time and space in which to unveil new ideas and imagine new ways of working. Residents are expected to be full time active cohort participants. Please apply with that intent. However, if an important opportunity conflicts with your time in residence, we will try to come to an equitable solution.

Donna McNeil, Executive Director

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The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, located on the coast of Maine in Rockland, will provide four light filled studios for residencies at Lincoln Street Center, a repurposed school in the heart of Rockland, and a stipend of $1200.00 a month per resident. Sleeping area in studio is provided. Interested artists may submit applications to the Foundation by visiting our website, Ellis-Beauregard Foundation no later than midnight, November 15, 2022  to Submittable. For questions please contact Donna McNeil, Executive Director at donna@ellis-beauregardfoundation.org or 207-594-5825

Guidelines:

Artists must be at least 18 years old and residents of the United States.

Artists of any discipline may apply

There will be 6 month, one month and two month sessions. When you apply please indicate the dates you would like to attend.

6 month sessions

October 1, 2023 - March 30, 2023

2 month sessions

October 1 - November 31, 2023

December 1, 2023 - January 31, 2024

February 1, 2024 - March 31, 2024

1 month sessions

October 1- October 31, 2023

November 1 - November 31, 2023

December 1 - June 30, 2023

January  1 - January 31, 2024

February 1 - February 27 , 2024

March 1 - March 31, 2024

Artists are expected to participate in events hosted by the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation and to credit the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation in all social media, exhibit announcements and any other public interface during the time their residency..

The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation sets up studio visits from critics, curators, artists and  museum directors during the residency sessions.

Location:

Lincoln Street Center Studios, 24 Lincoln Street, Rockland, Maine 04841. www.lscrockland.com

The residency is located in the lively creative community of Rockland, Maine, home to the Farnsworth Art Museum, The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Steel House, Salt Stage, The Apprentice Shop, The Camden International Documentary Film Festival, Rockland Shorts film festival, North Atlantic Blues Festival, Maine Lobster festival and many galleries.

Statistics:

Residency Length:  six, one and two month sessions at the discretion of the juror.

Number of artists in residence at a time: 4

Sleeping room provided in studio with shared bath and kitchen.

Meals: No meals/food provided

Companions: No Spouses/partners/children or pets allowed.

Accessibility:

Building is ADA compliant

Keyed entry is 24 -7.

Studios are on the second floor with working elevator.

Facilities and services:

Studios are all large classroom spaces with big windows

Common room or meeting space available for residents’ use.

EBF Wing bathroom.

EBF Wing kitchen

Smoking allowed outdoors only.

There is a small theatre in the building with proscenium stage and raked seating. Use is negotiable.

Common area large service sink.

Wi-Fi provided.

How to apply:

Please submit application electronically to Submittable.com no later than 11:59pm December 1, 2021. Late applications will not be reviewed.

Please include:

Resume

10, 300 dpi jpegs of your work which may include details. Images should be current, no more than 2 years old.

Performing artists should submit work samples in currently popular, cross-platform, video formats which include mp4, mov, avi, flv, and wmv. Multiple videos may be submitted per application but their aggregate length must not exceed 2 minutes for single-project applications and 5 minutes for multi-component applications. Videos must be embedded in .pdf files with a maximum file size of 25 MB.

Proposed public engagement project is expected to evolve during the residency, is NOT a part of the application process, but is an essential component.

Review policy and notification:

Selection into The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Studio Residence program will be based on artistic excellence. Artists working at every level, emerging through established, are equitably welcomed and reviewed. Applications will be evaluated by a panel of experts in the field and applicants will be notified by email of acceptance into residency no later than December 2022

Jurors:

Sarah Montross, Chief Curator, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA

Jennifer Gross, Independent Curator