How to Apply
Applications for the program must be postmarked or delivered to the park no later than April 15, 2008. The selections will be made and all applicants notified of the outcome as soon as possible.
An application must include the following items, contained in a single envelope or padded mailer:
1. Your resume of no more than two pages (4 copies).
2. An appropriate sample of your recent work:
- For visual artists, eight 35mm slides in standard mounts or eight images on a CD or DVD (PC compatible) which must be labeled. Label slides with your name, medium, image size, and indicate the top of the slide.
- For composers, a cassette, CD or DVD (PC compatible) recording.
- For writers and journalists, 4 copies of a brief (6-page maximum) manuscript excerpt, short story, essay, poem or other work.
3. A statement of what you hope to gain from a residency at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and a statement of your willingness to present a program for the public and to interact with visitors while at work in the field (4 copies).
4. Your preference for a period of residence (9/7 to 9/27 or 10/5 to 10/25) and accommodation (house or campsite).
PLEASE NOTE - No submissions sent to the park will be returned to the artist.
For further information, or to submit an application, please write:
Artist-In-Residence Program
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
9922 Front Street
Empire, MI 49630
e-mail us
or call: 231-326-5134
I wonder whether art has a higher function than to make me feel, appreciate, and enjoy natural objects for their art value?" - Bernard Berenson
"The work of art is a part of nature seen through a temperament." - Andre Gide