Organizations wishing to apply to the Artist in Residence Program (AIR) program must be nonprofit, 501(c)(3), tax-exempt corporations, a unit of government or school district providing arts programming and/or arts services in Pennsylvania. Organizations (host sites) must be incorporated in and conduct business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in order to apply for support. PCA awards must be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis. In-kind goods and services may not be used to match PCA funds. PCA funds must be applied only to support the services of the artist(s) in residence. The host site must assume all other expenses such as materials for the residence.
Artist Residency Applications for the residencies occuring between September 1, 2009 and August, 31, 2010 are now available to download. Application deadline is June 5, 2009 (postmark date).
Artist in Residence Program Planning Guide (pdf)
Residency Request Form
PCA 2008-2009 Artist Residencies
Cocalico High School and Bill Wood
Covenant Christian Academy and Laura Korach Howell
Donegal Springs Elementary and Tina Davidson
Elizabethtown Area High School and Andrew Steed
Exeter Senior High School and Patricia Scialo
Governor Mifflin Intermediate School andPatricia Scialo
Mount Penn Elementary/Primary Center and Justin Ayala
Muhlenberg High School and Patricia Scialo
Muhlenberg High School and Kevin Lehman
Reidenbaugh Elementary School and Kevin Lehman
Twin Valley Elementary School and Linda Beiler
Whitfield Elementary School and Justin Ayala
West Reading Elementary and Patricia Scialo
Reiffton School and Anne-Marie Mulgrew
Southern End Community Association and Judeth Pekala Hawkins
Green Valley Elementary School and Beverly Leviner/Hilltop Studio
Artist Residency Handbook & Assessment
South Central PaARTners has developed a Handbook for a Successful Artist Residency. Each school and organization involved in an artist residency will be supplied with a copy of this handbook to assist in the implementation of the residency. To download a copy of this handbook click here. The handbook contains evaluation forms to assess the success of the artist residency. Each of these forms is available below.
• Residency Final Report
• Administrator's Survey
• Teacher's Survey
• Core Group Student's Survey
• Teaching Artist's Survey
• Artist Residency Observation Form |
