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Application

DEADLINES:

January 15 for June - mid-September residencies (Notification after April 1)
May 15 for September - December residencies (Notification after August 1)
September 15 for following January-May residencies (Notification after December 1)
Postal holidays automatically extend the deadline to the next day.

Before You Apply

Before applying, learn the details about Ragdale's residency program. Please keep the following in mind:

  • Residencies are scheduled in 2-week increments; they begin on a Thursday and end on a Wednesday. Length of stay will be determined upon acceptance.
  • Submissions are evaluated by a rotating panel of judges from each discipline.
  • The $40 application fee is nonrefundable.
  • Late applications cannot be accepted.
  • There is a residency fee of $25/day.
  • Limited financial aid is available. Financial aid applications are available upon acceptance.
  • Collaborators must apply individually unless all parties have previously been Ragdale residents.
  • Accepted applicants may come for one residency per calendar year.

How to Apply

  1. As a member of the Alliance of Artists Communities, we are asking all applicants to fill out a brief survey.  You can get to this survey by clicking here>  This brief survey is completely anonymous and is for statistical analysis only.  It will not be connected to your application in any way.
  2. Complete Part 1 on the downloaded application.  Click here>
  3. Part 2 of the application should be completed through our ArtsApp portal, at www.artsapp.com/ragdale.  After registering with ArtsApp, you may upload and send us your documents (pdf., .doc), images (.jpg, .JPEG, .png, .gif, .tiff), audio (mp3), and video (.flv, .m4v,.mp4, .avi, .asf).  Please do not submit .docx files. 
Total portfolio size needs to be under 250MB.  Please size images to be under 2MB each.  For technical support with your ArtsApp submission, contact . 
What You Need For the Applicaiton
 Supplemental Materials (All disciplines)
1. A one-page Artist’s Statement and work plan. Please address concept and direction of work presented and describe what you plan to work on while at Ragdale. If you have had a previous Ragdale residency, address what has been achieved since then.
2. A one-page Résumé that summarizes your professional arts/writing/compositional activities and achievements. This should include educational background, teaching, publications,
exhibitions, awards, honors, and other pertinent experience.
3. Two one-page Letters of Recommendation should be sent directly from the recommender. Letters from family are not accepted. Letters should address: relationship to applicant; reflections on applicant’s work and qualifications; comments on applicant’s ability to participate in a community. Letters can be emailed to admissions@ragdale.org or mailed to Ragdale, “Attn: Admissions.”
New letters are NOT needed if you applied for a residency in the last 5 years.
Writers (excluding poets)
•Up to 20 pages in a Word document.
•12 pt. font, double spaced (unless in play or screenplay format).
Poets
•10 poems, up to 20 pages.
•12 pt. font.
Composers
•2 scores
•2 recordings of the same scores
Visual Artists
•Up to 10 images
•Image list. Include title of piece, date, medium, and dimensions.
Interdisciplinary Artists
•Up to 10 images and/or 5 minutes of video or sound files.

 

Submit all documents and files to:  www.artsapp.com/ragdale

 

The fee for submitting your materials to the Ragdale Foundation programs via ArtsApp is $40, which includes the regular $30 application fee.  This payment may be made through PayPal after filling out Part I of the Ragdale application form:  www.ragdale.org/residencyapp