Alumni Residency at MECA&D

Due to safety concerns and complications regarding the coronavirus we made the decision last year to defer the 2020 residency programs to 2021. The means that the applicants who were accepted in 2020 will be attending during the 2021 residency season, and we will not be holding an open call for the residency programs this year.  

If you are interested in attending one of MECA&D's residency programs, please check back again for applications in January 2022!

The Alumni Residency at MECA&D is designed to bring degree-holding alumni back to the College each summer for four weeks in July to re-engage in intensive on-campus experiences in conjunction with the MFA Summer Intensive.

Eligibility

Applicants must be graduates from the BFA, MFA, or MAT Programs at Maine College of Art & Design. For BFA alumni, in particular, these four weeks at MECA&D offer an ideal opportunity to experience graduate school. Priority is given to individual artists rather than groups or collectives.

Non graduated alums, SALT graduates, Post Baccalaureate graduates, Continuing Studies faculty and students are ineligible to apply. 

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Application Instructions & Requirements

Before applying, please review all the information on application requirements and instructions, as well as information about the Alumni Residency at MECA&D made available.

Application Instructions

1. Go to the MECA&D Submittable page
2. Create a Submittable account to start your application
3. Select the Alumni Residency at MECA&D Application
4. Complete your application via Submittable

Please note: If you do not receive a thank you confirmation and an email message after submitting your application, your application has not successfully uploaded. Contact the alumni office with any questions. alums@meca.edu or 207.699.5018

Application Requirements:

Prepare the following information in advance of submitting your application. Incomplete applications will not be considered for review.

• One-page statement of intent discussing what you plan to work on during the residency, your studio and equipment needs; why you are interested in returning to MECA&D; and your interest in interacting with the MECA&D community while you are here (participating in studio visits, going to visiting artists lecture, attending MFA crits, etc.) *Please note that all residents will participate in an Open Studio event at the end of the residency.*
• Biographies for each artist
• Resume / CV for each artist
• Image descriptions that correspond to your images which include title, medium, size and year of completion for each artist
• 10 Work Samples (20 for teams)

1. For artists submitting images: digital images of your work are required. All images should be formatted as jpegs with a minimum width of 800 pixels and a maximum of 1024 pixels per side, saved at a resolution of 72 dpi.
   1. Name your image files as follows: LastNameFirstNameNumber.jpg (i.e. CruzBella01.jpg,CruzBella02.jpg). Do not include any spaces, dashes, or other symbols when labeling your images.
   2. Image information, including title, date, media, and physical dimensions of each piece, must be supplied in the space below each image upload.
2. For time-based/ new media work: Supply URLs for 3 links via YouTube, Vimeo or Soundcloud to video or sound pieces less than 8 minutes in length.

All submissions must have been completed within the last three years. All documents listed above should be saved as a Word document or a PDF.

Late and incomplete proposals will not be accepted. Only online applications via Submittable will be accepted.

Questions?

For more information, call 207-699-5018 or email alums@meca.edu.

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