Baie Ste Marie Residency

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!

In 2008, MECA&D alumna Barbara Rita Jenny MFA '02 and her family donated the use of her family's summer home in New Edinburgh, Nova Scotia with the intention of creating a unique artist residency program that is inclusive of artist's partners and families.

The house is situated directly across the road from Baie Sainte-Marie and the property includes 200 feet of water frontage and several outbuildings. This residency is open to MECA&D degree-holding alumni, faculty, and staff who are visual artists, writers, and/or scholars. Before applying, please read through all the information below.

Travel stipends for selected residents are provided through a generous grant from the Robert J. Jenny Memorial Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.

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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 Baie Ste. Marie Residency made available.

Application Instructions

1. Go to the MECA&D Submittable page
2. Create a Submittable account to start your application
3. Select the Baie Ste. Marie Residency Application (individual or team)
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.

1. One-page statement of purpose explaining why you want to attend this residency
2. Biographies for each artist
3. Resume / CV for each artist
4. Image descriptions that correspond to your images which include title, medium, size and year of completion.
5. Work Samples (10 samples for individual applicants, 20 samples for teams)
   1. For artists submitting images: 10 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.
   2. Name your image files as follows: LastNameFirstNameNumber.jpg (i.e.CleoAlex01.jpg,CleoAlex02.jpg). Do not include any spaces, dashes, or other symbols when labeling your images.
   3. Image information, including title, date, media, and physical dimensions of each piece, must be supplied in the space below each image upload.
   4. 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.
   5. For writers or scholars: 2-3 writing samples that are one to two pages long. Save your 2-3 submissions into one document.

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.

Questions?

Contact the Alumni Office at 207.699.5018 or email alums@meca.edu.