Application period: April 15 – August 1, 2021
Residency period: June 2022 – December 2023

A Tusen Takk Residency Includes:

• An honorarium of $625/week to help cover residency-related costs including travel, shipping, materials, and day-to-day living expenses
• Housing in the Guesthouse outfitted with two bedrooms, one full bath, two half-baths and a living room/dining room/full kitchen area
• 24/7 access to the Guesthouse’s Studios and Foundation Library
• An opportunity to engage with the community in either a private or public setting
• Professional documentation of works and process (if desired)
• Promotion on Tusen Takk’s website and social channels
• Access to Tusen Takk’s staff
• An opportunity to engage with Tusen Takk’s staff, network, and be featured on their social channels beyond the residency period
• The vast majority of the time the artist will be doing their own grocery shopping and cooking their own meals in the Guesthouse’s fully equipped kitchen. Occasional meals will be shared at the Tusen Takk Main House.
• To enable self-sufficiency, and because Tusen Takk is located outside of public transportation, taxi and delivery service, the artist will have use of a Tusen Takk vehicle during their stay (with a valid driver’s license)
• Access to the Director Geoffrey’s personal library of over 700 volumes and private collection by appointment

Residency Candidate Qualifications

Tusen Takk welcomes applications from both emerging and established visual artists working primarily in photography, printmaking, sculpture, painting, as well as creative writers and composers who have/are:

• The ability to produce a consistent body of high-quality work
• A dedication to their artistic practice with a desire to spend at least 30 hours a week in the studio
• The self-motivation needed to work alone. Unless the residency is to be a collaboration between two people, the vast majority of the time the resident will be living and working in solitude
• A willingness to engage audiences
• An openness to sharing thoughts on their work, their practice, and their processes through Tusen Takk’s online and printed publications
• Comfortable communicating with Tusen Takk’s English-speaking staff and audiences
• 21 or older
• US citizenship or the ability to obtain a US visa (if needed). Most international artists can come on a visitor visa, but certain countries do not participate in the visa waiver program. Since delays can occur, international applicants should be sure to check the visa appointment wait times. Upon offer of a residency, the Tusen Takk Foundation is able to provide letter(s) of invitation.
• Alumni Tusen Takk artists are welcome to reapply 5 years after their last residency

Please note that they are seeking applications from visual artists working primarily in the disciplines listed above, those best supported by their current facilities. At this time, they are not accepting applications from artists proposing to work primarily in movement, dance, performance (art or music), academic research, or film.

Learn more and apply here