The Artswego office announced applications are open for the spring 2027 Artist-in-Residence program at SUNY Oswego until its Jan. 25 deadline.
This program brings an artist to campus for one academic semester to produce a body of work, teach in the area of their specialty and to conduct research. The resident artist is given the opportunity to pursue research and realize a specific project while drawing on the university’s resources, including its facilities, faculty and student body, practice and performance space, studios, libraries and collections.
A central focus of this residency program is on artistic work that engages with issues of diversity, intersectionality, inclusion and belonging. Candidates who are members of underrepresented or minoritized groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
Candidates for the program include both emerging and established artists. For the 2026-27 academic year (one semester), the Artist-in-Residence Program is open to artists in the field of dance. Artists with an emphasis on theatrical storytelling in their work and proficiency working with new and inexperienced dancers is preferred, as dance courses at SUNY Oswego are supported by the Theatre Department.
Areas of focus may include (but are not limited to) dance composition, performance, and/or solo performance, in the form of hip hop, contemporary, jazz, world and/or cultural forms.
The Artist-in-Residence will have access to space in two of the dance studios on the SUNY Oswego campus, the 400+ seat Waterman Theatre proscenium space, and the intimate black box Lab Theatre space. Organizers particularly welcome creative artists whose work engages with diverse communities. Artists who work across multiple genres in the aforementioned categories and who demonstrate the ability to collaborate across disciplinary fields are also encouraged to apply.
Goals for the Artist-in-Residence program include:
- Creating opportunities for students to have longer/more impactful experiences with visiting artists
- Highlighting current work of underrepresented artists
- Increasing the number of faculty from historically underrepresented or marginalized populations
- Host collaborative/interdisciplinary arts programs with multiple avenues for audiences within and beyond the campus community
During the course of this residency, the artist will complete a project in their field that engages with the campus and greater community, including two open workshop sessions and an artist talk or performance. Resident artists are also required to teach one course per semester in their specialty as an adjunct instructor.
The selected Artist-in-Residence will receive use of campus facilities and studios, an honorarium of $14,000, in addition to adjunct pay of $5,500 per course. Housing is not provided. Expenses associated with the workshops and final performance will also be covered by this program, up to $1,000.
For more information and application instructions, visit the Artist in Residence posting. Questions should be emailed to Questions should be emailed to: Lowell Hutcheson, director of arts programming, lowell.hutcheson@oswego.edu.