Movement Research Parent Artist Residency

Movement Research’s Parent Artist Residency program aims to address the need for flexible and supportive -based parent artists in the field of dance and movement-based art forms. The high cost of childcare in NYC, combined with studio rental costs, are often a barrier preventing parent artists from having time in the studio to produce creative work. Movement Research aims to help address this challenge through the Parent Artist Residency Program.

Movement Research’s 2022 Parent Artist Residency Program is supported in part by The Sustainable Arts Foundation.

Requirements

• Must be the parent or legal guardian of one or more children between the ages of 1 month and 13 years of age
• Must be residents of New York City, living within the 5 boroughs
• Must be working in the field of dance or other movement-based forms
• Artists who will be supported through the Movement Research Artist-in-Residence or Resident
• Artist programs during this residency period are not eligible to apply.
• Artists must apply as individuals. Movement based artists who are working in an ongoing collaborative or collective structure should contact apply@movementresearch.org for eligibility consideration on a case-by-case basis.

Application Instructions

Be prepared to provide the following information when submitting your online application. **Once applications are submitted they cannot be edited. Movement Research will accept only one application per artist.

1. Contact Information
2. Artist Biography (200 words or less)
3. Artistic statement (maximum 400 words) expressing artistic goals for the residency period.

• Include any motivations, intentions, or inspirations that are a critical part of your artistic process as a whole or for the proposed residency.
• Describe any concepts, materials, subjects, processes, structures, or questions central to your work.
• At what stage in your process do you anticipate being in during the residency period? Examples might include: exploring new material, midway of rehearsal process for an upcoming premiere, re-staging work.

1. Relevance of Residency to Parent Artist (maximum 300 words).

• Please provide details on how you would utilize the residency resources, including rehearsal space, residency stipend, and childcare stipend.
• Please include what times of day and days of week you would like to rehearse.

1. 1 work sample (REQUIRED) that represents your artistic process.

• Please provide a link to a URL of your online work sample – YouTube, Vimeo or other. Vimeo is preferred.
• Sample may be footage from a performance, rehearsal, or in-process showing. When possible, choose a sample that unfolds in “real time”, as opposed to multiple clips edited together. Please do not submit “promo videos,” “teasers,” or “choreography reels”.
• Include one cue point to a representative 3-5 minute section of the sample. Please include as much of the full work as possible should the panel want to view further.
• Work sample description (150 words or less). Please explain the relationship between the work sample and your artistic statement. If there is no direct relationship, please tell us why you chose this specific work sample. Please provide a list of collaborators.

1. 2nd work sample (OPTIONAL) that will offer the panelists additional context around your body of work or artistic process. This work sample is OPTIONAL and will only be viewed if your application is considered in the final round of the panel process.

• Please provide a link to a URL of your online work sample – YouTube, Vimeo or other. Vimeo is preferred.
• Sample may be footage from a performance, rehearsal, or in-process showing. When possible, choose a sample that unfolds in “real time”, as opposed to multiple clips edited together. Please do not submit “promo videos,” “teasers,” or “choreography reels”.
• Include one cue point to a representative 3-5 minute section of the sample. Please include as much of the full work as possible should the panel want to view further.
• Work sample description (150 words or less). Please explain the relationship between the work sample and your artistic statement. If there is no direct relationship, please tell us why you chose this specific work sample. Please provide a list of collaborators.

1. Demographic Information: Movement Research collects demographic information for internal use only. This information is used to evaluate the reach and access of our programs and in reporting to our funders. Internal demographic evaluation and reporting with funders will be done anonymously. We acknowledge the complexities inherent in this type of information collection and are committed to the ongoing examination of the language used around demographics.