Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture
Residencies
PMRCAA Residency Program
Artists, ecological scientists, and scholars wanting to explore connections to nature, land conservation, historic preservation, agriculture and community building projects are invited to Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture in Sisters, Oregon.
“Life on Earth is about co-existence – among people, non-human animals, ecosystems, and the environment.
Co-existence is beautiful and generative, chaotic and challenging.
The fact is, we’re in it together.”
-Olafur Eliasson, Icelandic–Danish sculptor and large-scale installation artist
About the Residency Program
Our vision at Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture (PMRCAA) is to connect sustainable agricultural practices, conservation, arts and sciences with traditional and contemporary crafts and skills integral to ranching life including: metal, glass, wood and leather work, ceramics, fibers and textiles, writing, painting and drawing, photography, film and music.
Efforts consist of offering a space where cultural practitioners, ecological scientists and creative thinkers can immerse themselves in their work and/or research through access to studios, open space, and beautiful scenery, working alongside PMRCAA staff, volunteers and community members to preserve the natural biosphere and historic buildings of the ranch for years to come.
At PMRCAA, we strive to bring together individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultures to find creative solutions to unique challenges. We hope to serve as a platform that fosters the exchange of knowledge between creative people from in- and outside of Central Oregon.
Residents are asked to contribute to the ranch or the local community by helping around the ranch and/or by presenting a workshop or artist’s talk in the community. At the same time, residents are given time and space for their own artistic practice.
Program Overview
In 2018, PMRCAA hosted trial residencies by inviting eight artists for two-week stays. In 2019, PMRCAA moved into its pilot year with more engagement opportunities for residents on the ranch and in the local area community.
Currently, we are hosting two residents at a time. Residents are being accommodated for two to four-week residencies from mid-March to mid-November. They are provided studio space in one of the ranch buildings and a private room with a shared bathroom, kitchen, dining and laundry area. As we continue to remodel other buildings, PMRCAA will be able to accommodate different artists, scientists and scholars.
Apply to the 2022 Residency Program
We are excited to introduce the theme for our 2022 Residency: ON COEXISTENCE AND REGENERATION.
At Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture, we work with artists, educators, researchers and Tribal members to support the long-term resilience of the local ecosystem. As stewards of the land, we rely on a deep understanding of the local ecology and the application of time-tested techniques to conserve natural resources and maintain the fertile conditions in which life can flourish. Understanding how different entities within the ecosystem interact and coexist at PMRCAA has allowed us to preserve the ranching tradition and maintain agricultural land. Our hope is to restore PMRCAA’s soil by understanding the diverse web of relationships responsible for maintaining its fertility.
By embracing a more expansive perspective that recognizes the power of diverse ways of knowing and being, we concern ourselves with how to instill ethical relations of production and explore the role artists, culture bearers, scientists, scholars, and researchers play in nourishing radical imagination and facilitating transformative change. As such, we call for artistic, scientific and research proposals that address the idea of coexistence and regeneration that might enable new understandings for the diversity of life, of knowledges and relational forms of living.
Applications for the 2022 residency program open Monday, August 16 and close Monday, October 25 at 11:59PM PST.
We kindly request that applicants please reach out to PMRCAA staff with any questions regarding your application prior to 5PM on October 25. Questions received after 5PM will be addressed the following day.
For more information, please email us or call 541-904-0700.
Ready to Apply? Access Our Application
Interested applicants will need to register in our application system. Click the ‘Apply Now’ button below to access our application portal. There, click the ‘Create New Account’ button. Follow the prompts to create an account. Once logged in, you will see information to apply to the 2022 PMRCAA Residency Program.
Click here to watch a tutorial video for a walk-through on how to sign up in our application portal.
We are excited to partner with mosaicists Rochelle Schueler and Lynn Adamo, who will curate and facilitate the activities of a two-week-long residency for experienced mosaic artists.
Experienced mosaic artists are invited to apply to assist in the completion of a mosaic project started in 2020 by the collaborative artist team of Rochelle Schueler and Lynn Adamo. Schueler and Adamo have finished fabricating the first three of seven panels designed for a mosaic installation at PMRCAA. As a model for creativity and collaboration, selected artists will live and work together on-site at PMRCAA, and will receive a stipend for their participation. This mosaic project will be a permanent part of the PMRCAA collection and will promote the medium of contemporary mosaic art.
All materials will be provided, including surplus high-fired ceramic tiles from Kibak Tile for re-use in the mosaic project.
Residency Dates
The two-week mosaic residency will take place May 31 – June 15, 2022. Selected artists will have the option to extend their residency two additional weeks (June 16 – 28, 2022) for a self-directed residency.
Preferred qualifications for applicants:
- Minimum of experience working on at least 2 large-scale exterior tile mural projects
- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.
- Ability to use a contractor’s tile saw and tile nippers
- Familiarity with using thinset mortar as adhesive
- Provide your own transportation to Sisters, Oregon.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply through PMRCAA’s 2022 Residency program application (open August 16 – October 25, 2021). Once logged in, follow the instructions specified for mosaic residency applicants. Selected artists will be notified in January 2022.
Questions?
We appreciate your interest. Please contact us with any questions: 541-904-0700; arts@roundhousefoundation.org.
Schueler and Adamo completed three of the seven panels for the mosaic installation at PMRCAA. The design is inspired by buildings and scenes of nature at PMRCAA.
Schueler and Adamo’s design for the seven-panel mosaic installation at PMRCAA.
