**Kolaj Institute is partnering with A' the Airts and The Nithsdale Hotel in Sanquhar, Scotland to offer week-long artist residencies for collage artists in April 2024.** 

  
Each day the group will meet in the morning for a presentation or workshop. Faculty will make presentations about place in art and strategies for incorporating place into one’s practice. Designed for collage artists, professional development sessions focus on artist practice: topics include Collage Theory; Sourcing Materials, Copyright, Appropriation; Developing Materials; Collaboration; and Collage in Presentation. Additional presentations speak to themes and projects specific to that particular residency.

  
In the afternoons, artists may choose to make art or take up an afternoon activity such as a walk to the River Nith and castle or a visit to the Tolbooth Museum or Saint Bride’s church or an afternoon trip via rail to Dumfries or Glasgow. Artists will have the opportunity to work one-on-one with faculty. In the evenings, we will convene at the Nithsdale Pub to informally share the experience of our days.

  
**2024 RESIDENCY DATES**

* 31 March - 6 April 2024
* 7 - 13 April 2024
* 14 - 20 April 2024
* 8 - 14 September 2024
* 15 - 21 September 2024
* 22 - 28 September 2024

  
**DEADLINES (rolling through the year)**

* EARLY SPRING DEADLINE: Friday, 29 December 2023
* FINAL SPRING DEADLINE: Sunday, 28 January 2024
* EARLY FALL DEADLINE: Sunday, 26 May 2024
* FINAL SPRING DEADLINE: Sunday, 30 June 2024

Artists are responsible for their travel to and from Sanquhar. Limited financial aid is available.

Residency fee if lodging at Nithsdale Hotel

Artists will make one artwork during the residency which demonstrates their approach to the project. After the Residency, artists will be invited to submit 3-5 additional collages and a statement. Some of the artwork submitted will be exhibited at Kolaj Fest New Orleans in 2025 which artists will be invited to attend and speak about. 

  
Residents are housed in the Nithsdale Hotel, the cost of which is included in the fee. Located in the heart of Sanquhar, on High Street across from the iconic Tolbooth and Town Hall, the Nithsdale Hotel is a historic, family-run inn and pub. Each of the modern, recently renovated rooms comes with their own bathroom and television and the entire hotel has wi-fi. Artists wishing to stay elsewhere can make necessary arrangements.

  
The residency fee includes two meals per day (breakfast & lunch), 24-hour access to workspace, and general collage making tools and supplies. Artists are responsible for their own travel to and from Sanquhar, additional artist materials, and additional meals. A full-service restaurant is on-site.