Northern Plains Indian Artist Residency
Application
About The Residency
Activities: The artist-in-residence will have the opportunity and expectation to........
t Conduct research at the Oral History Center and the Archives and Special Collections in the I.D. Weeks
Library at USD
t Conduct research on works in the Robert Penn Contemporary Indian Art collection and the Oscar Howe
permanent collection at USD
t Start a new body of creative work or work towards the completion of an on-going project that will integrate
new media, new methodologies, or technologies with traditional Native arts practices, history, and culture.
t Learn how to market his or her artwork through three marketing sessions with three different Native arts
dealers, curators or gallerists
t Begin a strategic plan to exhibit and promote their work to a broader arts community
t Present his or her research and burgeoning art project, started at the residency, to a public audience throughout
the duration of the residency
t Participate in a studio visit, open to the public, where guests may visit the artist in his/her studio and ask the
artist questions about his/her process and concepts addressed in the new body of work
t Use studio, facilities, and equipment in the College of Fine Arts
t Study traditional Native American themes, icons, and symbols in the fine art, oral history, and special
collections at USD
t Be encouraged to incorporate new media and technology-based concepts into their artistic practice
t Create contemporary art projects that incorporate research of traditional Native arts media and methods, for
instance quillwork, traditional dyes, etc.
t Create a personal artist website with a technology assistant (if he/she does not already have one)
t Give an artist’s presentation, open to the public and for faculty and students attending the OHSAI, for
feedback and insights on the new project
t Live in university housing to be close to studio space and study collections
t Receive a materials stipend to purchase traditional Native art supplies and other art supplies
t Receive a technology stipend to establish an online presence via a website or to purchase cameras or other
digital equipment to support creative work and visibility
t Receive a general stipend to offset living expenses while the artist attends the residency
t Exhibit his or her work in a solo exhibition, open to the public, during the following exhibition season after
the residency. The solo exhibition will take place at the University Art Galleries at USD
t Show their work to patrons of the visual arts, collectors, and other curators