Surel's Place: Artist-in-Residency Program (July - December)

Overview

Surel's Place offers month-long residencies in a one-bedroom home with a spacious studio for artists aged 25 and older. Located in the heart of the Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District in Boise, the residency provides a quiet place to create within walking distance of downtown. The program is open to visual, literary, multimedia, and performance artists at any career stage. Applicants should approach the residency with purpose and intention.

Key dates

• Submission deadline: March 1, 2027
• Residency period: July–December 2027

Eligibility

• Artists aged 25 and older
• Any stage of career (emerging, mid-career, established)
• Open to artists based anywhere in the world
• Spouses/partners allowed for full stay (non-collaborators)
• Pets not allowed

Disciplines and media

Open to animation, architecture, augmented reality, book arts, ceramics, choreography, costume/fashion design, criticism, dance, digital fabrication, digital media, documentary, drawing, electronic arts, environmental arts, fiction, film, fine metals/jewelry, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, installation arts, interdisciplinary arts, literary/nonfiction, mixed media, moving image, multimedia arts, music, new genres, opera, painting, paper arts, performance art, photography, playwriting, poetry, printmaking, public art, screenwriting, sculpture, sound art, storytelling, symphony, textile/fiber arts, theater, virtual reality, and writing.

Residency support

• Living expenses stipend: $100 per week
• Travel/material stipend: $300
• Private housing (one-bedroom home with spacious studio)
• No residency fees

Facilities and amenities

• Private studio with specialized equipment (painting workspace with easels, printmaking workspaces, fiber arts workspace, textiles workspace, etc.)
• Private kitchen access
• Dance studio (without sprung floor)
• Printers and scanner
• Large sinks
• Washer and dryer
• Exhibition/installation space and performance/presentation facilities
• Universally designed, ADA-compliant housing

Additional expectations

Artists may be asked to donate a work of art, participate in public programming and open studio with fellow residents, give an artist talk or presentation, or lead a workshop for the public.

Application process

All completed applications are reviewed by experienced and accomplished artists in their own discipline. Reviewers assess candidates' work, intention, process, specific proposals for Surel's Place, and access to artistic support and amplification of their voices. Surel's Place staff make final determinations based on these recommendations, availability, and timing. Applications are reviewed through a lens of antiracism.

How to apply

Submit applications at https://surelsplace.org/application/. There is no application fee. For accessibility information, visit https://surelsplace.org/our-residencies/.