Willson Center Artist-in-Residence Program at UGA Costa Rica

The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts offers a ten-week Willson Center Artist-in-Residence Fellowship at the University of Georgia Campus in San Luis de Monteverde, Costa Rica, for either the fall of 2009 or the spring of 2010. All tenure-track faculty in the arts in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences are eligible to apply.

The UGA Costa Rica Campus is located high in the San Luis Valley and adjacent to the beautiful Monteverde Cloudforest Preserve, approximately four hours by car from the capital, San José. Under the direction of Dr. Quint Newcomer, the University operates the Costa Rica Campus as a study-abroad campus, research station, organic farm, and private forest preserve. The Campus includes attractive, newly constructed lodging facilities, indoor and outdoor classrooms, and a dining hall. The Monteverde region of Costa Rica is rich in the arts--in particular, wood carving, sculpture, and painting. See: http://www.uga.edu/costarica/

The Willson Center will provide $2,000 for travel expenditures, funds for two course releases, and food and lodging at the Costa Rica Campus to support one Willson Center Artist-in-Residence for a ten-week period coinciding with the ten-week compressed academic semester at the Campus.

The Willson Center Artist's academic responsibilities will entail creative research, occasional art instruction, and evening discussions about art for the students and/or members of the local community. The Willson Center Artist is expected to remain at the Campus for the ten-week term. This opportunity will provide the Willson Center Artist with much time for pursuing his or her artistic work.

The Willson Fellow will have use of the Faculty House, a large cabin with kitchen, dining-living room, two bedrooms and two baths, which can accommodate a family.

To apply for the Willson Center Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, please submit a cover letter, a 250-word project description, and a CV to the Willson Center by Thursday, November 13, 2008.