[-empyre-] scholarships for -empyreans- at Anderson Ranch

[Christina McPhee]

dear -empyre- subscribers-

Michael Arnold Mages, our friend and former moderator of -empyre- ,  
contacted the -empyre- moderating team recently to make an interesting  
offer-- two tuition-scholarships to the
Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Aspen, Colorado for this coming season  
(June-September 2008)-- for -empyreans- only .

Time is short, but we're super excited to be invited and hope for a  
nice crop of applications.   You've got just under two weeks to  
apply.  Here are the details:

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Two Presidential Full Merit Scholarships are now available  through - 
empyre- for emerging or mid-career artists of any nationality who are - 
empyre- subscribers.  The scholarships pay for the tuition to take  
specific week-long digital media workshops at
Anderson Ranch, Aspen, Colorado, US.  Anderson Ranch Presidential  
Scholarships are funded and administered by Anderson Ranch.

http://www.andersonranch.org/

Deadline: April 6, 2008

These awards are designed to help artists who are interested in  
extending their current practice, or artists wishing to expand their  
practice into the digital realm. Two scholarships are available that  
include Full tuition for
a one-week workshop ($1040 USD).   Funds are applied to tuition only.  
The $1,040 award will cover tuition expenses incurred when taking an  
Anderson Ranch workshop, but not all expenses.  Total costs vary, but  
a typical one-week course
at Anderson Ranch has a total cost of around $1,500 - $2,000. All  
recipients are responsible for covering their own $300 deposit to  
ensure their commitment to the class. All workshop members must  
provide for their own housing, food, travel and studio fees.
The scholarship is available to students and non-students.

The time to apply is very short!  All applications must be received  
via email by April 6, 2008 to :   scholarship.empyre at gmail.com

Digital media-related workshops:

June 9-20: The  Photographer’s Book, exploring the narrative with  
Douglas Holleley
June 23 - 27, 2008	Mary Lucier The Poetic Forms of Video Art
July 7 - 11, 2008 Elliot Earls		Explorations in Digital Filmmaking
July 28 - Aug 1, 2008	Christina McPhee	Personal Geographies: large- 
format photomontage
August 4 - 8, 2008	Golan Levin	Interactive Imaging: computational and  
interactive artworks
August 11 - 15, 2008	Deborah Bright	Photographing the New West
August 11 - 15, 2008	Jonah Brucker-Cohen / Katherine Moriwaki	 
Scrapyard Challenge
August 18 - 22, 2008	Zoe Strauss	Thinking about Seeing

More choices at:  www.andersonranch.org/workshops .  Applicants may  
choose to consider any course that best serves their needs.


To apply: Send your cv in pdf format, url to selection of your current  
art work (from the last 3-5 years), and a brief (300 word) letter of  
interest, with response to the following questions: What conceptual  
and material directions are important to your work? How might  
participation
in one of these workshops   advance your own practice and development?


Application by email to :  scholarship.empyre at gmail.com .  by April 6,  
2008. Awards will be announced by the end of April 2008.

(N. B.: Presidential Scholarship award recipients  are given a high  
priority in the Anderson Ranch, registration system. The scholarships  
are allocated on a space-available basis. Scholarship funds are being  
made available by Anderson Ranch and are fully administered by  
Anderson Ranch.  The  -empyre- moderating team has been asked
to make the selection of 2 award recipients.  -empyre- receives no  
compensation nor any other material benefit from cooperating with the  
Presidential Scholarship award process.  Matters related to this  
scholarship will not be permitted as a topic on -empyre-. )


The -empyre- list will permit notice of the two award recipients in  
late April/early May 2008.



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