Artists-in-Residence

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Now Accepting Proposals for AiR 2025-2026

Josephine Sculpture Park is pleased to announce a call for proposals for our Artist-in-Residence program for 2025-2026. The funded residency will begin with a site visit in 2025 and a residency period of up to 10 weeks in 2026. JSP’s Artist-in-Residence program provides artists a career-boosting opportunity to make new outdoor work on a large-scale, with the physical space and technical and financial support to succeed.  


Artists will be primarily visual artists working in sculpture as well as the mediums of sound and performance as responsive experiences to sculpture and the natural environment. Artists working in a variety of materials are encouraged to apply, including but not limited to stone, metal, wood, concrete, found objects, natural materials, plastics, fiberglass, light, and sound.


Artists must submit proposals electronically through the JSP AiR Call for Entry webpage by 11:59pm Mountain Time on May 14, 2025.



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Residency Overview

AiR Program

Josephine Sculpture Park's Arist-in-Residence (AiR) program is hosted at the 40-acre park in Franklin County, Kentucky. The AiR program will welcome up to 2 artists for a site planning visit in 2025 and a residency period of up to 10 weeks in 2026. The goal is to provide artists a career-boosting opportunity to make new outdoor work on a large-scale, with the physical space and technical and financial support to succeed.


Artists must submit proposals by 11:59pm Mountain Time on May 14, 2025. JSP will announce selections in July, 2025.


This program is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Grants for Arts Projects.

What JSP Offers

  • Access to robustly equipped studio + outdoor work pad
  • $1,000 site visit stipend
  • $2,000/week up to 10 weeks residency stipend
  • $500/week up to 10 weeks lodging stipend
  • Up to $2,500 materials stipend (plus access to some materials on-site)
  • Up to 10 hours/week studio assistance & training
  • At least 1 mentorship session with Executive Director & Chief Curator
  • Residency planning and communication support pre-, during and post-residency.
  • Exhibition of created work

What JSP Expects

Artists are encouraged to challenge themselves and push beyond their comfort zones, supported by experienced artistic staff and specialized equipment to create new, large-scale works on-site. The artwork is intended to be on exhibition for 2 years at JSP. During the residency, artists will informally interact with JSP visitors and participate in at least one community engagement event.

Selection Process

Scoring Rubric

Submissions will be scored by a Curatorial Committee based on the following: 

  • Body of work: Does the applicant exhibit a high level of skill in their medium(s)?
  • Artistic growth: Does the applicant present a compelling proposal for how this residency would expand their artistic practice? JSP encourages AiRs to be innovative, take risks, and try something here that they could not create elsewhere.
  • Appropriateness of artwork: Is the proposed artwork physically and thematically suitable for exhibition at Josephine Sculpture Park?
  • Feasibility: Does the proposed timeline and budget reflect the scale and scope of the proposed artwork?
  • Clear interest in being part of the JSP AiR program: Does the applicant appear to have researched Josephine Sculpture Park and the Frankfort community?



Submissions with the highest scores may be invited to interview with JSP staff committee members. JSP staff make the final selection based on the committee’s recommendation.

Curatorial Committee

The Curatorial Committee includes:

  • 1-2 JSP board members
  • 3 JSP staff
  • 2-5 artists and curators

Former Artists-in-Residence Experiences

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