Having time for your own is a luxury you not so often can get once you become a professional in whatever area of the arts. Time then becomes a profound need for the artist to reflect upon his/her work. To do so in such a relaxing atmosphere enhances your possibility of listen to your most inner voice. Therefore, once you go back to your own "nature' (your studio, your office, the city, etc) you are much more alert to be what you want to be and not what you are expected to be and that will affect the results of your work.

Jorge Dominguez Cerda
Choreographer
Tijuana, Mexico

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APPLICATION DEADLINE

The deadline for accepting applications is February 15th, each year, for a residency in the following year.

ON-LINE APPLICATIONS * 2009 APPLICATION FORMS LINK*(the deadline for this application has passed.)

APPLICATION REQUESTS BY POST

To request an application packet by regular mail please send a self-addressed business-size envelope with sufficient postage for mailing a letter weighing 1 ounce to:
ADMISSIONS 2010
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
2325 Bear Gulch Road
Woodside, CA 94062

APPLICATION FEE
There is an application processing fee of $30.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING
Artists who need additional funding for travel, materials, supplies, and/or at-home expenses, should apply to other sources for support.

LENGTH OF RESIDENCIES
The Program offers residencies that are four and five weeks long.

ADMISSIONS PANELS
Invitations for residencies are extended based on panel evaluations of artists and arts professionals in each respective genre. Panelists are rotated each year.

APPLICATION LEVELS
We seek applications on two levels. The first level includes emerging and mid-career artists, for whom appointments as resident artists might make a significant difference. The second level consists of artists with established national and/or international reputations, for whom a change of environment may offer refreshment and inspiration.

CHOREOGRAPHY APPLICANTS
Choreographers may request to have one dancer in residence or request the time alone. An extra bedroom is provided for this purpose. Overnight accommodations and meals are available for one dancer.This request must be made in the Residency Proposal on the back of the application form. Additional local dancers (up to eight) are welcome to work in the studio (day use only) during weekdays and on weekends by special arrangements. No meals or overnight accommodations are available for additional dancers or large groups.

COLLABORATIONS
Artists who wish to apply as collaborators on a specific project must each send individual fees, (2) application forms and (2) resumes each, in a single envelope. Include a separate page describing the collaborative proposal. Write Collaboration & Disciplines on the outside of the envelope. Please let us know if you still want to be considered even if your collaborator is not accepted into the Program.

COUPLES
Couples must apply separately with the understanding that both members must be chosen by their discipline's panel. If both artists are selected, we will make every effort to schedule you at the same time and arrange appropriate accommodations. Separate studios will be assigned unless otherwise requested. Please note on your applications if you would like to share the same living quarters.

GUESTS
Accommodations are limited to selected individual resident only. (No accommodations for spouses or children are available). Friends or family who are in the area for brief visits cannot be accommodated overnight at the facility. They are welcome for day visits and dinner at the ranch. No personal pets are allowed.

SMOKING
Smoking is allowed outdoors in designated areas only.

EQUIPMENT AND WORK MATERIALS
A slide projector and screen, digital video camera, TV, and VCR can be checked out to use on projects or for presentations. Standard power tools can be checked out of the shop. There are two Internet/Email stations set up in common areas to be shared by all of the residents. Also available in the common area are a Mac G4 with Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office and a PC with Microsoft Office.
The Djerassi Program does not supply artists with materials. The staff will assist with transportation to purchase items needed.

RE-APPLICATIONS
Alumni must wait three seasons before reapplying for residency. (2007 alumni may apply again in 2011) All applicants, including those who are reapplying for a return residency, must submit a new application each year.

NONDISCRIMINATION
The Program encourages and welcomes the participation of artists from all backgrounds and does not discriminate with regard to age, race, sex, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, marital status, or nation of origin in its admission policies.

the gift of time