These residency grants are designed to enable artists
to produce a limited edition book work at WSW. Working
intensively in our studios for six to eight weeks, artists
print and bind their own books. WSW technical assistance
includes training on new equipments, introduction to
new materials, and assistance with production.
The grant includes a stipend of $2,000 to $3,000
for six to eight weeks, materials up to $750, access
to all studios, travel costs (within the Continental
US), and housing. Projects are chosen by a jury
of outside artists and curators.
Generally, we encourage an edition size no larger than
100 and no smaller than 50. WSW has developed a series
of archive and exhibition opportunities for the books.
The contract stipulates 10% (or ten books) for WSW
archives, exhibition, and display copies; 10% of
the edition for the artist; and 80% of the edition
for general marketing. Artist have the option of collaborating
with WSW on marketing of artists' books for a 50% commission
fee. WSW has artists' books in collections world-wide
and six institutions are repositories of all the artists'
books published by WSW. The repositories are: Indiana
University (Bloomington), Rochester Institute of Technology,
University of Delaware, Vassar College, Virginia Commonwealth
University and Yale University. |
