Artist in Residence

The TEDxSalem VII Artist-in-Residence announced.

We are excit­ed to announce that Danielle Baca is the TEDxSalem Artist-in-Res­i­dence for our Jan. 4, 2020, event.

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The TEDxSalem Artist in Res­i­dence (AIR) pro­gram focus­es on build­ing rela­tion­ships with local artists. The AIR pro­gram pro­vides sup­port for an artist to cre­ate an art instal­la­tion that will help set the tone for our event, com­mu­ni­cate the event theme and con­vey an ‘idea worth spread­ing.’

This is a unique oppor­tu­ni­ty for an artist to expose their work to a new audi­ence and in a new, dynam­ic way. The Artist in Res­i­dence in encour­aged to explore their prac­tice and cre­ativ­i­ty as it relates to and con­nects with the TEDxSalem theme.

Work­ing with the plan­ning team dur­ing the months lead­ing up to our event, the Artist in Res­i­dence will design and imple­ment a large scale instal­la­tion. TEDxSalem pro­vides the Artist in Res­i­dence with sup­port, assis­tance and a $1000 stipend to cre­ate their instal­la­tion piece.

TEDxSalem col­lab­o­rates with Salem Art Asso­ci­a­tion as part of SAA’s Com­mu­ni­ty Arts Edu­ca­tion (CAE) Artist in Res­i­dence (AIR) Pro­gram in the ren­o­vat­ed Art Annex in Bush Park. The select­ed artist may uti­lize the stu­dio space for the cre­ation of the instal­la­tion and will have access to the larg­er main space as the instal­la­tion grows in size. SAA’s CAE AIR Pro­gram con­nects with our com­mu­ni­ty through var­i­ous oppor­tu­ni­ties such as artist talks, work­shops, and oth­er pro­gram­ming, which the TEDxSalem artist can par­tic­i­pate in as part of SAA’s CAE Pro­gram.

The Artist in Res­i­dence is both a speak­er and an adjunct mem­ber of the planning/production team. As a speak­er, the artist is assigned a speak­er liai­son to assist with the devel­op­ment of their talk. As a mem­ber of the plan­ning team, the artist is assigned a liai­son from the team.

Not all artists are expe­ri­enced speak­ers so select­ed artists must be open to coach­ing and giv­ing a TEDx talk, the live pre­sen­ta­tion of which is a pro­fes­sion­al-qual­i­ty video post­ed in the online col­lec­tion of TEDx Talks from around the world. Not all artists are expe­ri­enced with instal­la­tion so select­ed artists must demon­strate they are ready to stretch into a new medi­um and how this will advance their stu­dio prac­tice and career.

Pref­er­ence is giv­en to artists with expe­ri­ence cre­at­ing instal­la­tions of this scale. The final artist is select­ed based on the qual­i­ty of their work and how it best reflects the TEDx mis­sion of “ideas worth spread­ing.”

The Artist in Res­i­dence will be inter­viewed and a blog/story will be post­ed to the TEDxSalem web­site. Addi­tion­al­ly, press releas­es will be sent to area media out­lets pro­mot­ing the col­lab­o­ra­tion.

After the event, the artist is encour­aged to take their work designed for TEDxSalem out into the com­mu­ni­ty for dis­play in pub­lic areas such as uni­ver­si­ties, air­ports, libraries, etc. TEDxSalem will assist the artist in mak­ing con­nec­tions in fur­ther­ance of this goal.

The TEDxSalem AIR pro­gram has been sup­port­ed in part by:

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TEDxSalem VI Artist-in-Residence

The 2019 TEDxSalem Artist-in-Res­i­dence was Rebec­ca L. Shapiro

TEDxSalem V Artist-in-Residence

The 2018 TEDxSalem Artist-in-Res­i­dence was Cay­la Skillin-Brauch­le.

 

TEDxSalem IV Artist-in-Residence

The 2017 TEDxSalem Artist-in-Res­i­dence was Kathryn Cel­leri­ni Moore.

 

TEDxSalem III Artist-in-Residence

The 2015 TEDxSalem Artist in Res­i­dence was Bri­an­na Miller.

The Artist in Res­i­dence pro­gram is a TEDx Incu­ba­tor Project that was start­ed by TEDxMt­Hood (for­mer­ly TEDx­Con­cor­diaU­Port­land), which was the first large-scale event to have an Artist in Res­i­dence pro­gram where local artists work in con­junc­tion with the main event. TEDxSalem is one of the first events to launch an Artist in Res­i­dence pro­gram under the men­tor­ship of TEDxMt­Hood.