Centrum's Artist Residency Program was established in 1980 as a resource for artists and creative thinkers of all genres. Residency projects can be focused on a single genre or be a multidisciplinary undertaking, and might be the creative work of an individual or encompass the collaborative work of a group. In partnership with the Fort Worden PDA, Centrum is able to offer an opportunity to selected artists to live and work in this magnificent setting at a significantly reduced cost. Residents also have the opportunity to work with our campus partners Corvidae Press (a printmaking studio), Madrona MindBody Institute, Port Townsend Marine Science Center, and Rainshadow Recording Studio (by prior arrangement). Copper Canyon Poetry press (a nationally acclaimed publisher of poetry, with an impressive list of award winning titles and authors) is also a resident on campus.
I'm Kenney Mencher. I'm an artist who left a tenured professorship in 2016 to pursue making art full time. This blog is about art, art history, with a emphasis on human rights. I make homoerotic art featuring bears, otters & other gay wildlife.
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Centrum Artists in Residence Program
Location
Port Townsend, Washington: United States
Centrum is located within Fort Worden State Park in the Victorian seaport of Port Townsend on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Noted for its strong support of arts and culture, Port Townsend is an ideal place for the kind of self-directed retreats enjoyed by successful residency applicants.
Statistics
- Residency Length: 1-6 weeks
- Average number of artists in residence at a time: 1-5
- Number of artists accepted in most recent year: 150
Eligibility
- Application type: Open application
- Collaboration: May apply as a team
- Geography: Open to US artists, Open to non-US artists
- Additional eligibility information:Centrum residencies are by application only and reviewed by a committee of Centrum staff and advisors. The committee looks for evidence of a commitment to a creative practice and the potential impact that a residency at Centrum might have. All disciplines and levels of artists are accepted. Writers, visual artists, musicians, performers, dancers, theater groups, scholars, curators, arts professionals, and interdisciplinary thinkers are all encouraged to apply.For residencies between August-December 2019, the application window is Jan 1-April 30, 2019. Artists will be notified by May 31.For residencies between January-June 2020, the application window is May 1-August 30, 2019. Artists will be notified by September 30, 2019.Applications accepted online:https://centrum.submittable.com/submit/133122/centrum-residency-application
- Application deadline: April 30, August 30
- Application Ongoing: No
- Additional deadline info:Due to Centrum workshop and programming needs there are some blackout dates each year, such as mid-June through mid-August. For residencies between August-December 2019, the application window is Jan 1-April 30, 2019. Artists will be notified by May 31. For residencies between January-June 2020, the application window is May 1-August 30, 2019. Artists will be notified by September 30, 2019.
Past Residents & Quotes
“Centrum offers artists an extremely positive working environment where intense, concentrated work can be achieved... The site is one of immense beauty and openness, and I relished that peacefulness.”
Facilities & Services
- Housing: Private housing (individual apartment/cabin/house), Private bedroom in a shared housing facilityCharming and semi-rustic cabins and apartments contain private bedrooms and shared kitchens. Each 2-3 bedroom unit has a living room/dining room space, a fully equipped kitchen, and full bathroom. Artists are housed according to availability and individual working habits, preferences and needs. The modest, comfortable cabins and apartments are supplied with linens. Kitchens are equipped with stove, refrigerator, microwave, eating and cooking utensils, dishes, pots, and pans. There is a coin operated laundromat available in the afternoons. The on site Cafe and a Pub are open year-round.
- Meals: No meals/food providedMeals and groceries are the responsibility of the artists. We have excellent grocery stores and a natural food co-op very nearby. The public transportation system comes through the park, and will take residents to stores and the downtown waterfront area where many fine restaurants are located.
- Computer/internet access: Computer and internet connection provided in common area (shared), Computer and internet connection provided in living or studio area (private), Wireless Internet
- Companions: Children allowed for full stayFor applicants who wish to bring children/caregivers, we are happy to make accommodations and simply ask for information about how you will arrange childcare to ensure a successful residency. Outside of assisting with childcare, partners and any other accompanying members must be part of a collaborative application. All other visitors can attend open studio and public resident events but cannot stay overnight.
- Accessibility: noFort Worden State Park is a historic military facility that is being re-fitted for accessibility needs as funding allows. At this time some areas are Accessible. Please inquire for specifics.
- Studios/special equipment: Music recording studio, Painting, Printmaking
- Additional studio information:Fort Worden State Park has many facilities available to Centrum residents. Some require a fee while others are free as space permits.
Residency Fees
$450 per week; $50-$75 additional fee per week for studio space
Stipends / other support
Additional expectations / opportunities
In addition to our two or three bedroom cabins and apartments, Centrum has three studio spaces available to residents. Centrum residents also have the opportunity to work with Corvidae Press (a fully equipped non toxic printmaking studio), and Rainshadow Recording Studio (records music, poetry, and interviews). Other campus partners include Copper Canyon Press, Madrona MindBody Institute, Port Townsend School of Woodworking and Port Townsend Marine Science Center all located here at Fort Worden State Park. Residents wishing to work with these Centrum partners need to make arrangements directly with them. Please indicate your interest in your application materials so we may provide you with current information.
Contact Information
PO Box 1158
Port Townsend, Washington 98368
United States
Port Townsend, Washington 98368
United States
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Early Christian into Byzantine Hagia Sofia
Byzantine Art
Time Line
Beginning of Pagan Roman Empire- 200 B.C.E.
Roman Empire- 200 B.C.- 315 C.E.
Early Christian/Byzantine 315-750 C.E (some sources say the Byzantine style survived all the way to 1450)
Romanesque 800-1150 C.E.
Gothic 1150-1350 C.E.
For all the videos in order with a textbook and study guides please visit:
https://www.udemy.com/user/kenneymencher/
Time Line
Beginning of Pagan Roman Empire- 200 B.C.E.
Roman Empire- 200 B.C.- 315 C.E.
Early Christian/Byzantine 315-750 C.E (some sources say the Byzantine style survived all the way to 1450)
Romanesque 800-1150 C.E.
Gothic 1150-1350 C.E.
For all the videos in order with a textbook and study guides please visit:
https://www.udemy.com/user/kenneymencher/
  | Hagia Sophia (Sofia) 532-37 architects: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus Istanbul, Turkey (Byzantium) Byzantine  Form: This is a central-plan design that expands on the original basilican design. The design incorporates the use of pendentives, buttressing half domes, and arch and dome technology creating a large many storied central area. Expands on the concept, engineering and design function of the Pantheon by adding cross vaulting technology that the Romans had developed. A good example of this cross vaulting technology is in the Basilica of Constantine. Decorative forms (in terms of two-dimensional designs) inside the Hagia Sofia reflect early Byzantine Style, which means that even up to the 1300's they are still using many of the same things in the Hagia Sofia to depict people.Iconography: The name Hagia Sofia can be translated as "Holy Wisdom." The plan has the form of a Greek cross surmounted by a dome which as in the Pantheon is a symbol of the dome of heaven. The engineering used is also symbolic of the power and intelligence of Constantine's empire. Context: The geographic location of Hagia Sofia places it in the region of Byzantium. The city where they moved the empire to is called Constantinople that is in modern day Turkey, and is also now called Istanbul. The four minarets that surround it were built later. They were added by the Muslims to them to call the faithful to worship after the church was transformed into a mosque. A mosque is an Islamic place of worship. The ornamentation of the interior is Islamic looking. For more details of images at Hagia Sofia go here. |
 Capital, Hagia Sophia (Sofia) 532-37 architects: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus Istanbul, Turkey (Byzantium) Byzantine | Form: This capital at first appears to be an almost Corinthian capital but on closer inspection it is the correction of the original Greek and Roman orders. The designs on the capital are much more ornate and less solid looking then its predecessors. The over all intricate organic patterning and weaving of the ornamentation is abstract and overly ornate. Iconography: The organic vine like qualities refer to the symbol of Christianity as a vine that keeps spreading. In the center of the column is the monogram or initials for Justinian the emperor who commissioned the structure. The use of classical ornamentation and then the obvious changing of it is symbolic of the fusion of the Roman and Greek classic ideals wedded to the culture and decorative forms of the east as well as the iconography of Christianity. The symbology of the vine relates to many images of vines in the Old and New Testament: |
Go here for a Catholic Sermon on the iconography of vines: http://www.abideinchrist.com/messages/jn15v1.htmlJohn
Chapter 15
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- "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
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- He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
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- You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
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- Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
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- I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.
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- Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned.
 Mosaic of Christ from the interior of Hagia Sophia created c 1300 For all the videos in order with a textbook and study guides please visit: https://www.udemy.com/user/kenneymencher/ | Form: Decorative forms (in terms of two-dimensional designs) inside the Hagia Sofia reflect early Byzantine Style, which means that even up to the 1300's they are still using many of the same things in the Hagia Sofia to depict people. The figures are stylized in a typical Byzantine mode. The heads are too large and the bodies are covered completely with drapery that does not reveal the anatomy beneath. It also shares some elements from the Arch of Constantine, the heads are big and there's no Contrapposto (liberal movement in figures). The facial anatomy is stylized. The face is also elongated and the nose meets the bridge of the brows and the eyebrows actually go directly into the nose. These are some of the elements that become standardized in Byzantine Manuscript Iconography: The distortions of the anatomy are symbolic. The distortions and diagrammatic and cartoon like drapery deemphasizes the figure's naturalism and emphasizes the spiritual, intellectual and didactic aspects of the figures. Jesus is represented as a teacher and his weapon against evil is the Holy Bible or Libris Mundi (Latin: "book of the world") and his compassion. Jesus is also surrounded by a halo which symbolizes an aura of light. Possibly meant to be literally a symbol of "enlightenment." Inscribed inside the halo is the cross on which Jesus was martyred and on either side of the cross are his initials IC XC. Basically it is an acronim for his name in Greek. The acronym when promounced sounds like "ichthys" which sounds very much like the Greek word for fish. Hence the fish symbols on either side of his head. Context: The Byzantine style, although centered around the geographic region of Constantine's Byzantium, expands all through out the Christian world. It was used for manuscript and church art throughout France, Italy, Spain and the rest of Europe well into the 1400's and perhaps even later. As an artistic style it is used well into the Romanesque and Gothic periods. Even during the Renaissance there are still artists who use Byzantine drapery and facial stylization. For more details of images at Hagia Sofia go here. |
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