Artist Calls and Opportunities
Sometimes curated sometimes open call for artist residencies and showings.
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[freeform]
Applications open for 2026 artist residencies
[freeform], an artist residency program for 2025, is now accepting applications.
Considered on a rolling, “first come, first serve” basis, [freeform] offers exclusive used of the studio space at The Shed for a 5-day period. Local Seattle-region artists of all kinds with complex practices are encouraged to use the time to start something new, develop something more deeply, install an environment or structure, or even put together a showing. You are free to spend the time as you need in order to uncover the practices and forms you desire.
One residency will be awarded per month, with a few exceptions to accommodate other programming.
Eligibility
Live in or near the Seattle area
Be a working artist who describes themselves as having a complex, multi-disciplinary, or otherwise less than straight-forward process
I’m excited to continue this residency program! In our inaugural year, The Shed hosted The Bonnies, Daezhane Day, the Verboom Collective, Kyra McPherson, Samantha Fabrikant, Hannah March, and Kristin Tollefson. Artists who have received residencies at The Shed have gone on to show their work at the Risk/Reward Festival, The Vestibule, Velocity’s NextFest, Walk Don’t Run, Seattle International Dance Festival, and more.
Go to Application via Jotform
Contact C. Asa Call with any questions regarding the application or form.
Curatorial Viewpoint
Statement from C. Asa Call, Owner and Curator
I acknowledge that a process of selecting artists to receive opportunities also involves selecting from a certain viewpoint. Here is the kind of work that excites me as a curator and the kinds of artists I hope to support and encourage in their artmaking.
Work that involves complex practices
Work that is difficult for others to categorize, seems unwieldy or dense with information
Work that is robustly experimental
Artists who identify as women, BIPOC, or LGBTQ+ and any other people who experience oppression and being othered based on their identity
