Now accepting applications for 2025 residencies. The deadline for all 2025 residencies is June 30, 2024, at 11:59 PM. Late applications cannot be accepted.
Ragdale is a non-profit artists’ community located on architect Howard Van Doren Shaw’s country estate in Lake Forest, IL, 30 miles north of Chicago. In 1976, Shaw’s granddaughter, Alice Judson Hayes, transformed her family’s summer home into an artist's retreat to provide time and space for artists to create important new work.
Today, Ragdale annually hosts nearly 150 visual artists, writers, dancemakers, composers, and interdisciplinary artists at all stages of their careers for 18-day residencies, making it one of the largest interdisciplinary artist communities in the country. Ragdale offers a retreat setting where at any given time, up to a dozen creative individuals experience uninterrupted time for dedicated work, a supportive environment, family-style dinners, and dynamic artist exchanges within a backdrop of 50 acres of idyllic prairie.
Complete this application if you wish to be considered for the HUMAN Residency Fellowship in 2025.
Ragdale is pleased to announce the HUMAN (Humanities Understanding of the Machine-Assisted Nexus) Residency Fellowship, an exciting new partnership with Lake Forest College made possible by the Mellon Foundation.
This multi-year collaboration invites artists from diverse disciplines to explore the intersection of the humanities, artificial intelligence, and social justice. Ragdale encourages applications from individuals whose work addresses questions about the impact of bias on AI outputs, the influence of dominant historical narratives on current AI technologies, and the ethical considerations for integrating AI into daily life. Emerging, midcareer, and established writers, dancers, musicians, composers, and visual artists are encouraged to apply.
Proposals will be reviewed by a committee comprised of Ragdale’s curatorial board, staff, and representatives from the Krebs Center for the Humanities at Lake Forest College.
Benefiting from the interdisciplinary expertise of Lake Forest’s diverse faculty, the wider HUMAN grant aspires to navigate the rapidly evolving technological advancements connected to AI and automation through a humanities lens that is historical, practical, and attuned to questions of ethics and social justice. At the highest level, HUMAN seeks to demonstrate that unchecked AI and automation can replicate and exacerbate social inequity, and disproportionally impact marginalized populations.
Residency Awards:
Ragdale will award the HUMAN Residency Fellowship to 6 artists. This award includes an initial 6-day Group Residency in spring 2025 (dates TBD) with fellow HUMAN Residency Fellowship recipients and comes with a $1,000 stipend to offset travel and expenses. This AI-themed residency session will be followed by a full, individual, 18-day, fee-waived residency to be scheduled in the subsequent two years (2026 or 2027).
Full residencies are comprised of cohorts of up to 14 multidisciplinary artists working on their own projects. Awardees will receive a second stipend of $3,000 during the 18-day residency. All applicants who apply for the HUMAN Residency Fellowship will be asked to participate in a program, such as a panel talk, visiting artist lecture, workshop, or other related event as part of a culminating AI symposium in 2027. Program details will be determined after the cohort is selected.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
11:59 PM CST September 15, 2024. Late applications cannot be accepted.
ELIGIBILITY
Ragdale encourages applications from artists representing the widest possible range of perspectives and demographics, and to that end, emerging as well as established artists are invited to apply. While there are no publication, exhibition or performance requirements for application, applicants should be working at the professional level in their fields. Ragdale encourages artists of all backgrounds to apply and does not discriminate against anyone on the basis of age, disability, gender, origin, race, religion, or sexual orientation.
GUIDELINES
All applicants submit electronic materials through the Submittable application portal. Do not email or mail any application materials. Please note the following requirements to complete your application. A completed online application form includes:
- A one-page artist statement and proposal. Proposals should describe how a residency would support the applicant’s work in exploring the intersection of the humanities and artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, with an emphasis on questions of equity and social justice.
- A one or two-page CV or resume that summarizes your professional background.
- Work samples that show work from the past 2-3 years. All media is acceptable. Most electronic file types and sizes are accepted.
PLEASE NOTE: Letters of recommendation are not required nor accepted.
There is an application fee of $10. This amount covers the cost of application processing. Ragdale does not profit from application fees. If you are not in a position to cover the processing fee, please reach out to Deanna Miera, at deanna@ragdale.org, to request a fee-waived application.
Some questions to consider in your proposal:
- In what ways does existing racial bias impact AI outputs?
- How have dominant historical narratives influenced current AI technologies to the detriment of historically marginalized peoples?
- What ethical considerations arise when integrating AI into daily human life, and how do the potential answers to those ethical questions intertwine with questions of race and class?
- How do different cultures and traditions interpret and respond to the rise of automation?
Ragdale’s standard selection criteria includes the review of work samples and their presentation, the written work plan, and evidence of the artist’s continued engagement with the work.
EVALUATION
Applications are reviewed by Ragdale’s Curatorial Board and Staff alongside Lake Forest College's Faculty and Staff. Evaluations of work are based on the following criteria:
- Work samples: documented works are original, inventive, and exciting.
- Work samples indicate relevance in their contemporary field.
- Work sample presentation: work samples are high-quality and technically proficient in execution and are professionally presented and documented.
- Artist’s experience: artist statement and CV/Resume reflects continued development of ideas, serious inquiry into subject matter, and exceptional aesthetic investigation in the chosen medium.
- Work plan: artist demonstrates how their work relates to the concepts of the HUMAN Residency Fellowship and how they will maximize their time at Ragdale.
NOTIFICATION
Applicants are notified of admission status via email in November.
TIMELINE
September 15, 2024 -11:59PM CST: extended application deadline
November 2024: notifications of HUMAN Residency Fellowship award are sent
December 2024: final packets with session dates sent to accepted residents
Spring 2025: group residency takes place
2026 or 2027: individual residency takes place
QUESTIONS?
All inquiries should be directed to the Artistic Director, Regin Igloria (regin@ragdale.org). Please do not reach out through Submittable.
Complete this application if you wish to be considered for the HUMAN Residency Fellowship in 2025.
Ragdale is pleased to announce the HUMAN (Humanities Understanding of the Machine-Assisted Nexus) Residency Fellowship, an exciting new partnership with Lake Forest College made possible by the Mellon Foundation.
This multi-year collaboration invites artists from diverse disciplines to explore the intersection of the humanities, artificial intelligence, and social justice. Ragdale encourages applications from individuals whose work addresses questions about the impact of bias on AI outputs, the influence of dominant historical narratives on current AI technologies, and the ethical considerations for integrating AI into daily life. Emerging, midcareer, and established writers, dancers, musicians, composers, and visual artists are encouraged to apply.
Proposals will be reviewed by a committee comprised of Ragdale’s curatorial board, staff, and representatives from the Krebs Center for the Humanities at Lake Forest College.
Benefiting from the interdisciplinary expertise of Lake Forest’s diverse faculty, the wider HUMAN grant aspires to navigate the rapidly evolving technological advancements connected to AI and automation through a humanities lens that is historical, practical, and attuned to questions of ethics and social justice. At the highest level, HUMAN seeks to demonstrate that unchecked AI and automation can replicate and exacerbate social inequity, and disproportionally impact marginalized populations.
Residency Awards:
Ragdale will award the HUMAN Residency Fellowship to 6 artists. This award includes an initial 6-day Group Residency in spring 2025 (dates TBD) with fellow HUMAN Residency Fellowship recipients and comes with a $1,000 stipend to offset travel and expenses. This AI-themed residency session will be followed by a full, individual, 18-day, fee-waived residency to be scheduled in the subsequent two years (2026 or 2027).
Full residencies are comprised of cohorts of up to 14 multidisciplinary artists working on their own projects. Awardees will receive a second stipend of $3,000 during the 18-day residency. All applicants who apply for the HUMAN Residency Fellowship will be asked to participate in a program, such as a panel talk, visiting artist lecture, workshop, or other related event as part of a culminating AI symposium in 2027. Program details will be determined after the cohort is selected.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
11:59 PM CST September 15, 2024. Late applications cannot be accepted.
ELIGIBILITY
Ragdale encourages applications from artists representing the widest possible range of perspectives and demographics, and to that end, emerging as well as established artists are invited to apply. While there are no publication, exhibition or performance requirements for application, applicants should be working at the professional level in their fields. Ragdale encourages artists of all backgrounds to apply and does not discriminate against anyone on the basis of age, disability, gender, origin, race, religion, or sexual orientation.
GUIDELINES
All applicants submit electronic materials through the Submittable application portal. Do not email or mail any application materials. Please note the following requirements to complete your application. A completed online application form includes:
- A one-page artist statement and proposal. Proposals should describe how a residency would support the applicant’s work in exploring the intersection of the humanities and artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, with an emphasis on questions of equity and social justice.
- A one or two-page CV or resume that summarizes your professional background.
- Work samples that show work from the past 2-3 years. All media is acceptable. Most electronic file types and sizes are accepted.
PLEASE NOTE: Letters of recommendation are not required nor accepted.
There is an application fee of $10. This amount covers the cost of application processing. Ragdale does not profit from application fees. If you are not in a position to cover the processing fee, please reach out to Deanna Miera, at deanna@ragdale.org, to request a fee-waived application.
Some questions to consider in your proposal:
- In what ways does existing racial bias impact AI outputs?
- How have dominant historical narratives influenced current AI technologies to the detriment of historically marginalized peoples?
- What ethical considerations arise when integrating AI into daily human life, and how do the potential answers to those ethical questions intertwine with questions of race and class?
- How do different cultures and traditions interpret and respond to the rise of automation?
Ragdale’s standard selection criteria includes the review of work samples and their presentation, the written work plan, and evidence of the artist’s continued engagement with the work.
EVALUATION
Applications are reviewed by Ragdale’s Curatorial Board and Staff alongside Lake Forest College's Faculty and Staff. Evaluations of work are based on the following criteria:
- Work samples: documented works are original, inventive, and exciting.
- Work samples indicate relevance in their contemporary field.
- Work sample presentation: work samples are high-quality and technically proficient in execution and are professionally presented and documented.
- Artist’s experience: artist statement and CV/Resume reflects continued development of ideas, serious inquiry into subject matter, and exceptional aesthetic investigation in the chosen medium.
- Work plan: artist demonstrates how their work relates to the concepts of the HUMAN Residency Fellowship and how they will maximize their time at Ragdale.
NOTIFICATION
Applicants are notified of admission status via email in November.
TIMELINE
September 15, 2024 -11:59PM CST: extended application deadline
November 2024: notifications of HUMAN Residency Fellowship award are sent
December 2024: final packets with session dates sent to accepted residents
Spring 2025: group residency takes place
2026 or 2027: individual residency takes place
QUESTIONS?
All inquiries should be directed to the Artistic Director, Regin Igloria (regin@ragdale.org). Please do not reach out through Submittable.