PLAINS

IOWA
Herbert Hoover National Historical Site, AIR Program, PO Box 607, West Branch, IA 52358 (319) 643-2541. 2 artists per year; residencies of 2-3 weeks from May to October; Open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers, composers, craft artists. (visual, literary, performing, media arts)
http://www.nps.gov/volunteer/air.htm
 
 
KANSAS
 
NEBRASKA
Art Farm, 1306 W. 21st Rd., Marquette, NE 68854 (402) 854-3120. On a working farm 2 miles from the clay bluffs of the Platte River, 130 miles west of Omaha. Artists purchase and prepare own food, work 15 hours per week. No fees; residences of 2-3 mos. Open to artists working in ceramics, drawing, installation, mixed media, painting, sculpture, woodworking; also conceptual artists, environmental artists, and multimedia artists. (visual and media arts)

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 S. 12th St., Omaha, NE 68102 (402) 341-7130. 2 urban warehouses, 5 studios with apartments. Artists purchase own food and prepare meals; $500-$1,000/mo. stipend, residencies of 2-6 mos.; artists must donate one piece and give at least one informal slide presentation. Equipment provided (kilns, bridge crane, forklifts, welding equipment, woodshop and tools, metalworking equipment, darkroom, video camera, editing equipment, printmaking equipment). (visual arts)
http://www.novia.net/bemis
 
NORTH DAKOTA
The Arts Center, PO Box 363, 115 Second St. SW, Jamestown, ND 58402-0363 (701) 251-2496. Residencies from 2 weeks to 3 months. Studio space, living quarters, stipend plus mileage (up to $1500/mo.). Artists much teach in the Arts After School program for grades 4-6 M-F afternoons.
 
SOUTH DAKOTA
Badlands National Park, AIR Program, PO Box 6, Interior, SD 57750 (605) 433-5361. Residencies of 4-6 weeks. Housing at park headquarters. Bicycle provided. Artists asked to make 2 presentations at a local school and contribute one work of art. Open in the Fall and Spring for residencies of 2 to 4 weeks. Open to 2D visual artists, photographers, sculptors, performers, writers, video/filmmakers, composers. (visual, performing, media, and literary arts)
http://badlands.national-park.com

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, AIR Program, PO Box 268, Keystone, SD 57751 (605) 574-3134. 2 residencies per year, summer for 12-16 weeks (with stipend) and fall for 1 week (unpaid). Open to traditional sculptors working in stone. (visual arts)
http://www.nps.gov/volunteer/air.htm

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