Middle Rio Grande Urban Waters Artist in Residence opportunity

Are you passionate about art and water?

Join us for an exciting opportunity to be part of the MRG Urban Waters Partnership Artist-in-Residence Program, a collaboration between EPA, the Urban Waters Partnership, and the National Endowment for the Arts. We plan to offer a 12 to 18 month stipend beginning in early 2025, providing the selectd artist (or artists) a unique platform within the community to showcase their talents and highlight our urban waterways through art.

The Middle Rio Grande River Artist in Residence program will consist of an investigatory phase, during which the artist will be embedded in Ciudad’s organization to get to know our work, our watershed, and our communities. During the investigatory phase, the artist will propose a creative project based on their experience. Once accepted, the artist will have up to fifteen months to implement the creative project. Throughout the residency, artists are expected to participate in and generate community engagement activities.

During the implementation phase, the artist will be responsible for producing the artwork and carrying out the community engagement plan with support from Ciudad and regular check-ins with the project team.

At this time, Ciudad expects that the artist’s creative project aligns with one or more of our project improvement areas and could be permanent, temporary, or ephemeral in nature.

The Middle Rio Grande River watershed is one of the most diverse watersheds in New Mexico. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds – representative of our rich diversity – to apply.

Do you want to apply?

Ciudad SWCD has issued their formal solicitation, Request for Qualifications (RFQ), so that interested individuals or teams of artist can apply!  Please click here to view the RFQ.

If you have any questions, please contact sabrina@ciudadswcd.org