Individual Artists

Arts in Education Artist Roster Application Guidelines
Deadline: April 3, 2009

Due to budget cuts, new applicants can not be accepted for FY2011.

Coordinator: Catherine O'Brian
Catherine.R.O'Brian@dcr.nh.gov
(603) 271-0795

The Council invites inquiries from practicing professional artists in all disciplines, who are experienced in their fields and can make a strong personal commitment to working in an educational setting with students, educators, administrators and parents. Interested artists should contact the Arts in Education (AIE) Coordinator for additional information and application package preparation instructions and for assistance in developing their application.

Who May Apply
Professional Artists who devote a major portion of their time to practicing, performing, and/or teaching an arts discipline and who receive payment for their work in that discipline who meet the following criteria are eligible to apply for AIE Roster membership:

• Is a legal and permanent resident of New Hampshire*
• Has documented teaching experience in educational settings, including public schools
• Provides an outline of plans for a school-site residency including arts concepts, sequence of activities, skills, and culminating event
• Is available to work in the schools at least five weeks during the school year if accepted on the roster
• Has an understanding of arts evaluation and assessment strategies
• Is knowledgeable about the NH Curriculum Frameworks for the Arts (available through the NH Department of Education). For more information on the NH State Curriculum Frameworks you may contact Marcia McCaffrey, Arts Consultant, Department of Accountability, NH State Department of Education, Londergan Hall, Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301, 603-271-3183, mmccaffrey@ed.state.nh.us

*If the Council concurs that a particular arts discipline or culture is not fully represented on the Artist Roster, non-resident artists who have demonstrated their commitment to performing/creating and teaching in New Hampshire may be accepted onto the Arts in Education Artist Roster.

Application/Review Process
The artist's work is first juried by an appropriate artistic discipline panel, which reviews samples of the artistic work only. At this level, the review process is anonymous. If the applicant passes the initial review for artistic excellence, he/she must give a 45-50 minute demonstration class with students and/or be interviewed by an education panel composed of experienced residency artists, site coordinators, art educators, and the Arts in Education Coordinator. The panel recommends artists for inclusion on the AIE Artist Residency Roster to the Council Board for approval.

Evaluation Criteria

• Artistic excellence (based on support materials and resume)
• Experience and/or ability to work in educational settings (based on application, demonstration class, interview, and letters of recommendation)
• Quality of residency and evaluation plan

How to Apply
Applicants are encouraged to contact the coordinator whose name appears above prior to applying to confirm eligibility and discuss their application.

1. Complete the Application Form: MSWord / PDF
Please be sure to check off the roster(s) for which you are applying and be sure to answer the appropriate questions.
2. Answer Narrative Questions: MSWord / PDF
3. Complete the Disclosure Form: MSWord / PDF
4. Download Recommendation Forms: MSWord / PDF

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5. Submit a current resume, that includes education, publications, exhibitions, plus related artistic and education information.
6. Prepare support materials and a self-created Support Material Identification Sheet. Support materials should demonstrate the quality of your recent work, no more than five years since completion. Do not submit original copies.

Important Information About Support Materials
Support materials showing examples of the artist's work are a very important part of the artist's application. Arts discipline panels rate your materials through an anonymous review of support materials. Applicant's name should not appear within any of the work samples. Example: For DVD/VHS, cue past title credits or edit out any reference to applicant’s name. For hard copy materials, block out applicant's name.

The quality of the work, as experienced in the materials submitted, is a primary factor in determining artistic ratings. Each artist should prepare materials according to the requirement specified for each discipline. All works should be recent (done within the last five years). Reproductions of all work samples should be of the highest quality possible.

See Preparation of Work Samples for instructions on preparing work samples/support materials.

7. Include a stamped, self-addressed envelope or other mailing parcel if you want your materials returned. Be sure to keep a copy for your own records.

How to Submit Your Application
1. Submit original and 4 copies of each of the following in this order:

• Completed application form
• Resume (2 pages)
• Narrative Questions
• Include Recommendation Forms in sealed envelopes from three individuals who are familiar with your work as a teaching artist
• Related articles (2-3) about your work and other promotional materials

2. Attach to the original signed copy:

• Up to three letters of recommendation
• Completed Disclosure Form
• Support materials of your work with self-created support material sheet
• Label this packet "ORIGINAL"

3. The 5 individual packets and support materials must be postmarked or hand delivered to the NH State Council on the Arts office at 2 ½ Beacon St, Suite 225, Concord, by 4:15 p.m. on the deadline date noted above. Office hours are Monday - Friday, 8:15 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. The office is closed all state and most federal holidays. Late applications will not be accepted. The Council cannot accept applications transmitted by facsimile (FAX) or email. It is not responsible for applications lost in transit.

Important Note: The Council cannot be responsible for duplicating, separating or collating application materials.

Application Deadline/AIE Roster Artist Calendar
This calendar is subject to change

• April 3, 2009 Deadline for AIE Artist Roster Applications.
• May - July 2009 Arts discipline panels meet and review work.
• Oct. - Nov. 2009 Teaching demos and/or interviews scheduled.
• Nov. - Dec. 2009 Notification is made to artist re roster membership status.
• March - June 2010 Selected AIE Artists serve apprenticeship period. Orientation Day for new AIE Roster Artists.
• June - August 2010 Attend New England Teaching Artists’ Institute at Lesley College.
• October 2010 Arts in Education Conference.
  Artists promote themselves and begin planning residencies with school site coordinators.

Last updated: August 5, 2009