Bernheim selected one couple and two individuals for Artist in Residence 2012.
David Sharpe and Anne Abrons worked at Bernheim from early May to early July utilizing the arboretum and forest for inspiration. Sharpe has mastered his way of looking at the real world, painting it in a new and personal way. While at Bernheim he has been producing oil paintings, watercolors and drawings based on his observation of the arboretum and forest. Rendered in oil on canvas, pencil and watercolor on paper, and mixed-media (pencil, oil and collage) on board, the work is observed directly from nature in to sketchbooks. These are then taken back in to studio and used as source material for larger works.
Anne Abrons has been creating still life monoprints, watercolors and oil paintings during her residency at Bernheim. She works side by side with her husband David at the Lakeside Studio, located on the western bank of Lake Nevin.
Wisconsin native Nicholas Dowgwillo just completed his MFA at the University of Arizona in printmaking. His woodcuts challenge the traditional notions often associated with the process. While at Bernheim he is creating a series of pieces reflective of the influences of this natural environment. Nick is an Artist in Residence from mid July through mid August.
Stephen Ausherman, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, arrived mid-August in time to prepare for participating in CONNECT, August 25th, 2012, by creating video projections. He has also worked with the Santa Fe Opera in creating and presenting works with at risk youth and we will make an effort for him to interact with teenagers or art students while he is here.
Learn more about David Sharpe: http://www.hammergallery.com/artists/sharpe/sharpe_david.htm
Learn more about Nicholas Dowgwillo: http://nicholasdowgwillo.moonfruit.com/
Learn more about Stephen Ausherman: http://www.restlesstribes.com/art.html
Updates will be posted on Bernheim’s Facebook page for each of these artists.
The Artist in Residence Program Background Information
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest is a private, non-profit educational and recreational nature preserve located 20 minutes from the Louisville airport in Kentucky. Bernheim, founded in 1929 by philanthropist Isaac Wolfe Bernheim, opened to the public in 1950. More than 200,000 annual visitors connect with nature by enjoying over 32 miles of hiking trails, a Canopy Tree Walk, a Children’s Play Garden, year-round educational programs and events. Bernheim, steward to 14,500 acres of natural lands, includes a nationally-recognized, 600-acre arboretum designed by the landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted. The arboretum contains over 8,000 plant species including the renowned Hubbuch Holly Collection. Bernheim has won numerous awards on sustainability initiatives including LEED® Platinum for the Visitor Center, which was the first Platinum award in Kentucky and surrounding five-state region. Bernheim continues to be guided by founder I.W. Bernheim’s plans, which included art.
The Artist in Residence Program is available to all visual artists in any medium. Applicants may be emerging or established artists on a regional, national or international level. Bernheim will provide living quarters and studio space for the recipient in exchange for an exhibition, site-specific sculpture or project and the donation of at least one work of art to the Bernheim Art Collection. The residency must include some form of public engagement. Artists are encouraged to submit proposals that include suggested forms of public engagement that reinforce Bernheim’s mission of “connecting people with nature” and extending that mission within the communities beyond Bernheim.
Artists are encouraged to use this residency to further investigate, experiment, and explore avenues in their work. Bernheim is most interested in work that furthers our understanding of the relationship between contemporary art and the natural world.
Applications are accepted annually from November 1st through January 30th of each year. All applicants will receive notification by email in late March.
A panel of professional jurors will select the award recipient based on the quality of the work or proposed project submitted. Support materials such as catalogs, reviews, etc. will be considered, but only as a secondary resource. The goal in all of Bernheim’s activities is to help realize its mission of strengthening the bond between people and nature. Bernheim Artist in Residence is awarded on an annual basis to a talented artist who will work within the forest and/or arboretum to create works that are inspired by and potentially installed in the natural world. The Residence provides the artist an opportunity to advance their career while enhancing awareness of Bernheim’s goals and mission regionally, nationally and internationally.
The recipient is required to live and work at Bernheim for a minimum of two months and up to four months. Bernheim will provide comfortable housing in a beautiful wooded setting, plus a honorarium of $2,500.00. Project materials may be provided or funded depending on the proposed project. Travel and other expenses are not included. The recipient will donate one or more pieces produced during the residency to Bernheim for its permanent use. These works will become part of the Bernheim Art Collection. Recipients will also be asked to interact with the public in some way, which may include but is not limited to participating in interactive works, the development of or the making of the work, workshops and/or lectures, or participating in CONNECT, or other Bernheim programs. Bernheim and the recipient will reach an agreement together regarding the work to be donated and the proposed public interaction.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
All visual artists (including sculptors, installation artists, multi-media artists, environmental artists, etc.) are encouraged to apply. Sound and performance artists will be considered – please contact Bernheim. All applications must include: resume, 10 labeled images on a CD, DVD or video with corresponding item list, project proposal, artist statement, proposed public interaction, self addressed stamped envelope with proper postage for return of materials if desired (otherwise materials will be recycled).
Please note, Bernheim does not accept electronic submissions at this time.
No original works, or email submissions with attached works will be accepted. We will not be responsible for safety of your digital files during shipping, and due to the large volume of submissions, will not be able to return your digital submissions. We recommend submitting all materials by certified mail, Federal Express, or UPS Next Day Air, all of which will provide a return receipt.
For further information about the Artist in Residence program please contact Martha Winans Slaughter at mslaughter@bernheim.org.
Address all submissions to:
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
BERNHEIM ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM
2499 Clermont Road, Clermont Kentucky 40110
All entrants will receive notification late March.
Past Artist in Residence
2011 – Heike Endemann, Germany - sculpture
2011 – Todd Smith, USA - performance/sculpture
2010 – Julie Oldham, USA - sound/performance
2008-09 - Yvonne Mullock, England – mixed media
2008 - Artist-in-Residence Retrospective
2006 - Hirumo Saiki, Japan – "Soati" sculpture
2005 - Hideki Kanno, Japan -- sound installations
2004 - Carlotta Brunetti, Germany -- landscape installations
2003 - Pitiwat Somthai, Thailand -- environmental sculptor
2002 - Jerry Bleem, Chicago, IL -- sculptor
2001 - Barbara Cooper, Chicago, IL -- oils, sculptor
2000 - Tomasz Domanski, Wroclaw, Poland -- environmental artist
1999 - Ludwika Ogorzelec, Le Bianc-Mesnil, France -- environmental artist
1998 - Karl Ciesluk, Ottawa, Canada --environmental artist
1997 - Catherine Arnold, Chicago, IL -- oils
1996 - Laura Von Rosk, Bearsville, NY -- oils
1995 - Richard Lohmann, San Francisco, CA -- photography
1994 - Sandra DeSando, Brooklyn, NY -- graphite pencils
1993 - Madison Cawein, Louisville, KY -- oils/acrylics
1992 - Lynn Geesaman, Minneapolis, MN -- photography
1990-91 - Christopher Burkett, Veronia, OR -- photography
1989 - Ray Metzger, Philadelphia, PA -- photography
1988 - Dick Arentz, Flagstaff, AZ -- photography
1987 - Nancy Lloyd, Easton, PA -- photography
1986 - Barbara Bosworth, Boston, MA -- photography
1985 - Clinton Smith, Spokane, WA -- photography
1984 - Frank Hunter, Albany, OH -- photography
1983 - David Graham, Richboro, PA -- photography
1980-82 - Paul Fields, Louisville, KY -- stone sculpture
Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest
P. O. Box 130
Clermont, KY 40110-0130
502.955.8512
