Artist-in-Residence || Pajama Factory

2011 June Artists gather before
a Pot Luck in the courtyard.

2011 Show poster

Public Art Academy @ the Pajama Factory

Artist-in-Residence Program @ the Pajama Factory

The Public Art Academy has posted application information for the 2012 Artist in Residence program on their website. The deadline to apply is April 7, 2012. The program is open to applicants from the United States and around the world representing the full rage of aesthetic perspectives and cultural backgrounds.

About the PAA Artist-in-Residence Program

The Public Art Academy Artist In Residency Program, an international creative community for artists and writers exists to support intensive studio work. PAA AIR provides a creative atmosphere for one to two month summer residencies, including:

Space and Time
Studio Space
Living Space
the companionship of professional peers
A dedicated staff, all of whom are artists

PAA AIR is committed to preserve and evolve its program in keeping with north central Pennsylvania traditions of modest comfort, spaciousness, nature and a more relaxed way of life. PAA AIR is a non-competitive community of working artists, and staff, who honor their relationship and responsibility to the Program as well as to the community of Williamsport and beyond. PAA AIR operates on a sustainable business model that carefully stewards its resources and expands financial support in order to:

Adhere to the founding principles of the PAA
Offer more financial support for residencies
Maintain and improve the Center’s building and Housing
Increase compensation for its dedicated, talented staff as appropriate.

PAA AIR will continue to build on its reputation for excellence, responding to a changing world while always holding to its core philosophy to encourage and support the creative development of the artists.

The Williamsport Sun-Gazette ran a series of articles over the summer interviewing the 2011 Artists-in-Residence. You can read them all below:

June 12, 2011: “Artists settle in at Pajama Factory for residency program“
June 12, 2011: Interviews with: Samantha Hookway, Sarah Knouse, Sophia Narrett
June 19, 2011: Interviews with: Cari Freno, Alex Callender and Jessie Horning
June 26, 2011: Interviews with: Daniel Dallmann, Ford Bostwick and Antonio Aresco
July 17, 2011: Interviews with: Tom Wagner, Ellen Mueller and Penny Young
July 24, 2011: Interviews with: Ellen Sayers, Irene Chan and Donelle Cook
July 31, 2011: Interview with: Melissa Liegner