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2011 RESIDENCY SESSIONS AND DATES
In June 2011, Norton Island will commence its twelfth annual program, featuring two residencies of two weeks long, accommodated by the short but stunning summers of northern Maine. There will also be a third residency for alumni and invited guests.
2011 DATES
Session One: Artists & Writers Residency: June 27 - July 4
Session Two: Artists & Writers Residency: July 8 - July 18
Session Three: Alumni & Guests Residency: July 22 - August 1 (extendable)
To apply, download and print the application. A jury will select 16 writers of fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction, and 6 visual artists.
There is a $25 tax-deductible application fee. When accepted into the residency, the program is free for all grantees, including room, board, and tuition. Travel costs to to Bangor airport or by auto to Jonesport are the responsibility of accepted residents.
Committees of independent jurors, instructed to choose on the basis of talent alone, review all applications. Competition is stiff for this extremely successful program with a limited number of spaces. However, note that, because committees review on talent alone, lesser known artists are often accepted and accommodated
“I just wanted to thank you again for the chance to spend time on Norton Island. Usually when I come home from a residency, the magic dissipates right away, but this time I am still getting up at 6:00 am and drawing all morning. I’m still back there on the rocks in the fog, still wandering through the embracing trees, still scaring up bald eagles and feeling like I’m really alive. As I hope you could tell from the drawings I made there, the intensity of the whole place, the savage parts of the island, the other artists’ company and work, the expanding time, and the psychological effects of being physically sequestered and bound by water, all made for an immersion in my own work that I loved.”
Katherine Meyer, artist
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