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RABBIT ISLAND

Rabbit Island is 90 acres of forest and sandstone rising out of Lake Superior, four miles east of Mich

Keweenaw Peninsula. It is a unique environment home to a variety of ora and fauna including large whitered maples, bald eagles, nesting birds, salamanders, and more. Native lake trout and salmon swim in the surrounding the island. The weather is palpable and can vary day to day, creating beautiful vistas and humexperiences. A conservation easement insures that the islands ecosystem will remain protected forever.

THE RABBIT ISLAND RESIDENCY

Founded by Robert Gorski and Andrew Ranville in 2010, the Rabbit Island Residency is a platform to invesexpand, and challenge creative practices in a remote environment. By living and working on Rabbit Island resengage directly with the landscape and respond to notions of conservation, ecology, sustainability, and res

With a frontier spirit informed by the idea that wilderness iscivilization, the residency reects on the inprovided by the hundreds of years of settlement and division of land. The island itself an unsettled and undspace enables residents to pursue research and develop work related to these ideas, creating interpreand even solutions.

No more than 3 supported residencies are awarded per summer period (June-September). Selected appwill receive funding to cover travel expenses and a materials stipend. Residents will also be awarded an exhat the DeVos Art Museum in Marquette, Michigan, 2.5 hours from the island. A catalogue will be produconjunction with the exhibition.


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WHO CAN APPLY

The Rabbit Island Residency is open to individual applicants worldwide. Small collaborative groups (2-3 p

may also apply. The minimum age requirement is 21. The residency is open to visual artists of all disci

as well as writers, poets, architects, designers (graphic or industrial), musicians, lmmakers, composer

choreographers.

While we are supportive of scientic research on the island and encourage collaborative art and science prop

the majority of our funding comes from arts funding agencies. We are therefore unable to provide fund

scientic members of a collaborative proposal. Those applicants should secure separate funding in add

the resources available from the Rabbit Island Residency.

Due to the nature and location of the island the residency is not handicap accessible and unable to accomm

applicants with mobility issues.

WHEN TO APPLY

Applications are accepted year-round, however the selection committee meets once per year, usually

August.The application deadline for summer 2015 residencies is August 22nd, 2014.

Rabbit Island Main Camp (Adirondack Shelter)


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Rabbit Island coastlineStorm rolling in from the southwest

RESIDENCY AWARD & SUPPORT

The level of funding varies from year to year, our

goal is to provide each resident with a generousunrestricted honoraria.

Exhibition at the DeVos Art Museum. Part of

Northern Michigan University, the museum is the

premier contemporary art space in Michigans

Upper Peninsula. See www.nmu.edu/devos

documentation and inforamtion about previous

Rabbit Island exhibitions.

Specially designed exhibition catalogue featuring

your work, published by the museum. A residency founder or sta member will provide an

orientation to living and working on the island.

The island is stocked with tools, equipment and

a growing library. All resources are made freely

available to residents.

Connections to the Keweenaw Peninsula

community including several local institutions and

resources where works may be produced (ceramics

facilities, book printers, metal shop, wood shop,

and other fabricators).

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS

Residents are expected to be highly-mot

independent, and capable of managing theschedule in a remote environment.

It is required to live and work on island for a mi

of 10 days. Transportation to and from the is

largely inuenced by weather on Lake Supe

is not uncommon to be stranded on the ma

or island for several days due to rough we

Taking this into account, a minimum of two

availability is required.

Duration of residency is dependent on the prbut will generally not exceed 28 days.

Practice of Leave No Traceoutdoor ethics w

residence.

Availability to take part in an artist talk event o

discussion at the DeVos Art Museum.

Familiarity with the Rabbit Island project by

research of the website: www.rabbitisland.o

It is strongly advised that residents are capthe outdoors and have experience with cam

wilderness travel, boat handling, and rst aid

Please contact us in advance if you have any questions concerning the awards, support, or requireme

sending an e-mail to [email protected].
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HOW TO APPLY

1. Create an online portfolio of your work specically related to your Rabbit Island Residency applicatio

recommend using Tumblr, Cargo Collective, or a similar web application that can be shared as a link).

sure to include your CV in either PDF or HTML format.

2. Visit www.rabbitisland.org/artand pay the $20 application fee.

3. Visit www.rabbitisland.org/apply and complete the application form, making sure to include the

transaction ID.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

No more than 8 works should be featured per artist.

Include the title of each work, year, and short contextual captions if necessary.

Time-based work samples such as audio or video should be 3 minutes in length or shorter.

Writers or poets should submit 5 pages or fewer of writing samples.

We recommend a simple and easy-to-navigate layout to showcase your work.

Sauna structure (due to be completed in 2015)
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A common evening view from Main Camp

2015 SELECTION COMMITTEE

Dr. Robert Gorski, Owner and Residency Co-FounderMelissa Matuscak, Director of the DeVos Art Museum

Andrew Ranville, Lead Artist and Residency Co-Founder

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS

The photographs in this document show the island environment as well as some of the basic infrastructure

more images can be found at www.rabbitisland.org/photographs.
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Main camp kitchen in progress, 2011

Research/studio tree platform Thunderhead over Rabbit Island

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