The Watershed Resident Artist Program
The Water Shed is launching a new annual Resident Artist Program, based at our storefront location in Germantown. Opened in November 2024 in partnership with the Philadelphia Water Department, Mural Arts Philadelphia and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, The Water Shed, an environmental resilience hub at 5300 Wayne Avenue, provides flooding resources, paid science research initiatives, and ongoing workshops and events to help community members understand, prepare for, and recover from ongoing flood events in Germantown.
Read more about the project : https://water.phila.gov/drops/waterway-arts-initiative-germantown/
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Each resident will span three months and will include time for independent research, open access & public hours at The Water Shed, and community-facing programs. Artists may apply individually or as part of a collaborative team.
During their residency, artists will be expected to:
- Participate in self-directed research
- Host two to three community-facing programs
- Deliver a culminating presentation
- Contribute a lasting element to the Water Shed for presentation for no less than a month following the Residency
Residents will also attend a Flooding 101 onboarding session, participate in bi-weekly check-ins with organizers, and join at least one meeting with Water Shed collaborators.
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