AHLSS Visiting Artists Series

 

The Visiting Artists Series at Stony Brook consists of two awards to bring practicing artists to campus in the 2024-25 academic year. The Visiting Artist Series is intended to enrich not only students and faculty working in the arts directly, but the whole campus community. Applications that encourage the participation of the broader Stony Brook community are especially encouraged.

These visiting residencies will be for a minimum of 3-5 days and involve a single artist or a group of artists, working with students and faculty. The residencies will include such activities as: a) workshops, master classes, or other such group activities designed for students, and b) one or more events focused on the artist’s work designed for university and community audiences.

Two types of Visiting Artist grants are available: one for early career artists (up to $15,000) and a second for established artists (up to $20,000) per academic year. 

Proposal Procedures

The entire proposal must be submitted by 5 pm, June 14, 2024 to: provost@stonybrook.edu.

The chair/director of the department/program should compile all documents (rationale, schedule of activities, budget, participating faculty, and endorsement letter) and send them to the email above by the deadline.

Proposals should include the following:

1. Rationale:This should indicate the artist or group and give a clear indication of the nature of the person’s/group’s artistic work and their standing in national and international circles. Please also indicate how the proposed artists will enhance the profile of the arts at Stony Brook.
2. Schedule of activities:indicate how and when the artists will interact with students (graduate and undergraduate) and faculty and the kinds of public events that are planned. Be as specific as possible about the events and their timing.
3. Budget: please indicate how the funds will be spent, including what will be used for transportation and lodging, honoraria, materials, and any hospitality events planned (receptions, dinners, etc.). If the residency will cost more than the upper limit, identify from where the funds will be derived.
4. Lead faculty: While one faculty member will serve as the lead author of the proposal, please indicate other faculty who will participate and include how each will be contributing to making the residency successful.
5. Endorsement of the chair/director: the chair of the department or program presenting the proposal must submit an endorsement of the project that indicates the following: how the proposal enhances the mission of the department/program and comments on the feasibility of the proposed events within existing departmental/programmatic restraints.

Selection Committee

The co-chairs of the selection committee are Michael Rubenstein (The Humanities Institute at Stony Brook) and Manisha Desai (The Center for Changing Systems of Power).

The Selection Committee is:

• • Manisha Desai, Center for Changing Systems of Power (co-chair)
  • Stephanie Dinkins, Art
  • Alan Inkles, Staller Center for the Arts
  • Fernando Loffredo, Hispanic Languages and Literatures
  • Ryan Minor, Music
  • Michael Rubenstein, Humanities Institute (co-chair)
  • Michelle Whittaker, Writing and Rhetoric

Rotation of the Grant

Once a department/program receives a grant, it will not be eligible for another grant for two years, unless there are no proposals from the other departments. The selection committee will be charged with assuring that the grants are equally distributed amongst the departments/programs, provided a viable proposal is submitted.

If you have any further questions, please contact Michael Rubenstein, Director of the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook, at michael.rubenstein@stonybrook.edu.