Artist in Residence — GEORGETOWN STEAM PLANT

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

Thank you for your interest in our Artist-in-Residence program at the Georgetown Steam Plant!

The Georgetown Steam Plant CDA’s mission is to empower Seattle using history, sciences, arts, and culture, as catalysts for equity, preservation, education, and community-centered activation.

Our residency program is grounded in SHTEAM (Science, History, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math), provided as a platform for diverse creative voices. Are you a painter, photographer, writer, researcher, historian, technologist, dancer, filmmaker, fabricator, engineer, mathematician, musician, and/or other? We want to hear from you.

Our Artist-in-Residence program offers residencies of up to four weeks and is open to both individual artists and artistic groups to apply. Our goal is to provide as many opportunities as possible to open up the Steam Plant as a creative space for artistic experiences.

Ready to bring your creative vision to life?

We invite you to apply for residency within the iconic Industrial Cathedral. Share your project ideas with our curation committee by completing the form below.

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What do you want to do in the Steam Plant?

Expand and Explain:

1. Mission & Vision Alignment

What inspires you about the Steam Plant?

How has that inspiration taken shape in your proposal?

How does your proposed project align with the mission of the Georgetown Steam Plant as a site of creative experimentation, community engagement, and historical resonance?"

How do you envision the historical and architectural aspects of the Steam Plant influencing your work?

2. Community & Audience Impact

The Georgetown Steam Plant is a community asset and resource. How do you envision engaging with the local community during your residency?

Who is your intended audience, and how do you plan to engage them?

What kind of impact do you hope your proposal will have on the local community (especially the Duwamish Valley), visitors, or audiences?

What are your goals for your proposal? What tangible outcomes do you hope to achieve?

3. Artist Use of Space

How do you plan to use the residency space? What makes this space meaningful or useful to your process?

In what ways would this residency support your growth or artistic direction at this time?

Tell us about your creative background and the primary themes you explore in your work.

What materials, processes, or technologies will you be exploring and how might the Steam Plant's environment support or challenge these?

4. Logistical & Feasibility Considerations

What are your basic needs for installation, presentation, or production? Please share any equipment, time, or access needs we should know about.

As a retired industrial facility, the Georgetown Steam Plant presents an unconventional working environment with characteristics such as draftiness, dust, and variable climate conditions. Do you foresee any limitations or challenges this might pose for your artistic practice?

What are your expectations for the residency program in terms of support, resources, and interaction?

What are your outreach strategies and goals?

How do you plan to reach and engage diverse audiences?

5. Engagement & Innovation

In the past, artists have offered classes, workshops, or open houses that invites guests into an engaging experience at the Steam Plant. How does your work invite participation, conversation, or curiosity to the space?

Are there ways your project might offer a new experience or perspective for the public?

6. Equity-Oriented Question

Are there aspects of your background, identity, or experience that you feel uniquely position you (and others) to benefit from or contribute to this residency?

Work Samples & Support Materials

Are there any materials you'd like to share with us to help understand your past, current, or future work? This can be a portfolio, website, instagram, etc.

Are there any written or visual materials that could help us understand the proposed vision?

How did you hear about our Artist is Residency program?

What zip code do you live in?

Do you have any questions for us?

Artists featured include:

Velocity Dance Center Presents: FKK by Lavinia Vago, Local Color by Laura C. Wright, Cafe Nordo: Ghosts of Nebula, Sophia Wheelwright in collaboration with Don Smith, metal fabrication and install: Dylan Andersen, Equinox Studios, Ela Lamblin Interspecies Communication