Hidden Histories: Call for Artist(s)-in-Residence with the Reckonings Project and Community Partners at Northeastern University Boston
The Reckonings Project invites applications for artist(s)-in-residence to engage with hidden histories of Boston and/or the New England region. We are looking for an artist or a team of artists who see art as an entry point for discovery, engagement, and communal experiences. The artist or team of artists will co-design interactions with Reckonings and community partners and archives–and as feasible with local community arts organizations or libraries.
The resulting creative work can be permanent, temporary, or ephemeral and should take place/be displayed in the City of Boston or surrounding communities. Northeastern University students, as well as students from Boston area high schools and colleges, and the public, should have the opportunity to engage with the work, either during the process of creation or with the final product or both. Artist(s) in Residence will offer 2 two-hour workshops open to students and community members related to their artistic process. One workshop will be on the Northeastern campus in Boston. Reckonings partners at Northeastern for this program include the Center for the Arts, the Center for Design, the Humanities Center, Northeastern Archives and Special Collections, and the Office of City and Community Engagement.
Please visit the Reckonings website, including the newsletters, to learn more about our collaborations on history-making and archiving with community partners, including Asian American Resource Workshop, Freedom House and the Goldenaires of Roxbury, Jazz Square, and Black Artists of Boston. In addition, you may find inspiration in the following collections held at Northeastern Archives and Special Collections, some of them also partially digitized on Digital Commonwealth, including Freedom House Records, Elma Lewis Papers, Asian American Resource Workshop, The Harriet Tubman House Memory Project, Lower Roxbury History Project, and the Neighborhood Public Art in Boston Project to name a few, as well as the Early Black Boston Almanac, Black History in Action (Cambridge), or records related to the New England region in the Digital Transgender Archive.
Artists will receive a stipend of $10,000 for individuals, $12,000 for a team. Artists have the option to submit a budget of up to $5,000 for the cost of materials and transportation associated with the project. Northeastern is not able to provide studio space or assistance with visas for this project. For successful applicants, the Reckonings Project will provide support for finding exhibit space, marketing, and meetings with community members in the co-creation process. This residency is supported by the Mellon Foundation, Northeastern University, and private philanthropy.
Applications have now closed.
Successful applicants will receive notification by late April 2025.