Spring Residency

Performance

Our Performance Residency is offered every Spring. This 8-week residency, the third and final part of our three part sequence, is offered to alumni from our Advanced Artist Residency. Continuing residents will take their ‘Rough Drafts’ and create a work of new art ready to meet an audience. The session culminates in a series of new works that will be presented at our annual Mini Festival of New Art.  

Led by Artistic Director, Katherine Murphy Lewis each resident will work through the process of taking their ‘Rough Draft’ in to a ‘working draft’ that is ready to meet an audience. These public showings offer crucial audience feedback and responses that bring these emerging works to life and help inform the last stages of completing a new work.     

Over the years our distinctive community events and ‘workshop performances’ not only support our incredible artists in residence, but also inspire a night of gathering, celebration and a unique encounter with stories that are unflinching, bold, heartbreaking, surprising and full hard and hilarious truths; bringing forth new artistic visions and expanding our ideas about what is possible when we make risky new works of art.  

Please see below for program details.

WHAT:

For this 8-week Residency, Katherine brings her expertise and experience in mounting and producing new works. Using her background as a creator, director and producer, each resident will receive the support needed to bring a new work to life for the very first time.

(NOTE: This program will be offered entirely in person, health and safety permitting) 

WHEN:

April 7th -June 4th (Workshops/Rehearsals)

June 7th-9th and 14th-16th (Festival)

Sessions will be held Tuesdays 11am to 2pm OR Sundays 2-5pm. 

Residents will be divided into artist cohorts based on availability and theme.

WHERE:

Rehearsals & Festival @ New Expressive Works and Non-Traditional Performance Spaces

WHO

This is an interdisciplinary artist residency for artists from any medium. We currently are focused on women (including trans women and non binary of course!) and femme-identified people.

REGISTRATION & COST:

REGISTRATION OPENS FEB 15TH, 2023

COST $1000.00

Early Bird (4 slots Available May 1st-May 31st, 2023)

Note: We offer subsidy and scholarship options. We at From the Ground UP are committed to ensuring that all our programs remain accessible to all those interested. If you are in need of financial assistance please email Katherine. at katherineftgu@gmail.com.

Please note that our assistance programs prioritize BIPOC communities.