Squeaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency program aims to support the residents’ careers and continue the relationships after the residency has concluded.
Donor Name: Squeaky Wheel
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline: 10/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Squeaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency supports artists and researchers working on media arts projects.
The short-term residency is open to applicants from Buffalo and across the United States who are seeking resources, time, and support for ongoing projects or the creation of new work.
Residents have tailored access to facilities, equipment, technical consultation, from Squeaky Wheel, as well as the partners Buffalo Game Space, The Foundry, Mirabo Press, and Silo City. Residents present on their work together in a public event, present a workshop for the Squeaky Wheel community, and participate in tailored activities, such as field trips, critiques, among others.
Funding Information
$1000 stipend, up to $300 in artist fees, accommodations, up to $400 in travel support for non-local residents, up to $1000 optional financial assistance for childcare and/or disability support.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must have a U.S. Social Security Number (SSC) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) in order to receive payment; all payments are made via check. Applicants who are full-time students at the time of the residency are not eligible to apply. Exceptions are made for students in graduate programs who are near the end of their thesis.
- Only one application per applicant.
- Local residents who have received a residency or solo exhibition at Squeaky Wheel must wait a period of two years before applying again to the residency. Non-local applicants must wait a period of five years.
- Squeaky Wheel staff and board members may not apply. Squeaky Wheel contract employees (teaching artists, etc) may apply.
Who is the residency for?
Residents have worked on non-fiction and documentary films, video games, curatorial research, critical essays, experimental film, media art installations, performances, sound work, and much more. The residency attracts practitioners who make challenging and critical inquiries to media art: its possibilities, histories, and the communities it can hold and form. If you are unsure if this is you, they invite you to define how your projects is part of media arts.
You can apply under three tracks:
- Artist Residency: The residency program lends itself to the creation of a wide variety of work including film, video, virtual reality, game development, textile, metal, woodwork, 3D printing, sonic arts, installation, performance, ecological arts, and more, with access to a wide range of equipment, tools, and technologies. Participants can mix and match these benefits according to their needs. Work can be at any stage of production, and doesn’t need to be completed during the residency program.
- Researcher Residency: Artists, scholars, curators, archivists, writers, and theorists are invited to propose new or in-progress research in the area of emergent media arts practices towards the publication of critical texts, scholarly research, or production of curatorial projects.
- Silo City Residency (summer only): People who love cavernous grain silos and ecological arts!: artists are invited to submit proposals to create and present a public performance at Silo City’s Marine A, which utilizes its unique sonic, visual qualities, and/or industrial history and legacy. The Silo City Resident will have access to the properties on Silo City for a performance that utilizes media, sound, and/or emergent technologies. Equipment from Squeaky Wheel will be available to the resident pending availability. Please note: The Silo City Resident is responsible for their own transportation to and from Silo City for site visits; Squeaky Wheel highly recommends the resident have access to a car.
For more information, visit Squeaky Wheel.
