Before applying, ICR encourages applicants to assess whether they are a good match for the program by considering the following guidelines closely; in addition, review the information in the “What to Expect on West Ironbound Island” section. If you have further questions, feel free to contact Janet Peace, Chair of the ICR Steering Committee, at 902-766-4193. ICR is currently developing a web presence; in the interim, limited images of the island may be viewed at https://www.kccns.org/west-ironbound-island.
All individuals desiring a residency must submit this application. This includes each of the individual members working on a collaborative project.
Please send items 1 to 5 below via email to ApplyIronbound@gmail.com.
Items 1 to 3 should be included in a single word or pdf document. Items 4 & 5 should be included as attachments (each one no larger than 2MB). Include your name in the title of each of your documents/attachments, as follows:
Lastname-Firstname-ICRapplication.pdfLastname-Firstname-resume.pdfLastname-Firstname-xxx.yyy (“xxx” being name of work sample and “yyy” being format’s suffix)
(Reminder: the deadline for receipt of applications is 11:59pm, May 1, 2022).
All applications should include:
1. Single cover sheet, including, in this order:
a. your name
b. your area of creative work/social innovation
c. your address and cell phone/home phone/email contact info
d. web site or other web presence related to your work (if you have this)
e. emergency contact name and contact information
f. names of other person(s) applying who you wish to be in residence with, if you are collaborating, and if so, one sentence about how you are collaborating
g. your availability – ICR currently offers 6 week-long residencies, beginning July 16, 30, Aug 13, 27, Sept. 10, 24. Please indicate which weeks work for you.
2. One-page “proposal” (overview of the work you intend to do on the island) no longer than 500 words. Describe the work you imagine doing during the residency week, why completing it is important to your overarching work, and how being on the island connects to your work. (Be realistic about what you envision; one portion or aspect of a project is sufficient.)
3. One-paragraph summary (max of 250 words) of how you are suited to life on a remote island for a week.
4. Current resume or CV.
5. Samples of your work—preferably work completed within the past five years. Either attachments to your email or links to online material are acceptable. Please provide materials in up to three (one is enough) of the following categories (if attachments, each item no larger than 2MB). Include samples that best demonstrate the nature and quality of your work. If any of your submitted pieces exceed the allowable length, please tell us which portion you’d like us to focus on.
- images (up to ten)
- poems (up to ten)
- one prose piece (fiction or nonfiction), up to ten pages
- pdf of a report/study, up to ten pages
- video, up to ten minutes
- audio, up to ten minutes
- any other relevant item, keeping in mind the length guidelines
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