AICAD and NOAA partner up for Art+Science Fellowship
The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have partnered to offer a new, grant-funded fellowship for graduates of AICAD member institutions.
The AICAD/NOAA Fisheries Art + Science Fellowship aims to provide a hands-on opportunity for a recent graduate to apply their art & design education in addressing and communicating ecological and social concerns, and bridge communities around challenging resource issues. The selected Fellow will receive a $10,000 fixed award payment and receive additional monetary supports for travel, board during the residency, and materials and documentation. The successful candidate will complete a 6-week residency embedded with NOAA staff during June-July 2020 in the Pacific Northwest, followed by a six-month period from August 2020 to February 2021 in their home location to research, produce, and distribute creative work in response to the scientific and policy issues the artist/designer will be exposed to.
Potential outcomes will include public talks at various locations including: galleries and museums; educational settings including schools and colleges; and science/policy and art/design conferences. Work produced by the artist fellow in response to the described dilemma may be shown to the public in gallery settings or alternative artistic venues and NOAA Fisheries offices and headquarters. Documentation of the work and process as well as final finished work will be distributed through digital and print media and reach a variety of audiences including the national art & design and scientific communities, and the public at large.
In the words of NOAA Fisheries administrator: “The Art + Science fellowship benefits NOAA Fisheries and our mission not only through the beautiful and moving artistic pieces that are generated and which we can use to communicate the value of the work we do for years to come, but it helps our staff see their work in new and different ways, and helps us to connect more deeply with the communities we serve with our natural resource work.” – Ruth Howell, Branch Chief for Communications and External Affairs, NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region
More information, and the application, can be found here: https://www.aicad.org/noaa-fellowship/
About NOAA Fisheries
NOAA Fisheries is the federal agency responsible for stewardship of the nation’s ocean resources and their habitat. On the West Coast, NOAA Fisheries focuses on recovering endangered salmon and steelhead species, protecting marine mammals, and managing ocean fisheries. Through our activities in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California, we work with numerous agencies, organizations and citizens to promote science-based activities that sustain our marine resources.
The AICAD/NOAA Fisheries Art+Science Fellowship builds on the five-year relationship with the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) from 2013-2019 and aims to continue the successful production of artistic work through art and science collaboration at the national level.
About the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD):
AICAD – the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design – is a non-profit
consortium of 39 leading art schools in the US and Canada. It was founded in 1991 by a group of 25 presidents who felt a need for the similarly structured art schools to come together so as to mutually develop their schools and programs. The mission is to help strengthen the member colleges individually and collectively, and to inform the public about these colleges and the value of studying art and design. AICAD colleges educate more than 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students each year, plus many thousands more in summer and continuing education programs. Students are drawn from all 50 US states and more than 60 foreign countries.