Craft Studios

Application Requirements Please submit the following materials by email: 1.)  12 digital images, suggested size is 600px on the longest side. Identify each image, including title, dimensions, medium and date created 2.)  Résumé 3.)  An Artist's Statement 4.)  Two letters of recommendation. Please use the form you can download here. 5.)  A word document outlining your career goals.  Include a description of how you plan to grow your craft business while utilizing the opportunity that EnergyXchange is offering.  What would you like to accomplish in your three years at EnergyXchange? 6.) Burnsville is in a rural region of western North Carolina. Asheville, the nearest large city is over an hour from campus. Please provide a word document briefly detailing how you plan on supporting yourself during the residency. 7.) Please indicate the date of the residency opening you are applying for. 8.)  $25 processing fee through PayPal or by check to EnergyXchange (Please make check out to EnergyXchange and mail to 66 EnergyXchange Drive, Burnsville, NC 28714) 9.)  Please email all application materials and questions to the On-Site Manager,Brandon Pitman, e-mail   Help Us Support EnergyXchange

How to Apply to the Craft Studios Business Incubator

EnergyXchange will soon be accepting applications for 4 residencies opening in 2013...


...next Clay Residency, with 3 openings, starting October 1st.


Applications for the next Glass Residency are due June 15th, 2013, with the residency beginning September 1st.

 

Craft residencies at EnergyXchange are intended to enable artists who have completed their schooling and training to move into a shared, equipped professional studio space at low cost. Applicants should intend to earn their living through the sale of their work and/or outside employment if needed. EnergyXchange provides a common gallery space, individual office space, high-speed Internet, fax and copier, and approximately 5000 visitors to the site each year.

EnergyXchange provides business classes in collaboration with one or more of our partners. Other benefits include close proximity to Penland School of Crafts and Asheville NC, as well as a large and vital community of craft artists. Housing is not provided by EnergyXchange.

The residency period is renewable yearly for a maximum of three years.

The clay studio accommodates four potters and provides two electric kilns and a high-fire, methane fueled reduction kiln as well as standard studio equipment. Usage of the methane kiln is available at no cost to resident artists.  Also, we have a wood fired kiln where artists gather their own wood, mostly from the adjacent transfer station. Potters are expected to have their own wheel. The monthly rental fee per potter is $230. Cost of electric utilities within each studio is shared within each respective studio. Residents do not live on campus.

Contact:
Brandon Pitman(click to e-mail)
66 EnergyXchange Drive,
Burnsville, NC 28714
828.467.5687