ARTS WEEK INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS

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Our juried Arts Week artists will experience a residency stay arriving Monday March 11th and departing Monday March 18th. Generally 30-35 artists and art collectives are selected from the application process to participate. Help us spread the word, invite your community.

Timeline:

  • Applications open: October 22nd 2023, 12p PST
  • Applications close: December 1st 2023, 12a PST
  • Accepted artists notified: by December 22nd 2023
  • Artist contract due: December 29th
  • Accommodations assigned: Jan 8th 2024
  • Studios & project locations finalized: Jan 8th 2024
  • Artist promo material due: January 8th
  • Artists announced: Jan 15th 2024
  • March 11th – Artists arrive and begin their residency week. Monday – Thursday artists will create, interact and enjoy an arts residency by the beach.
  • March 15th – 17th – Arts Week opens to the public Friday evening and all day Saturday as a grand exhibition to share everyone’s art!

2024 Jurors

Pre-Arrival Site Visit:

It is an option to stay at The Sou’wester and see the project spaces in-person to better inform your vision and project. Site visits are a single, discounted weeknight stay. Additional nights at Artist Residency rates. Not all units available. Holiday blackout dates may apply. Book a site visit.

Fees

  • Arts Week fee is $200 +taxes. This includes one accommodation for the length of your stay.
    • Artist collectives requiring multiple accommodations will be charged $200 for each additional accommodation. 
  • Arts Week fee for approved financial aid applicants will be $165 (approximately ) +taxes for participants who applied for financial aid. (This amount is approximate as we have $500 that will be split among all who requested it.)
  • Arts Week fee for BIPOC participants who opted into the BIPOC grant will be $150 +taxes.
    • Participants who applied for both scholarships may receive both.
  • If bringing a dog there is a $20 one time cleaning fee.
  • Early arrival and late check-out available. $35 moving fee.

Residency week:

Artist check in at 4pm Mon, March 11th for four days of residency work using their accommodations as their studio space. Visit the list of all vintage travel trailers, cabins and lodge rooms for more details about each accommodation at The Sou’wester.

Mail:

Since this is a rural area most deliveries are 2-3 days slower. The Seaview, WA Post Office is open Sun-Fri 9a-3p (closed Saturdays).

  • Incoming mail:
    • USPS – We do not receive USPS mail at the lodge. All USPS mail goes to the Seaview Post Office. Address: “The Sou’wester+(your name), PO Box 102, Seaview, WA 98644”
    • UPS/FEDEX/AMAZON – Comes to the lodge front desk between 9a-9p. Address: “Your name, 3728 J Place, Seaview WA 98644.”
  • Outgoing mail:
    • USPS – Address: “The Sou’wester+(your name), PO Box 102, Seaview, WA 98644”
    • FEDEX/UPS – FEDEX shipping centers are located in Astoria, OR. UPS shipping available at Oman & Son Builders Supply in Long Beach (7:30a-5p M-F, 8a-5p Sat). Address: “The Sou’wester+(your name), 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644”

What to bring:

  • Studio Supplies: Please bring all you need for your residency week studio, final project set-up, and items needed to sell your work (if you choose to). We recommend you bring any needed extension cords, power strips and clamp lights for enhanced studio/project lighting. (Most of our outlets are 2-prong, so also bring 3-prong adaptor/s). We have limited fold-up tables, please bring your own if able/needed. There is a hardware store, “Dennis Company” in Long Beach, 2mi from The Sou’wester.
  • Packing: Please pack extra blankets for the couch/bed if you are bringing a pet. Remember, no dogs in the lodge. ​​We are in a temperate rainforest and recommend you pack for all weather conditions. Pack your rain gear, socks, layers, more than one pair of shoes and anything else that will help keep you comfortable in wind, rain and sunshine.

Final Project locations

Where your final work will be displayed/presented to the public. Please bring all items needed to display your work for studio tours (price tags, easels, promo material, etc.

  • Lodge rooms are reserved for artists hosting studio tours.
  • Cabins are reserved for artists who will be presenting/performing in the cabin carports.
  • Vintage trailers can also be your final presentation space. If you would like to present in or around a vintage trailer it must also be your accommodation. 
  • All project locations

Invite your community!

10% off for friends and family with promo code “ARTSWEEK” at:

Friday & Saturday (public portion):

At the end of the week each participant will show their work, a finished piece or work in process, to the public on Friday and Saturday and may chose to set up a display in their accommodations or install/perform in various locations around the grounds, woods, beach, Wave Preschool and Ilwaco Artworks. The public will pick up a program and map to each space to experience the open studio, performance or installation. Participants can check out between 12pm Sun, March 17th & 11am Mon, March 18th

Selling work:

  • During Arts Week: You are welcome to sell your work during Arts Week. It is not required but we are asking a 20% commission as a donation to Chinook Indian Nation and their efforts for federal recognition. Please submit commission donations here.
  • Sou’wester Consignment: If you’d like to be considered to become a consigner in The Sou’wester Lodge sun porch market please email Deborah at deborahsouwester@gmail.com before arrival. Commission is 30%.
  • Ilwaco Artworks Consignment: If you’d like to be considered to become a consigner in Ilwaco Artworks art gallery please contact Thandi before arrival at ilwacoartworks@gmail.com. Commission is 30%.

Media Kit/Promotional Material

PROMOTIONAL MEDIA KIT – accessed via email you applied with.

Policies:

  • Cancellations: We only accept cancellations in case of illness or emergencies.
  • Covid 19: Please be covid responsible.
  • Quiet hours are between 10p and 8a. The beach is a few blocks to the west and is open all night.

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