APPLICATION BY INVITATION
May 10-28, 2027
This residency provides young artists currently enrolled in BA or BFA programs with a place to explore new ideas, exchange techniques, and deepen their professional development in ceramics within a group of peers. Over 40 Universities and Colleges from across the US are invited to nominate individual students for the ASPN residency. These students are juried by a committee comprised of RLCC staff and one invited juror chosen by RLCC annually. At the conclusion of the jurying period, five nominees of the 40+ applicants are selected and will be invited to join the Red Lodge Clay Center for a 2.5 week Artist-in-Residency starting in mid-May. Each year, our guest juror is a nationally distinguished faculty member and/or Artist that will also attend the Residency period as a mentor working alongside the selected ASPN residents.
The Juror/Mentor for 2027 will be Rick Parsons
(see below for more info on Rick)
Visit our Facilities page to learn more about the RLCC Gallery, Resident Housing, and Fox Studio. Click here to view last year’s ASPN group. If you are a Faculty member or Student at a University/College that is not yet part of the ASPN program, but would like to be included in this opportunity, please email [email protected] to inquire.
Benefits & Opportunities:
Large Shared Studio (1400 sq. ft. with 24/7 access) with wifi
Housing – Large, Shared House (Private Rooms) Fully furnished, Linens provided, Fully Equipped Kitchen (sorry, no pets) with wifi
Discounted Materials and Firings
Professional Development & Guidance
Group Exhibition at the RLCC Gallery
Three-day tour of Montana ceramic organizations, Universities, and artist studios with Programs Coordinator- Rachael Marne Jones
Mentorship with a nationally recognized ceramic artist
Residency Fees:
ASPN Fees vary year to year – please contact RLCC for details.
Info on our Mentor:
Our 2027 Mentor is Rick Parsons, an educator and studio artist. He is Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Art and the Director of the Holman Arts and Media Center at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe. Before teaching at UNR-LT, Rick worked as the Sculpture Program Coordinator at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, has taught at both the University of Dallas, and Colorado Mountain College, and has been a visiting artist at San Jose State University, Colorado College, University of Miami, and Arizona State University. Rick received his BFA from Stephen F. Austin State University and an MFA in Sculptural Ceramics from the University of Dallas.
Rick’s artwork focuses on the effects of environmental pollutants on the body. He uses materials as metaphor to address the looming impact of a culture dependent on diminishing resources. His current work has ben exploring these concepts through automatic writing, jazz thinking and three-dimensional form.
Rick’s sculpture has been exhibited throughout the country and was featured in a solo show Santa Clara University. His artwork was the focus of a May 2007 article in Sculpture magazine, included in the book “Confrontational Ceramics: The Artist as Social Critic” by Judith S. Schwartz, and was featured in the documentary film “Questions of Art,” by Zach Jankovic.
For more information on our ASPN program, please contact our Programs Coordinator at [email protected] or by phone at (406) 446-3993