Application Deadline: March 16, 2025
Locust Projects invites graduate-level artists to apply for the early Summer 2025 LAB MFA residency and exhibition opportunity in our Project Room. DEADLINE to apply is March 16 at 11:59pm. LAB MFA is an opportunity for graduate-level students in the U.S. to kickstart their career with a show in a nationally-recognized alternative art space. Artists have one month to submit project proposals for activation/exhibition in our 625 sq. ft. Project Room. The Residency opportunity, with accommodations provided, is May 23-July 7 with final projects, performances and/or activations presented in the Project Room between June 14-July 5, 2025. Residency dates are flexible, but 30 days required.This year’s focus is on digital and new media projects that push the boundaries of art and technology-driven artistic practices. We’re looking for proposals that expand an artist’s conceptual scope, scale, or media, with a strong emphasis on interactivity and hybrid approaches integrating physical and/or virtual experiences. Artists working in AI-generated art, VR, AR, video-based works, and code-based art are encouraged to apply along with all visual arts disciplines – all innovative approaches to incorporating new media and technology in your practice are considered. SEE EXAMPLES FROM RECENT DIGITAL COMMISSIONS Projects can be existing thesis works in-progress. Open Call review by a rotating panel of past LAB MFA artists, and local academics, and curators. Notification before April 30.Selected artists receive a $1,500 stipend, a $1,750 production budget covering materials, shipping, fabrication, travel support, access to AV and other equipment and workspace, and a four-week residency in Miami. Collaboratives may apply with fees split and sharing the artist residence.Open to MFA students enrolled in spring 2025. LEARN MORE.
Q & A WEBINAR – INFO SESSION
Sunday, March 2 | 4pm EST Opportunity to ask questions in advance of submitting applications to the Open Call to ask about the residency opportunity, review process, and details on what’s expected as deliverables for the exhibition and provided budget and infrastructure with Locust Projects Submissions Coordinator and Artist Co-Founder Elizabeth Withstandley.REGISTER NOW