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Call for Makers in Residence

Do you make things for a living or for your personal satisfaction?

The library’s Dabble Box makerspace is seeking artists, makers, technicians, designers, and hobbyists of all types for a four-week residency. The makerspace hosts a Maker in Residence twice a year in June and November. 

The twin goals of the program are to provide makers with an opportunity to further their work in a public way, and to provide access to creative opportunities for all community members.

The Maker in Residence will:

  • Receive a $750 stipend and supply reimbursement for up to $500.
  • Teach three two-hour workshops, at least one of which must be for all ages.
  • Hold regular in-studio hours (four hours a week).

The residency will culminate in one of two ways with the library’s mission and policies in mind:

  • An option to exhibit work in the library.
  • An option to initiate and collaborate on a community art project.
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Important to Know

Makers in Residence will receive a $750 stipend and supply reimbursement for up to $500. The Dabble Box encourages its Makers to embrace their creativity and think outside the box. Inside the Box.

Any resulting artwork or product created by the Maker will become the property of the library. If the project is temporal in nature (i.e. a performance), the library will have the sole right to photograph or otherwise record the project. Following the public display, the library may decide to keep the finished project, return it to the maker, donate, or sell the work.

What’s the Dabble Box?

The Dabble Box is a space on level 0 of the downtown Eau Claire library where curious adults and young people ages eight to 17 can dabble in science, technology, engineering, art, and math activities. Younger kids are welcome with their responsible grown-up. It has equipment ranging from robots, to a sewing machine, to musical instruments.

Check out the Dabble Box’s main page to learn more.

How to Apply

Email all required materials as a single pdf attachment to makerinresidence@eauclaire.lib.wi.us. If providing samples of your work necessitates video or audio clips, please include links to those samples on YouTube within that section of your pdf application.

Application Materials Checklist

Section I. Letter of interest addressing the following (maximum one page).

• What about this residency appeals to you, and how would you use this residency?
• What is the skill/knowledge/ability you’d like to share in the Dabble Box?
• What is it that you make?
• What medium do you envision yourself using in your personal practice at the library?
• Please describe the project you would like to work on during open lab hours in the Dabble Box.
• What are the tools, supplies, or equipment you would need to complete this project?
• Are there things you know you will have to learn to complete this project?
• What could Dabble Box staff do to help you learn these skills?
• What kind of workshops could you offer related to this project?
• The Dabbler in Residence requires three two-hour workshops, as well as four hours of personal practice in the Dabble Box weekly. Would you be able to commit to this schedule for your residency?
• Do you have experience teaching or leading workshops? Please explain.
• Would you be comfortable working with (choose all that apply):
      • Children (ages 12 and below)
      • Teens (ages 12–19)
      • Adults (ages 18+)
• Which residency do you prefer? June, November, or no preference?

Section II. Résume/CV with contact information.

Section III. 3–5 images of work (300dpi; 1200 x 800 pixels).

Section IV. Professional References.

• Include the following information about two professional references:
•  Full name.
• Institution/company/organization.
• Position Title.
• Direct phone number.
• Email
•  Relationship to you.
• Number of years you have known the reference.

For questions or to submit all required materials in a single pdf document, please email makerinresidence@eauclaire.lib.wi.us.

We thank you and look forward to reviewing your application!

Not eligible: Employees of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, members of their households,
and members of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Board of Directors.