1. The willingness to share your inspiration with others is a central tenet of the Artist-in-Residence Program. The resident artist shall present a minimum of three public programs during the residency (35-45 minutes for day programs and hands-on workshops; up to 1 hour programs for slide or power point presentations, readings, recitals or other formal presentations). These presentations shall be based on the artist’s work, experiences, and interests.

2. The participating artist must donate to the park an original work representative of his or her medium which embodies the values of Grand Canyon’s Interpretive Themes.

3. Donated work must be received within one year of the residency. All expenses for materials and for delivery of the artwork to the park shall be the responsibility of the artist. Whenever possible or as appropriate, the park requests that each artist submit images or samples of 2 – 4 works that represent their residency experience. The National Park Service has the option to select one sample for inclusion in the collection. This will allow our curatorial panel to select a work that fits well within the Museum Collection guidelines and also insures that a well-represented variety of work becomes part of the permanent collection. This donation will be discussed with each selected artist when they are in-residence and negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

4. The artist retains all rights to their work produced under this agreement for their own uses or purposes; however, the artist grants to the National Park Service a royalty-free, nonexclusive, irrevocable, license to use, reproduce, publish, prepare derivative works from, distribute to the public, present publicly by or on behalf of the NPS the works produced by the artist under this agreement. The NPS will refer to the artist all requests from third parties for commercial use of the works.

5. All art that is generated directly through the Grand Canyon AiR program will receive a credit when published or presented by the artist with the following wording: “This art was created while (your name) was in-residence at Grand Canyon National Park”. Additionally, all art that is collected by the Park and used in brochures, publications, or educational programming will receive an artist credit.

6. Upon completion of their residency the artist shall provide one outreach presentation in their home community in support of Grand Canyon National Park’s AiR program. This can be a hands-on workshop, a lecture, a reading, performance, or other presentation and will focus on the enrichment that each artist experienced while in residence, and also will serve to spread the word about NPS AiR opportunities nation-wide. Artists are required to provide documentation about this community outreach program within a year of their residency.

No honorarium is available to off-set any expenses that the artist accrues while in residence. Currently both Rims’ programs provide a furnished living space, focused studio time, and public outreach and presentation opportunities for selected artists.