Mesa Verde National Park is proud to announce the 2008 Artist-In-Residence (AIR) program. This program offers professional writers, composers, and visual and performing artists the opportunity to pursue their particular art form while being surrounded by the inspiring ancient architecture of the Ancestral Pueblo people and the sweeping natural landscape of the park. The park provides a historic, rustic residence to selected participants for four, two-week periods:

• May 3 through May 16
• May 18 through May 31
• September 6 through September 19
• September 21 through October 4

All participants will be required to attend a short orientation session before being allowed to enter backcountry areas. Also, participants will be required to be a National Park Service “Volunteer-In-Park” (VIP) during their residency. No stipend is provided. Participants in the Artist-In-Residence program will find the cabin fully furnished including linens and kitchenware. In return, participating artists are asked to donate to the park an original piece of work from, and representative of, their residency in Mesa Verde National Park.

Entries are accepted for the 2008 program with postmarks dated February 1 to March 31, 2008. Applications postmarked after the deadline will not be considered. Notifications of finalists will be made by April 7, 2008. For additional details on program and information on how to apply, download the brochure. (To get the Free Adobe Reader, which is required to read the pdf file, click here.)

Mesa Verde Artist-In-Residence Brochure (pdf, 77kb)

For further information about this exciting program, please contact Frank Cope at Mesa Verde National Park.

• phone  970-529-4607
• email   click here