Trillium was miraculously spared from any significant damage from Hurricane Helene.
Tragically, this is not the case for many artists in our region who have lost homes, studios, supplies and commercial inventory. We feel and HEAR their pain, suffering and loss.
Core values at Trillium include being nimble and responsive to artists’ needs. Considering the catastrophic impact of Helene on so many regional artists, Trillium is reacting with a new project, Helene Emergency Artists Residencies (HEAR) for artists residing in Western North Carolina. We HEAR about their devastation, and we care.
Western North Carolina artists of all disciplines substantially impacted by Hurricane Helene are invited to apply. This new opportunity provides a variety of relief benefits to arts professionals working in literary, media, performing, visual, and interdisciplinary arts. This regional residency is open to arts professionals 18 years or older who reside in the 26 counties in Western North Carolina impacted by Hurricane Helene.
With sufficient funding, Trillium Arts will offer four HEAR awards in early 2025, at no cost to the artists.
HEAR Artists Will Receive:
• A $700 relief stipend
• Private accommodations for up to seven consecutive nights during the months of February or March 2025 in a one-bedroom, ground floor suite.
• Welcome dinner
• Restorative time to reflect, rejuvenate and create
• Shared use of the grounds, including firepit, hot tub and waterfall area
• Use of a variety of supplies and onsite creative spaces that include a contemplation gazebo and a 380 square foot open air, covered workspace.
• Basic kitchen supplies and all household goods (towels, linens, paper products, etc.)
• Access to high speed fiber optic internet and laundry
Eligibility
• Applicants must currently reside in one of the affected counties and be 18 years of age or older.
• Applicants must be activity working in one of the following artistic fields: literary, media, performing, visual, and interdisciplinary arts
• Applicants must have been substantially impacted by Hurricane Helene.
• Artists at any stage of their careers are invited to apply. There is no application fee.
• This opportunity is intended for individual artists; nonprofits are not eligible.
Applications are being accepted NOW. Applications for HEAR are reviewed by a panel. The deadline to apply is Friday, January 3, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.
The application is intentionally short & only requires applicants to complete a handful of questions and upload supporting documents.
Learn more and start your application at www.trilliumartsnc.org/hear.
Rooted in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Trillium Arts is a nonprofit residency center that provides regional, national and international artists in various disciplines time and space to create their best new work. As a creative home away from home, Trillium offers programs that foster creativity, generating deeper appreciation for the arts in an ecological environment. Since launching its residency programs in 2020, more than 125 dancers, writers, visual artists and others have been in residence for one or two weeks.
